Qian xing

Jason Kwan delighted me with his debut Chasing the Dragon, so I gave him a chance, since he has all Hong Kong veterans and it’s a joy to see them together. Plot-wise it's admittedly clichéd, we have cops trying to catch a drug boss played by Andy Lau of course, alongside him is undercover cop Gordon Lam, and they have an interesting relationship. The commander of the cops is Simon Yam, but he can't take on another role, and the lead detective is my favourite Eddie Peng, the only main star who knows martial arts, but he only gets a chance to perform once, luckily they set him up with Philip Keung, so that one knife fight was really cool and nicely shot. I also liked the Mexican mercenaries shootout with the attack on the wedding and a very nice virtual hacker fight where he starts selling drugs online on the Darkweb and the cops try to bring him down. I found the finale weaker, the shootouts didn't really grab me that much, but I had fun. 6/10. (20.04.2024)