This could be the last film directed by Tsui Hark in HK before moving to Hollywood but he seems bored. Likewise the leads seem to look forward only to their pay-checks. The film start off well-enough but eventually become unfocus and uninteresting. In this film perhaps to resurrect Cinema City, the few better scenes might have been references to past glories of Tsui Hark and Cinema City productions: e.g. the car chase [Aces Go Places series], mistaken identity [All the Wrong Clues/Spies] and one perhaps from A CHINESE GHOST STORY (the nocturnal prositutes' reaction to sunlight). If you have no objection on a film marketed mainly on its cast (the producers made no pretense about this) then this film is probably fine.

(5.9/10)



[Reviewed by Christopher Fu]