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A young man learns that Triad life isn't all it's cracked up to be in this stark crime drama from director Wilson Yip. Working in a small cafe, Sai Yau makes the acquaintance of local crime boss Brother Ching. Yau longs to move into the fold, and it isn't ling before Brother Ching accepts him into his gang. Yau soon falls for Brother Ching's girlfriend, and when Brother Ching is killed by rival gangster Dragon Yau takes revenge to disastrous results.