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  A gang of thieves, consisting of Charlie, Mia, Johnny and Wes, steal a batch of washing machines that contains a hidden shipment of cocaine. They are pursued by Vincent, Hayes, Jake and Cortez, a group of narcotics squad detectives. Cortez is badly wounded during the chase and hospitalized.
  
  Later that night, Charlie and Mia take the stolen cocaine to Tsui, the head of the local Triad. Mia had previously stolen Tsui's car and was forced to work for him to pay off the debt. While there, a gang of masked assailants bursts into the hideout, gunning down Tsui and his enforcers. Charlie and Mia barely escape. The masked gang is in league with Ching, Tsui's disgruntled lieutenant, who flees the scene shortly before they arrive.
  
  Patrick Walker is a homicide detective, estranged from his family and on the payroll of Lawrence Beaumont, a real estate tycoon, mayoral candidate, and Charlie’s father. Upon learning that his son is accused of Tsui's murder, Lawrence commands Walker to find and protect him. Working with his rookie partner, Ellie, Walker begins hunting down leads for the location of Charlie and Mia.
  
  He also visits Cortez at the hospital, as he used to be a member of the Narcotics squad, all of whom are on Lawrence's payroll. Walker is estranged from them following an incident where Vincent killed an undercover cop during a drug theft gone wrong. As Walker investigates, Tsui's mother and Ching's older sister, a senior Triad leader nicknamed "Mother", arrives in the city and confronts Ching, demanding to know what happened to her son. Ching blames Charlie, and so Mother has Lawrence brutally kidnapped from his motorcade.
  
  Walker tracks down Mia's uncle, Raul, who is forging passports that Charlie and Mia can use to leave the country. Walker forces Raul into setting up a meeting at a nightclub that evening where the passports are to be picked up. However, before Walker can get Charlie and Mia out safely, he is interrupted by the arrival of Vincent, Hayes and Jake. Mia identifies Vincent as Tsui's killer. Raul, Johnny, Wes and triads sent by Mother also arrive, resulting in a mass brawl and shootout. Hayes, Raul, Johnny, Wes and scores of Triads are killed. Walker barely escapes with Mia and a wounded Charlie.
  
  Walker realizes that Vincent and his colleagues were actually seeking to hijack the cocaine shipment for themselves, rather than capture Charlie and his crew. Vincent is in league with Ching, who has a buyer for the cocaine. He sought to profit from the deal and take out Tsui, whom he resented for being promoted to head the city Triad over him. Tying up loose ends, Ching arrives at the hospital and murders Cortez and his wife. Ellie, sent by Walker to protect Cortez, pursues and captures him.
  
  Walker takes Charlie and Mia to his father's old cabin on the city's outskirts. The Triads track them down and begin a massive assault, forcing the three to fight them off in a gun battle. They kill many of the assailants, but Charlie and Mia are captured. Walker kills the Assassin, Mother's lead enforcer, after a brutal fight in which he is badly wounded. Mother arrives with her bodyguards and Lawrence. Still believing Charlie killed Tsui, she forces Lawrence to play a game of Russian Roulette with Mia.
  
  However, Ellie arrives, having captured Vincent and Jake alongside Ching. She reveals them as the guilty parties. Ching admits that he plotted Tsui's death because he was jealous of his sister passing the leadership position to her son instead of him after their eldest brother, the previous Triad leader, died. Jake suddenly breaks free and tries to shoot Charlie, but Lawrence shields him, dying in Charlie's arms. Ching and traitorous Triad members loyal to him shoot Mother and her loyalists dead. Ching also wounds Vincent, who in turn guns Ching down and flees with the cocaine. Walker pursues him.
  
  Ellie and Jake fight, and Jake is on the verge of shooting Ellie when Charlie guns him down in revenge for his father. Vincent attempts to flee via train but is shot and wounded by Walker. They argue and Vincent shoots Walker, prompting him to fire back and shoot Vincent dead. With the police arriving and the heat still on them, Ellie lets Charlie and Mia go. Ellie and a grievously wounded Walker talk, and he urges her to arrest him. She refuses, and Walker looks upon the arriving police cars with an uncertain fate.
  
