7.5 /10 rating. Original title is Theory of Ambitions, Crime drama set in Hong Kong spanning 1960's to 80's.
Tony Leung, Aaron Kwok, Richard Ng are the big names here in this really well acted and tough film about police corruption, set in British controlled Hong kong, back in the day. Everyone is dirty, they try their hardest to keep things in order, amongst them selves, along with the British, and the crime gangs- The Triads.
Things get very messy, as drug lords try assert control and even the cops do try to do their jobs, law and order is not an easy game with so much at stake here. The wives do their fair share of power games and violence breaks out with guns and knives. Things, after a time ruin family life and spiral out of control on the streets and the offices.
Tony Leung and Aaron Kwok are the corrupt cops play cat and mouse with each other, but have a respect with each other. But the fallout is coming at some point.
A well told true story about a time of Hong kong where who had power, is anybodies guess?