while shu qi be and of course and exquisitely beautiful and her robotic acting quickly become boring and be not what make so close such a great action film . thankfully and the film be primarily a female buddy film and focussing on shu qi kid sister co bandit vicki zhao and zhao evolve relationship with policewoman karen mok . zhao and mok manage to infuse a standard hk action plot with emotion and complexity and and the film become the killer meet 24 hour . great cinematography and great action and and love the shot of zhao bite her lip with tension and mok mouthing word at zhao . could have do without two gratuitous fly scene of zhao near the end and though and which add a jarring cthd note to the otherwise enjoyable action . but the final sword fight be magnificent . zhao could become a great actress .