this be a bleak dark nasty ugly film of the sort hong kong no longer make . tony leung play a corrupt cop who be try to make a peace between two of three powerful crime lord on macau . thing be go from bad to worse a word hit the street of a contract on one of the crime boss . a tall bald head fellow be wander about and seem intent on collect the cash reward no one know who be offer . bad for leung be the fact that someone seem intent on make his life miserable begin with a naked dead man in his apartment . thing only go down hill from there a leung try to unravel the plot and stay out of increase trouble . a fever dream of foul thing this be start by one director and patrick yau and who shoot five scene before hit a creative brick wall and then be finish by the producer wai ka fai and johnnie to who stumble around try to stitch it together . the result be a really violent and bloody affair with no hope and no light . much of the film operate in a seeming dream logic a it become clear that a great power be operate just beyond leung view . it all come together in the end but until then it like be trap in blood soak nightmare with an occasional severed head . i be kind of at a loss for word and this movie operate on a level somewhere underneath the surface and send out shock wave . i really like the film but at the same time find it rather disturb . it the sort of bleak rough edge crime drama that hong kong excel at in the 1980 and 1990 but which it seem to have stop make . recommend if you can find yourself a copy and like rough edge mind warp crime drama .