| Stilized action picture from Dante Lam turns out to be better written than most actioners nowadays. In a story of cops vs. cops and the meaning of loyalty, screenwriters Lee Hau Shek & Ng Wai Lun manages to inject depth to most of the characters we encounter. No one is truly evil but the real bad guys and the script is aided by a level headed direction by Dante. Conciously, it seems like a few characters are not very developed, one of them being Jane, played by Jo Kuk. That's a shame when it comes to this talented actress, she doesn't deserve that in my opinion. Leading the acting pack is Daniel Wu who is more supported by the writing rather than vice vera and the strongest turns instead comes from Alex To and Chin Kar Lok. Action is well-staged (choreographed by Lam and Wong Wai-Fai) and the otherwise flashy director is only at times guilty of turning his visuals into a quick cut MTV video. For every Jiang Hu - "The Triad Zone" and Hit Team, Dante also has given us Runaway and The Twins Effect, making him an interesting but inconsistant director so far. |
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