Ah, the infamous lost film in John Woo's heroic bloodshed filmography. This uneven gangland drama was co-directed by Woo and Wu Ma, and the result is an average action drama not unlike many eighties movies starring Chow Yun-Fat. Sadly, Chow doesn't appear in this one. Instead, we get Danny Lee as a righteous triad who vies for the number one spot when the big boss gets assassinated. The killing triggers a power struggle, which means lots of killing and overemoting from the cast. Co-starring Stephen Chow in a pre-superstar role. He plays a triad who ends up running with the wrong crowd and gets worked as a result. The lesson here could be "stay away from triads," but a more salient lesson would be "stay away from triad movies like this one." An abundance of talky sequences undermines whatever action we get, which isn't even that inspiring anyway. Woo has done better work. Wu Ma has too. Hell, everyone in this movie has done better work. So...see that stuff instead. (Kozo 1996)