Reviewed by: hkcinema
Date: 12/08/1999

This rarely seen actioner makes John Woo look like a model ofrestraint. Impossibly over-the-top in just about every way, the film simply refuses to look away from even the most gruesome mayhem. Heads fly, bones snap and explode, a man is mulched by speeding traffic, dozens of innocent bystanders are machine-gunned just to get them out of the way. The story pits Inspector Wong (Waise Lee, also seen in A Better Tomorrow and Bullet In The Head) against a drug smuggling ring as his last case before a forced retirement due to nerve damage in his hand. Bitter, racked with pain, and attacked by nightmares, the ferocity with which he tackles the case is astonishing, and the film matches his rage note for note.

[Reviewed by Rim Films Catalog]