Billed as "the Chinese 'Godfather,'" this is more like a cut-rate version of dePalma's Scarface, set just before the ICAC's crackdown on organized crime in the late '60s. Ray Lui swaggers and sweats through his over-the-top performance of a young gangster on his way up.
(1.5/4)
[Reviewed by Steve Spinali]
Reviewer Score: 3
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