The first part of a trilogy of Hong Kong films about two men who attended the police academy together and wound up in exactly the same position on opposite sides of the law, this stunning thriller was remade by Martin Scorsese as THE DEPARTED (2006). Ming (Andy Lau) and Yan (Tony Leung) were cadets together, but Yan enrolled so he could become a by-the-book law enforcer while Ming (played in flashbacks by Edison Chen) was sent to the academy by big-time drug lord Sam (Eric Tsang), a long-view thinker who'd rather raise his own crop of crooked cops from the ground up than risk trying to corrupt one who might be honest to the core. As part of an equally long-term plan ...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
101 mins