FIRE OF CONSCIENCE is a Dante Lam film and continues his fascination with armed cops and dodgy Chinese philosophy. This time his burnt out hero is a Sergeant, hunting for the pickpocket who murdered his wife, one police brutality charge at a time. He connects with a by-the-book guy from the Narc squad who may not be as clean as he appears, which gives us the inevitable cop on cop finale. The big shift this time is that in addition to some typically loud shoot-outs in crowded locations and cramped spaces, we also get a lot of character work; the good guys have bad aspects and the bad guys have good sides. It's nice that everybody has a reason for what they're doing, but in truth the characterisation doesn't always connect. Still, it's a cool HK action movie with more heart than we're used to.
Review of Fire of Conscience
