Original subtitles

After the handover of Hong Kong,

the Government underwent a complete transformation

Last winter,

an Emergency Unit vehicle was hijacked

Deputy Commissioner of Police M.B. Lee

personally commanded the rescue mission

Beneath a fragile veil of peace,.

dangerous tides stirred in silence

K Standing now before our fallen colleagues,

Z may peace be found in our heroes' undying souls

Scheme upon scheme. Strife without end

My former superior once taught me

the police's greatest enemy

MIDDLE has always been our own

Given the severity of the case,

* I've decided to take personal command

The code name of the operation:

Cold War

Thus began a deadly game of life and death

hate being used as a pawn

Counsel Kan

Extreme times

call for extreme measures

You are second only to one

What more do you want?

Tell Counsel Kan, from here on,

we stay out of each other's way

I don't care what you and the people behind you are plotting

1TZd Action

A Hong Kong

TEMPT is not a place where they can have free rein

Candidate No. 1, Mr. Adrian Yip,

having obtained more than 600 valid votes

in-this election,

ordance with Article 28 of the Chief Executive Election Ordina

Mhereby declare

Mr. Adrian Yip

duly elected as the 5th Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR

** As of yesterday,

Chief Executive-elect Adrian Yip

has not yet announced his key cabinet appointments

Sources say

** Yip personally approached

* former Deputy Commissioner of Police M.B. Lee

R to persuade him to take up a key position

* At the conclusion of Operation Cold War, M.B. Lee tendered his early retiremen

In light of the considerable public controversy surrounding him

sources close to the Government have indicated that

H Adrian Yip has retained Senior Counsel Oswald Kan

to run integrity checks on incoming cabinet candidates

Analysts suggest

that the election of Adrian Yip

may fundamentally reshape Hong Kong's future governance

Counsel Kan

Commissioner

THE ROL My apologies for the intrusion. I need your assistance

persuade M.B. to join the cabinet

Two nights ago,

17 M.B. was attacked

* When the police arrived at the scene,

M.B. was already gone

I want to see M.B.'s file

I made myself clear

THAT I will devote the rest of my life

to dealing with him

(1994) (Report on M.B. Lee, 1994)

Secret Intelligence Service

Highly ambitious and charismatic Understands "politics" (a pro and a con)

借光俺家族

Those assholes from the Special Branch...

finally decided to show up for work

* Lee Sir

Please sign here

Thank you

K How many times already?

Three... three times

EK Five!

You went gambling with confiscated cocaine in your pocket

And got it stolen

If this comes out, our whole team goes down with you!

I'm a good for nothing!

A gambling addict! A burden to everyone!

Shut the fuck up!

Boss

TAL Save the formalities

Got any for me?

Steamed meat patties, squid with vegetables,

and kale with preserved sausage

What do you want?

I handpicked you for this team

We're all brothers here

F This is the last time I'll save your ass

By 9 tomorrow morning,

we must find a way to replace that cocaine

Thank you boss! Thank you uncle Poet!

Roy W Thank you Roy! Thank you Bianca!

Each of you monitor a district

See if anyone's making a drop

KE Yes sir

TALK Commissioner Hui

Congratulations

mr. Ma

An OBE from Her Majesty. Impressive

After '97, you move up. Peter Choi retires in place

Commissioner, I am counting on you to look out for me

Mr. Ma

and Commissioner Hui

Is this collusion?

Uncle Pao,

what we're doing here isn't collusion, it's seduction!

D Hello?

T The Commissioner doesn't want me to show up?

Let's keep in touch

T Cheers!

*K Commissioner of Police, Mr. Dickson Hui

K Sir

RE Commissioner, good to see you up here

** Congratulations on your medal

WWKR Thank you sir

117 Well done

Simon

Your father can use the Government House for meetings?

My father has walked freely

through Downing Street for twenty years

The Government House?

That's nothing

Dickson

TUME My apologies

for spoiling your moment

A Please sit

Do you know why we're all here today?

The Vice Chairman of the Global Trade Group,

my tenth sister Rosa

called me 2 hours ago

Her husband, K.F. Wong

has been kidnapped

Hello?

*** Hello Mrs. Wong

I have your husband

I don't want to hurt anyone,

I'm just asking for money

Dopehead

J 1988

Mr. Ma's eldest son Roger

r- 1991.

P Mr. Kwok

* Last year

2 Uncle Pao's mistress

The people in this room

* have paid more than $2 billion dollars in ransom

to secure their safety

We in the business community unanimously chose you

to have a smooth Handover

152U* For the past 152 years,

-KŁ Hong Kong has always been a place to do business

Is that understood?

Free next Wednesday - Sam Shing Estate?

