Simon Yam plays the part of a parking attendant who rises to boss in the triads, but of course as soon as you rise then there are rival bosses who want you to fall. We've seen it all before of course many times in HK cinema, but this is especially quite gritty. However at the same time the film doesn't engage you fully, it lacks that extra special something. So no X-factor, though has plenty of XXX factor. Violence aplenty and not a small amount of sex.
The film is basically a HK triad romp: Simon looks cool and his love Marianne Chan looks hot, and action is interspersed with some cool mid-90s cantopop tunes, including a bit where Roy Cheung is firing an AK-47 in slo-mo to a musical accompaniment. Lau Ching Wan plays the usual (for these films) bumbling character, the film certainly doesn't lack for 1990s HK star power.
It's supposed to be based on a true story but let's just say it's maybe a little itty bit exaggerated...
