Connie Yam (Ning Jing) discovers a far reaching money laundering scam operating in her fiancé, Billy Wong's (Johnny Lu) high profile investment bank. The primary suspect, accountant CK Chu, is gunned down in the bank's parking lot; yet it turns around that Connie may have been the intended target. Billy turns to former triad boss Uncle Ghost (Lau Siu Ming) for protection of his fiancée, at least until she can trace the laundering back to its source. Amidst the four bodyguards assigned Yam is her former flame Nick (Raymond Wong); sparks soon fly -- as do bullets galore, double and triple crosses, and more red herrings than an Agatha Christie appreciation convention.

Marco Mak's second film for '05 was, for me, even better than his last (SLIM TILL DEAD), and rates on an even keel against his prior THE BLOOD RULES (2000) and COP ON A MISSION (2001). Though I thought this was awesome entertainment for a low budget thriller, and got off on the slick visual design, glowing cinematography and raucous Marco Wan techno score...I can't really recommend it to a wider audience on my idiosincracies alone. There's far too many plot twists and turns in the last half hour for the average viewer, to the point that most viewers will end up completely confused come the final sting in the tail. But personally I loved this film, and thrilled to see the "new" Ning Jing back in feature films; it's exciting, action-packed, and an often heady cacophony of colour and sound...but it's not a film that will work for everyone. A big surprise and personal favourite amidst the generally mediocre output of the '05 production year!