good production value and great photography and seamless editing and attractive young oriental star and and a puzzling plot leave you guess to the very end what the outcome be . in the meantime enjoy relentless action in a realistic gorefest involve a competitive face off between the 2 best hit men in the far east and and some pretty smart and relentless police who be out to take them both down . it all take place in many exotic locale around hong kong and southeast asia . what impress me be that although my initial reaction to the two main protagonist be negative and i begin to like and to root for each one to survive . it not all bullets the gore be quickly pass over and and there a lot of athleticism to add some interest and as well a some arty overtone by way of o interest in photography and and even a brief and artfully do sex scene . there be flashback and story tell which confound the plot by take you back and forth in time and back and forth between fiction and reality . i recognize andy lau and playing tok and from house of the fly dagger . this movie be much good for it genre than a lot of the dreck come out of hollywood .