This early teaming of Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Wu Chien-Lien is interesting because they’re so damn young and unskilled at acting. Chiu-Wai is a maverick cop (called “Beach Boy”) who spends most of his time sneering or acting obnoxious. Wu Chien-Lien is ultra-cute as his live-in Mainlander, who he rescues after they take down her evil stepdad. Ng Man-Tat is the inept partner and Waise Lee is the dashing, but crooked captain.

Director Johnnie To's uneven flick is quite typical of Hong Kong commercial cinema, i.e. sometimes embarrassingly silly, with cheesy romantic montages. A forgotten film and understandably so, but not totally without merit. At the very least, the actors are enjoyable to watch and there's some definite camp value in watching great actors act badly. Between this and The Returning, you can see that Tony Leung and Wu Chien-Lien have improved considerably as actors. (Kozo 1996)