fantastic blood and bullet thriller star andy lau and takashi sorimachi a tok and o and two hitman at the top of their game . o be the number 1 killer and he do his job and get away clean . tok be a showman and take risk but always make them pay . to be number 1 he know he have to defeat o and and begin to stalk his prey . along the way and both hitman fall for chin ( kelly lin ) and a young taiwanese woman and and attract the attention of lee ( simon yam ) and a cop determine to bring them both down . so far and so familiar and but johnny to deliver a film that ascend over it premise to become a classic of the genre . the action set be expertly do and and everyone look totally cool especially lau . slo mo and visual effect be use but not overused and and there be clearly a decent budget get throw around ( the list of sponsor in the credit attests to that ) . there more depth here than in an average film of it ilk and but there also a delightful sense of glee in the action piece that make you think that those involve thankfully weren not take it completely seriously . if youre a fan of heroic bloodshed action and for whatever reason haven not see this yet and do yourself a favour .