Chow Yun-Fat and Alan Tang star in a blood-soaked tale of underworld crime conflicting with brotherly love in a dramatic film, scripted by Wong Kar-Wai. Set in Macau, the finale is brutal stuff, as you'll find out on this special edition DVD.

TECHNICAL FEATURES

Picture Made in the 80s, HKL has done a fine job restoring the film so it looks much newer, with clear detail throughout.

Sound The 5.1 mix isn't very ambitious, but creates a strong sound stage between the front three speakers.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Audio Commentary Bey Logan is once again on hand for audio commentary duties, but this time has a new setting to report on. Mostly filmed in Macau, rather than Hong Kong, Bey has fresh guide duties to perform, including explaining the strange "Tuk Tuk" chase sequence, where three-wheeled motorbike/car hybrids are used for a gun chase through town. Apparently such a chase is common in Bangkok movies.

Joe Cheung Interview Director Joe Cheung is quizzed on his career in this comprehensive and interesting 45-minute interview.

The plot and character set-up of the film come in for close examination, as Joe talks about the script development with Wong Kar-Wai.

Apart from discussing Chow Yun-Fat's career, Joe also takes time to highlight co-star Alan Tang, and his contribution to the Hong Kong film industry. Interestingly, Cheung regards Chow's move to Hollywood as a good one if he's to have a long career.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Region: 2
Chapters: 32
Ratio: 2.35:1 (anamorphic)
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Audio Tracks: English dubbed and Cantonese
Subtitles: English and Dutch
Captions: English
Menus: Animated, with music
Special Features Subtitles: All of the special features come with subtitles apart from the Joe Cheung interview.

This DVD was reviewed on a JVC XV-S57 DVD player.