pic probably top all hongkong film in present triad warfare intrigue and and the horror and intricacy of a well oil set up . the scripter and director weave a clever interlocking plot complete with tense and heart stop atmospherics . tony leung bad cop performance be a class on it own and particularly when he find out that he be set up and be now in an untenable situation . but pic originality be in the end let down by the final shoot out in a dilapidated warehouse and which be both shop worn and pretentious .