In Hong Kong’s ruthless, neon-lit gangland underworld, a small-time mob enforcer finds himself torn between a burgeoning romance with his ailing, beautiful cousin and his loyalty to his loose cannon partner in crime, whose reckless attempts to make a name for himself unleash a spiral of violence.
Emerging from the Hong Kong genre mill, Wong Kar Wai debuted with this stylish crime drama à la Mean Streets, in which the budding romantic of 90s cinema immediately shined to the energy and passion of a neon Hong Kong night. His first of many invites to Cannes.
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