

You can't play by the rules if there aren't any.
Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.
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Classical in form, contemporary, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Mark WahlbergDanny Wallace
- Chow Yun-FatNick Chen
- Byron MannBobby Vu
- Kim ChanBenny Wong
- Ric YoungHenry Lee
- Paul Ben-VictorSchabacker
- Jon Kit LeeJack
- Andrew PangWilly Ung
- Elizabeth LindseyLouise Deng
- Brian CoxSean Wallace
Crew
- James FoleyDirector
- Robert PucciScreenplay
- Juan Ruiz AnchíaDirector of Photography
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Howard E. SmithEditor
- Dan HalstedProducer
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