This year Jonnie TO Kei-fung is selected as the Director-in-Focus of the Hong Kong International Film Festival while his latest direction 'Where a Good Man Goes' is selected as the opening movie. In view of this, the opening movie tag should be the main attraction from audience.

In view of the fact that it's Milkyway production and with the cooperation of Jonnie TO Kei-fung, Patrick YAU Tat-chi and WAI Ka-fai, like 'The Longest Nite' (1998), this time 'Where a Good Man Goes' starts its story in Macau. Ruby WONG is the boss of a motal called 'International Motel', which supposed to be the cheapest place to stay in Macau. CHEUNG Dong-long (LAU Ching-wan), a Triad head who has been released from prison, stayed in 'Internation Motel' subsequently he has the quarrels with a taxi driver followed by tons of flighting. Then Ruby is warned that the stay of CHEUNG will be bad for her and the motel. On the other hand, CHEUNG is trying to get back his money from his friends including the boss of the nightclub (AI Wai) as well as his ex-girl (TSANG Siu-yin). Together with the pressure from the cop who wishes to trap CHEUNG into the jail again.

Usually Milkyway productions are productions with its background meaning of the future of a city while their point of view the most pessmisstic ones out of the directors in Hong Kong. This time they selected Macau as the main place for the story may be due to its handover to the PRC this December. Once again, this is a movie about a group of guys who are without future. Ruby WONG is a boss of a motel which has been under financial problems and she was at the crisis of broken. CHEUNG Dong-long, a triad head, has to face his days after prison which he has no money and no power upon the triads again. In addition, CHEUNG is the target of the cop who wants to trap him.

In terms of the style and presentation, it seems that 'Where a Good Man Goes' is a bit simple as it describes only LAU Ching-wan and Ruby WONG. Maybe they would like ot focus on the main characters. The trade off is that it's not fruitful enough to meet audience expectation who expects a movie with more stuffs for guys.

However, in terms of sentmential presentations, Jonnie TO has done a good job in it. One of the examples is the beinning of the movie to see how LAU and WONG get along with each other. The plot successfully describes the characters of LAU who is a bad-tempered guy but has his good heart inside. However, as a normal audience, I expect a rough description about CHEUNG Dong-long's past and how he was in jail. This may not be the focus of the movie but this can make the character more complete. For Ruby WONG, I consider it's also good in describing Ruby as a lady who has lost her wife for years and she tried to supress her feelings while her feeling is being opened by CHEUNG.

When comapred with previous Milkyway productions, I am afraid that it seems a bit pale as it does not have a strong style of Milkyway productions.

In short, 'Where a Good Man Goes' is a movie with style like Milkyway productions but less in depth. Performers has done their good job. The plot can describes the main characters but not fruitful enough to be impressive.