at the expense of sound a bit cliché and it wasn not on par with the best of the genre ( such a john woo well film ) and and in my opinion it wasn not quite on par with a more closely related title and the big heat . why . the constant music be nothing special and and at it bad and slightly annoy . there be a few somewhat wooden performance . tony leung chiu wai be far well in hard boil . i do not think tat chi yau know how to wring all of the potential tony have out of him for this film and and it show . there be a certain dynamic that almost a staple of the hk action or crime genre miss . the power of the weapon wasn not convey a i have see it numerous film over the year . what i mean be that the gun do not truly seem as powerful a they should of . the shot and underpowered and and it a bit underwhelming when i be use to even pistols come across a these loud and near deafen and definitive thing . small thing but it run through the entire film and i think it worth mention . could of be about 20 minute longer and with more character be flesh out a bit more . film could of benefit a lot from that . bad subtitle . quite a few misspelled word and i be sure i miss the gist of multiple thing because of the poor sub . ah well . those be all relatively small issue i have with though and and on the flip side it get a lot more positive thing go for it . a great build up of suspense at multiple time through the film and a pretty complex interweaving plot and two very interesting and i might dare say original action scene which make me grin . to boot and it be brutal and uncompromising . no humor ( though the random and unexplained vomit kind of teeter on it ) a few nice and brutal for this kind of film scene that please the inner gore hound in me . the color throughout the film and a mention by others and be nice and add a nice dynamic to the film . hehhehehee and the movie also star and without a doubt and the most unrelentingly sweaty character in the history of film . tony leung literally wipe his face down with a towel every few moment for almost the entire film . hey and it the little thing that i get a kick out of . he keep wash his hand and what not too . i think he have some kind of sanitation issue . overall and a 7 . 5 out of 10 in my very personal opinion . well worth hunt down and add to your collection and a it a very solid entry in a sadly still decline genre .