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Hong Kong 2002 - DCP - 101 minutes, in Cantonese with English subtitles

Director: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak

Screenplay: Alan Mak, Felix Chong

Producers: Andrew Lau

Cast: Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Eric Tsang, Kelly Chen, Sammi Cheng

Print Courtesy: Janus Films

The title, perhaps loosely but cleverly translated from the Cantonese, is just the first hint of the wit and smarts—if not the suspense—involved in this crackerjack Hong Kong thriller that went woefully underseen stateside in 2002, though it was a smash hit in its birthplace. The plot has a simple premise: the cops plant a mole in a far-reaching crime family…but the crime family simultaneously plants a mole within the police. Moral and pragmatic choices begin multiplying for the plants. Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung

Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah compete with dynamic directors

Andrew Lau Wai-keung and Alan Mak for top honors in making this unforgettable film something that Martin Scorsese might eat his heart out for. —KE Sponsored by Colby Cinema Studies

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