A complete rip off of the American film Albino Alligator which was also pretty bad in the first place. You have to have some nerve to put your name on a film as screenwriter when you are stealing credit from somebody else.
For some reason this film wants to be "important". It's looking to say something about the media and how we have preconceived notions of who is "good and bad" in society. THE ENTIRE FILM IS LAUGHABLE. These actors do not have the talent to pull off a serious piece of social commentary. This is simply a filmed play about a hostage situation in a bar with lots of over acting. Here is where you realize why some HK actors always play a charactor running around shooting people. Because that is all they are capable of doing.
If you want to see a more inventive movie on the same subject matter, check out the Korean "Attack the Gas Station!"
and on a side note, Michael Wong speaks English for 95% of this film and it was so damn distracting. Why do they let him do this? He is truely a horrible actor. Avoid this mess at all costs, but hey, then again, you may love it. This is just my opinion.