After arriving illegally into Hong Kong from mainland China, "Crippled Ho" (Donnie Yen) and his three friends hire themselves out as low-level street thugs to make a few bucks here and there. Then one night they find themselves in the middle of a riot and when the police arrive Ho defends his buddies--but in the process gets into a major fight with a corrupt and psychopathic British policeman named "Ernest Hunt" (Bryan Larkin). Although Ho gets the better of him in a fair fight, he is arrested by a Chinese police officer named "Lee Rock" (Andy Lau) and taken to jail. Hours later Hunt arrives with a few British policemen and proceeds to beat Ho who is isolated and completely defenseless. Fortunately, Lee Rock arrives and stops Hunt before Ho can be killed and, after he gets out of the hospital, he conveys his gratitude to Lee Rock. From this point on both Lee Rock and Ho become good friends and, although Hong Kong itself is controlled by the corrupt British police, Kowloon is just the opposite--and that is where the two of them decide to make their fortunes in the drug trade. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that I thought that this was an entertaining film which combined plenty of action with an interesting--if not entirely realistic--plot. But even so, I enjoyed this movie for the most part, and have rated it accordingly. Above average.
Review of Chasing the Dragon
