The script is entirely predictable and the main performances lack sufficient spark. Yet director Mak consistently does an excellent job in framing the visuals and creating some memorable images. The snowscapes provide a fresh backdrop for the gentle romance, and are photographed attractively by Chan Chi-Ying (Tokyo Raiders, A War Named Desire). Peter Kam Pau-Tat's (Big Bullet, Full Alert, Tokyo Raiders) musical score is consistently engaging with its use of guitar and synthesizers. Another fine editing job should not be a surprise, since the ever-reliable Cheung Ka-Fai was on hand (Police Story III, Big Bullet).

Edison Chen Koon Hei, who was charmless and clueless in his previous film, Gen-Y Cops, here acquits himself marginally better as Dik. He displays a comfortable chemistry with Sam Lee Chan-Sam as Sena (who co-starred with him in Gen-Y Cops) and seems at ease in playing a quiet and mostly introverted character. Amandra Strang looks winsome as Jean; she previously had a thankless part in Martial Angels, and here Lois Kwok dubbed her dialogue (as acknowledged in the closing credits). Whether the dubbing was due to linguistic or thespian reasons is difficult to say. Actually, Sam Lee Chan-Sam and Au Si Yee as Faye (her first film role), who play the "best friends" of the main characters, emit more electricity in their smaller parts than the leads. Simon Yam Tat-Wah plays the domineering father with his usual elan. Terence Yin Chi-Wai (Gold Fingers) is effective here in a small part as the small-time gangster who owns the garage where Dik and Sena work; Hui Siu-Hung has a few lines as a police superior.