A hitman's retirement plan goes sideways when Hong Kong itself changes hands.
Wayne is a hitman who wants to retire, so that he can provide a safe life for his wife and their soon-to-be-born baby. He also wants to go legit so that he can convince his dying boss to give up the gangster lifestyle. However, Lai finds getting work in post-Handover Hong Kong tough, and decides to take one last job.
Acting
Wayne Lai's weary hitman radiates quiet desperation.
Production
1997 Handover anxiety seeps into every frame.
Direction
Yeung Yat-Tak's handheld urgency in cramped HK streets.
Director
Yeung Yat-Tak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the actual 1997 Handover, the film weaponizes real historical uncertainty—hitman as Hong Kong itself, violent past meeting unclear future.
Wayne Lai was primarily a TV actor; this rare lead role channels decades of small-screen mileage into exhausted gravitas.
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