I'd have to admit that I'll watch anything with Lau Ching-Wan, but I couldn't believe that someone had topped "Big Bullet". The person I was watching it with thought that maybe the director had watched too many Wong Kar-Wai films and then drunk too much coffee, but if he had that was part of the charm of this film. Full marks to Lau for another great performance and also to Francis Ng who really surprised me in "A Queer Story" and who was hilarious in this one. Is HK filmmaking taking a new direction or is it just my imagination.

[Reviewed by Janet Greason]