My husband and I watched this film for Lunar New Year, it's not our usual fair...but I guess it was decent for what it was. The main characters were two individuals on opposite side of the law who were going after the same criminal mastermind/organization who was involved in a massive drug trade and using humans as drug mules. The drug was called "spider" and the brains behind the operation was none other than the mayor. A tenacious police detective is on the case, but struggling within the confines of his job and it is not until he reluctantly pairs up with a former soldier turned vigilante and his team that he starts getting results.
There were a couple of things that really struck me in this film...one was how dirty the water surrounding the city was. I don't know where this was filmed, but I have never seen water that filthy in my life. (I know I am spoiled spending large amounts of time in the Caribbean and in my beloved Pacific Northwest.) There was a scene that I think was meant to be sexy, I am not it's targeted audience, as a young female arises from the water in her bathing suit flinging back her hair...but I was so distracted by the filthy water surrounding her that far from being appealing, it was making me slightly nauseous. The film itself at one point pokes fun of the dirty water with the mayor doing a live tv segment to promote his clean water filtration system and they have him drink a glass live on air...which he follows by vomiting it up and then forcing his staff member whose idea it was to drink it and vomit as well.
The circular story with the police officer was interesting. I was fascinated by some of the unique weapons like a retractable knife that was kept sharp enough to filet fish and these electrical tridents. Not really a recommendation from me, but an interesting watch.
