ho (donnie yen) fled to hong kong from mainland china in the 1960s. at that time, the hong kong police force partnered with the triads under british colonial rule. corruption was rampant as ever. chief detective lee rock (andy lau) appreciated ho’s exceptional fighting skills and guts, thus helping him to escape further torture by british policemen. ho was grateful to rock for his help. during a gang fight, ho even broke his right leg in order to save rock, hence earning him the nickname “crippled ho”. the two had since developed a brotherly bond. rock helped ho to become the no.1 leader of the local drug empire. rock and ho became extremely powerful and ruled the police force and the underworld of hong kong respectively. however, there were increasing power struggle between them. in 1974, the establishment of the anti-corruption agency icac forced rock to an early retirement. however, ho did not want to quit, and was determined to become the sole dictator of the drug empire…
| duration | 128 mins |
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| genre | drama, crime, action |
| theatrical release | 2017 |
| director | wong jing, jason kwan |
| cast | donnie yen, andy lau, kent cheng, philip keung |
| presented by | mega-vision project workshop limited, bona film group company limited |
| co-presented by | infinitus entertainment limited, sun entertainment culture limited, sil-metropole organisation limited, red carpet cultural industry investment fund, rock partner film |