Scary in how uneven in quality this movie is, which is quite normal for a Wong Kar-Wai movie. Wong Kar-Wai's films seem to be heavily washed in Sartre-like atmosphere. The only things reviving this often undead film are the surprisingly good performances by Michele Reis and Takeshi Kaneshiro. Don't be fooled by posters or the cover, this is not an action movie. Gunplay is done in the often annoying Wong Kar-Wai method of showing every 3 seconds in a freeze frame, and skipping everything in between those frames.