Hong Kong martial arts superstars Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung star in this explosive crime thriller from director Wilson
Yip. Inspector Chan (Simon Yam) has a grudge to bear and a personal vendetta against local mob boss Wong Po (Sammo Hung).
Seemingly untouchable and surrounded by an army of faceless young hoodlums, Wong Po holds the city in a vice-like grip.
It is 1997 and in anticipation of Hong Kong's imminent handover back to Mainland China, Inspector Ma (Donnie Yen) is sent
in to take over Chan's unit. Chan has just three days to bring Ma up to speed before he retires, but not just letting him
in on Wong Po and his dealings, but also making sure Ma understands the Hong Kong way of doing things. The virtuous, crusading
Ma, however, is determined to play by the book, but equally committed to bringing Wong Po and his empire crashing to the ground.
Slick, stylish and uncompromising, SPL is without doubt one of the best Hong Kong movies of the new millennium,
harking back to the glory days of the 1980s with its themes of loyalty, honor and duty, as well as its flashy action sequences
and staggering fight choreography. Yen, who also served as action director on the film, saves all of the film's best moments
for himself, namely a double bill of ferociously violent encounters. Firstly the already infamous alleyway knife fight against
Wong Po's top henchman, played by the dazzling Wu Jing, leading up to the film's explosive finale as Donnie and Sammo square
off in one of the most eagerly-anticipated match-ups of this, or any, year.
For any discernible fan of action, Asian or martial arts movies, cop thrillers, bullet ballets or heroic bloodshed operatics,
SPL is the movie you have been waiting for.
DVD FEATURES:
- Language(s): Mandarin, Cantonese
- Subtitle(s): English,
Chinese (T/S)
- Special Feature(s): Movie Trailer
