A cop follows orders, gets screwed, and the system shrugs. Classic '97 Hong Kong.
When his Mainland-trained commander orders him to fire, injuring a civilian during a hostage-taking incident, SDU officer Wong Kar-lok is unfairly disciplined by a police tribunal.
Acting
Jimmy Wong's simmering frustration sells every frame.
Direction
Cho Wing captures pre-handover anxiety in every bureaucratic hallway.
Director
Cho Wing
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before the 1997 handover, the Mainland/Hong Kong tension in Commander Yu's authority mirrors real anxieties about police loyalty shifts.
SDU (Special Duties Unit) was Hong Kong's elite tactical unit, and this rare dramatization of internal police politics was controversial with the force.
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