Bowl (Kenny Kwan) and Noodle (Steven Cheung) are two idle high school students who need to evade at least three menaces each day before they can get to school. There is nasty little neighbourhood bully Razor (Cheung Tat Ming) who chases them over every minor dispute, uniformed policeman David (Tats Lau) who lustily body-searches everyone he sees and small-time hood Ganker (Chan Wai Man) who is constantly on the lookout for new blood to replenish his ever shrinking gang. Pride and dignity seem so out of reach. If only they can find the guiding light to fame and fortune, then life will be rosy again. Some dreams do come true. Trying to stay ahead of Razor, Bowl and Noodle inadvertently join Ganker' s gang and end up at a gangster conference where the Boss (Ray Lui) gives them $300,000 to perform a Mission of Glory at 6am the next day. To Bowl and Noodle, this is a fortune and a shortcut to fame, but a deadly mission awaits them.
Acting
Boy'z duo Kenny Kwan and Steven Cheung's desperate loser chemistry.
Practical Effects
Gloriously messy HK action-comedy stunt work, no CGI safety net.
Costume
Gillian and Charlene playing themselves in peak 2004 idol fashion.
Director
Adrian Kwan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Boy'z were a manufactured Cantopop duo riding the early-2000s idol wave—this film was basically branded content with explosions.
The 'mission of glory' climax reportedly had the actors performing their own stunts after the budget ran dry, which explains the beautiful chaos.
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