a very enjoyable drama, charting the redemption of a sleazy cop, who's given quite a shock when his, up to this point unknown, daughter arrives in his life. chapman to and isabella leung shine in the two lead roles; if to isn't careful, he could end up being a pretty good actor.

people have criticised the pace and the style of the film; i think a lot of people wanted something more akin to pang ho-cheung's comedies and not a drama. as for those who've labelled it a cheap wong kar wai rip-off, i'd say that's a pretty lazy analogy to make; sure there's some doyle-esque cinematography, but the content, pace, subject matter and execution has very little of the qualities of wong kar wai. if anything, i'd say that it looks like pang has been watching a bunch of korean dramas.

good stuff.