

First of all, Sammo direction is usually brilliant and progressive, in this film however, it seems that most of his creative energy went on his character-acting - and I must say, the scene about Jackie's leaving is particularly impressive.

This film has all of the ingredients that I look for, but it failed to impress me as much as it might have.

Tat is constantly being called away to help out his brother, and the crime-fighting scenes in the film take a long time to develop. His main occupation though, is looking after his mentally-disabled brother (Dodo, or Do-do), played decently by Sammo himself. This is no "Police Story" though, and Chan is portrayed as just another member of the squad. "Long de xin" has Jackie's character (Tat) on the CID (Criminal Investigation Department).
