director: riley yip
cast: nicholas tse, eric tsang, shu qi, jo kuk, sandra ng, michael chan, stephen fung, sam lee, terence yin, kelly chen, anthony wong, alaine kam, cheung tat ming, tony ho, vincent wan, vincent kok, lam chi sin
genre: drama, comedy, romance and triads
The story concerns Mountain Lion (Eric Tsang), an aging triad hit man who returns to HK to settle a score with old nemesis Nine Dragons (Chan Wai-Man). He enlists young Smokey (Nicholas Tse) to help him, but instead of a revenge flick we get an intriguing buddy flick about memory, brotherhood, and the illusion of love. Mountain Lion is actually searching for Nine Dragons because some years ago they fought over a mysterious woman (Shu Qi) who caught Lion's eye. Now all these years later, Lion wants to find her again and he needs Smokey to guide him through the new triad underworld, filled with wacky triads (Terence Yin and Sandra Ng), unstable girlfriends (Jo Kuk) overly quirky mothers (Elaine Kam) and a young female policewoman (Kelly Chan) who is Smokey's own secret object of desire.
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