  A gang of thieves, consisting of Charlie, Mia, Johnny and Wes, steal a batch of washing machines that contains a hidden shipment of cocaine. They are pursued by Vincent, Hayes, Jake and Cortez, a group of narcotics squad detectives. Cortez is badly wounded during the chase and hospitalized.
  
  Later that night, Charlie and Mia take the stolen cocaine to Tsui, the head of the local Triad. Mia had previously stolen Tsui's car and was forced to work for him to pay off the debt. While there, a gang of masked assailants bursts into the hideout, gunning down Tsui and his enforcers. Charlie and Mia barely escape. The masked gang is in league with Ching, Tsui's disgruntled lieutenant, who flees the scene shortly before they arrive.
  
  Patrick Walker is a homicide detective, estranged from his family and on the payroll of Lawrence Beaumont, a real estate tycoon, mayoral candidate, and Charlie’s father. Upon learning that his son is accused of Tsui's murder, Lawrence commands Walker to find and protect him. Working with his rookie partner, Ellie, Walker begins hunting down leads for the location of Charlie and Mia.
  
  He also visits Cortez at the hospital, as he used to be a member of the Narcotics squad, all of whom are on Lawrence's payroll. Walker is estranged from them following an incident where Vincent killed an undercover cop during a drug theft gone wrong. As Walker investigates, Tsui's mother and Ching's older sister, a senior Triad leader nicknamed "Mother", arrives in the city and confronts Ching, demanding to know what happened to her son. Ching blames Charlie, and so Mother has Lawrence brutally kidnapped from his motorcade.
  
  Walker tracks down Mia's uncle, Raul, who is forging passports that Charlie and Mia can use to leave the country. Walker forces Raul into setting up a meeting at a nightclub that evening where the passports are to be picked up. However, before Walker can get Charlie and Mia out safely, he is interrupted by the arrival of Vincent, Hayes and Jake. Mia identifies Vincent as Tsui's killer. Raul, Johnny, Wes and triads sent by Mother also arrive, resulting in a mass brawl and shootout. Hayes, Raul, Johnny, Wes and scores of Triads are killed. Walker barely escapes with Mia and a wounded Charlie.
  
  Walker realizes that Vincent and his colleagues were actually seeking to hijack the cocaine shipment for themselves, rather than capture Charlie and his crew. Vincent is in league with Ching, who has a buyer for the cocaine. He sought to profit from the deal and take out Tsui, whom he resented for being promoted to head the city Triad over him. Tying up loose ends, Ching arrives at the hospital and murders Cortez and his wife. Ellie, sent by Walker to protect Cortez, pursues and captures him.
  
  Walker takes Charlie and Mia to his father's old cabin on the city's outskirts. The Triads track them down and begin a massive assault, forcing the three to fight them off in a gun battle. They kill many of the assailants, but Charlie and Mia are captured. Walker kills the Assassin, Mother's lead enforcer, after a brutal fight in which he is badly wounded. Mother arrives with her bodyguards and Lawrence. Still believing Charlie killed Tsui, she forces Lawrence to play a game of Russian Roulette with Mia.
  
  However, Ellie arrives, having captured Vincent and Jake alongside Ching. She reveals them as the guilty parties. Ching admits that he plotted Tsui's death because he was jealous of his sister passing the leadership position to her son instead of him after their eldest brother, the previous Triad leader, died. Jake suddenly breaks free and tries to shoot Charlie, but Lawrence shields him, dying in Charlie's arms. Ching and traitorous Triad members loyal to him shoot Mother and her loyalists dead. Ching also wounds Vincent, who in turn guns Ching down and flees with the cocaine. Walker pursues him.
  
  Ellie and Jake fight, and Jake is on the verge of shooting Ellie when Charlie guns him down in revenge for his father. Vincent attempts to flee via train but is shot and wounded by Walker. They argue and Vincent shoots Walker, prompting him to fire back and shoot Vincent dead. With the police arriving and the heat still on them, Ellie lets Charlie and Mia go. Ellie and a grievously wounded Walker talk, and he urges her to arrest him. She refuses, and Walker looks upon the arriving police cars with an uncertain fate.