An experienced assassin considers giving up his profession when he meets his society's newest recruit. He soon falls in love with this female assassin who donates her fees to the church. Soon the couple are being chased both by the police and the society which hires them.
Acting
Andy Lau's smoldering exhaustion vs. Anita Yuen's chaotic conviction.
Direction
Veronica Chan's kinetic shootouts with genuine emotional stakes.
Director
Veronica Chan
Andy Lau
Ko Sau (The Judge)
Anita Yuen Wing-Yee
Yue Fung
Mark Cheng Ho-Nam
Wong Cheong
Christine Ng Wing-Mei
Ice
Waise Lee Chi-Hung
Tung Fai
John Ching Tung
Yue Nan
Henry Fong Ping
Tsui Ka Shing
William Duen Wai-Lun
Feng's Victim in Restaurant
Lai Chi-Shan
Wai Ma
Joh Chung-Sing
Gunman in Sunglasses
William So Wing-Hong
Benny Lai Keung-Kuen
Danny Poon Wang-Ban
Jack Wong
Joe Junior
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Hong Kong's golden age of heroic bloodshed, this gender-flips the usual mentor-protégé dynamic.
Yue Fung's church donations mirror Hong Kong's anxiety about spiritual redemption in a capitalist killing field—the film can't decide if she's sincere or performing innocence.
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