THE BIG HEAT

Early on in the Johnnie To canon comes THE BIG HEAT: his ‘88 dose of winding clues, bloody confrontations and some of the most ludicrous violence in the HK movie universe. This very serious police procedural is all-business in a Fincher-ian way. It’s brutal storytelling about blackmail, espionage, corruption and violence all facing one struggling Hong Kong detective. Inspector Waipong Wong (Waise Lee, A BETTER TOMORROW) has to put his life and resignation from the Hong Kong police department on hold to investigate his former partner's mysterious murder.