Sun Chung's penultimate film as director after a high point making some late-stage Shaw Brothers classics. This one's a contemporary cop thriller in which two cops go up against recently released former criminal Norman Chu, who doesn't take long to get up to his old tricks. Another Shaw veteran, Ti Lung, plays the middle-aged cop and family member with a volatile streak, while Chow Yun-fat is the cocky and lovable young guy that he always plays. The first half isn't really get, with too many dancing and silly comedy scenes even by Hong Kong standards, but the second half picks up with two impressive set-pieces: a home invasion attack that wows, and a bus terminal climax that delivers all the action you want.
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