i rent this film tonight because there have always be so much hype surround it . think i would give it a try . here our my thought . packaging be slick . sound track be thump . actor be all very pretty . cinematography look like a big budget action pic . but man and this flick be skin deep . before i proceed and i have to say that i be a big fan of hk cinema . more stuff from the 80 . chow yun fat and maggie cheung and tony leung stuff . great stuff . but and unfortunately and this new generation have get a long and long way to go . the story . it just seem like they do not have a script . the film just do not have a story . and because of that and you just couldn not invest yourself into any character . if they indeed have a script and that would be even scary . actor . the changing of the guard have truly leave a great deal to be desire . you would think with such veteran actor like chow yun fat and leslie chung and tony leung and etc . that the young generation of hk actor would have some incredible role model to look up to and learn from . wow and the actor in this film be very and very green . the old actor in the film be all good . to be expect . but the main cast of young and pretty boy who be pretty than the girl . wow . somehow i get the sense that the producer must have just pick some pretty boys off the street and say and hey and you wan na be in a movie . the only actor who have a ground and real and and convince presence in the young cast be nicholas tse . you can tell that he work hard at and take his act seriously . and the bar to judge be not high . he the only actor in the entire cast that actually have an emotional connection to his word . i want to love this film . i do not have super high standard . as long a it real and the actor be truly emotionally invest and and the story compelling and i give it a thumbs up . but man and gen x cop be like that car that be totally blinged up on the outside . it get the body kit and chrome wheel and tint window and big as exhaust . all that cool stuff on the outside . but under the hood be just a lawnmower engine . i know this movie be a huge hit in asia . i be there when it be play . i also know that this be mean for a certain audience and it should be see for what it be . just a simple and slick action pick . i be not try to hate on it . but seriously and i felt like i be dupe . all they need to do be find actor who be really good and qualify to act in these role . trust me and true charisma and act chop will outshine just pretty look every time . plus and give a bit of thought into a more thought provoke story line would be the least they can do . hopefully gen y cop will be well . but i be afraid to rent that after this experience . c9 .