Chow Yun-Fat accidentally blinds a pretty nightclub singer(Sally Yeh) in a gunfight, and thereafter vows to scam the money for her operation. By the end of the movie, just about everyone ends up dead. While some claim John Woo intended a send-up of crime movie cliches, it's more likely that he simply uses the same old arsenal of HK cliches more stylishly than his competition.

(3/4)



[Reviewed by Steve Spinali]