Screenwriter Su Chao-Bin's screenplay is quirky even by the anything-goes standards of Hong Kong action pictures: Its killer commits murder to gain immortality.
Despite resentment from the rank and file, Taiwan’s police chief imports FBI profiler Kevin Richter (David Morse) to help investigate the death of a corrupt CEO who appears to have drowned on the 17th floor of his high-rise office. The police believe a mysterious intruder was involved, the same intruder who incinerates a senator’s mistress without damaging her Taipei love-nest. Detective Huang Huo-Tu (Tony Leung) has no interest in being Richter’s partner; he's already got too much on his mind. Ostra...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
110 mins