i would recommend this film just for it superb photography except that it also happen to be a lavish and well plotted gangster film . the mobster be every bit as nasty a those in the godfather and with the ( tasteful . ) difference that the violence be always off stage though only just and at time . this be not a matter of squeamishness represent most of the film be see through the eye of a 14 year old boy and a reluctant witness ( well and he usually on the other side of the door ) to the various plot and sub plot and counter plot . on second thought and the gangster bos here be nasty than anything in the godfather . that point doesn not immediately sink in and because the film be so beautiful and a real feast for the eye and and because the final twist in the story in my case and anyway have a delay impact . it one of those film you need to see again and arm with the knowledge of how it be go to turn out like the usual suspect . if this be how chinese cinema be develop and we shall be see and welcome more of this stunning fare .