Councilor Lin is inviting you to dinner

Which Councilor Lin?

Councilor Lin, the one with tall curly hair

What kind of dinner is this...

Z Never mind just do as I say

Don't lie to me!

Anita F Just "friends" with Anita, huh?

X Chauffeuring her, gifting designer bags-that's your idea of being "friends"?

337 Brother Pak Shing is calling everyone to Nam Pin Wai at 7 tonigh

Did you see Jimmy's girlfriend that night?

Dropping serious weight on this?

AA The client wants AA grade dope?

Boss, we found Tokyu Boy

He's moving product tonight

Dropping serious weight on this?

AAA The client wants AA grade?

Copy. 0030, same place

Is Tokyu Boy's boss the Tiger of Kwai Chung?

That's Tiger Fong

second-in-command of Lo Yuen

It's midnight

A We call this policemen's luck

It's time for you to crack a big case and get promoted

TA And teach Lo Yuen a lesson while we're at it

If it were up to me, I'd go

T Boss

Thank you

OCTB

*** Hands up! All of you!

Uncle Poet

Roy Roy! Save Uncle Poet!

** Boss!

Boss! Go!

Roy B Roy! Bianca!

Johnny Boy!

**17 Johnny Boy!

THE I'm sorry

I'm a burden to everyone...

* Get out!

Go!

4 Drive!

*IN Officer, Identification Bureau

Attention - Deputy Commissioner

K Choi Sir is on the scene

*THE Choi Sir

A Sit

I didn't expect that kind of firepower

TAKE Sorry sir

515 Get checked out first

14 Start the car

I just spotted Tiger Fong

The hostage looks familiar

K.F. Wong? The Global Trade Group Chairman?

That's him!

I got word

The Commissioner assigned the case to the Special Branch

You stumbled upon a case you shouldn't have touched

and messed up the Commissioner's plan

Now the whole Force knows-

the hostage is gone and a brother is dead

T Even if Hui doesn't pin the kidnapping on you,

you'll still take the fall

T We can't clash head-on with the Special Branch

H- You should lay low for a while

Make sure

even I can't find you

THE Some things you do but never say

THE Some things you say but never do

Got it?

X Peter, Where's M.B.?

ET He lost a brother today

THE He's not in good shape

ALR I gave him two weeks off

Is that okay?

No one informed me

Do you think that is okay?

I'm informing you now

T Peter,

don't get any ideas

I will always be your boss,

until the day you retire

Keep an eye on M.B.'s Team

Find him ASAP

x J You suspect M.B.'s involved?

and F Nah, I don't give a damn whether M.B. is involved or no

We need to cover our asses

*** M.B. Lee...

... connected to K.F. Wong's disappearance?

All classified files were shipped out by the British before the handove

Without Mr. Yip's connections

we'd never have a chance

XX to see these documents

You stumbled upon a case you shouldn't have touched

Even if Hui doesn't pin the kidnapping on you,

you'll still take the faill

H You should lay low for a while

T Make sure even I can't find you

* Choi Sir said

he's already replaced the drugs in the evidence room

He said not to worry

FR Uncle Poet made it through his second surgery

He's past the critical stage

The Commissioner wants this matter suppressed

Johnny Boy still can't have a proper funeral

EX And the Special Branch?

You were the last person to see K.F. Wong and Tiger Fong

The Special Branch has no leads

so they're coming after you

They raided your apartment yesterday without a search warrant

pissing off our whole team big time

Sir...

Save it

Watch it, you damn gweilo!

() (Check K.F. Wong's background)

Bye

married Will Poon's tenth sister, Rosa

and took over the Global Trade Group

It's long been rumoured that Rosa bears no blood relation to the Poons

Just an adopted daughter

Word is, Global Trade Group has been

making big moves in the markets

Rumour is, they've crossed the Big Four real estate tycoons

TUR But the Poons' influence runs too deep

It will be hard to uncover the truth

And what about Tiger Fong?

F Not a single kidnapping

since he became Lo Yuen's number 2

Lo Yuen's boss died recently,

Fong may use this chance to go solo

INK and return to his old tricks

If we don't bring Tiger Fong in,

all our heads are gonna roll

Any major moves out of Lo Yuen lately?

Our three moles in Lo Yuen picked up some chatter

the new Boss is holding a birthday gathering at Jiangnan House

The elders are planning to defect that night

** Boss,

T you did everything you could for us

We're all behind you

THE Sorry...

Roy Take care of yourself and Roy

I will avenge Uncle Poet and Johnny Boy

Keep an eye on them

You are not welcome here!

K Sir

Calling Central Command-

H OCTB Superintendent M.B. Lee has arrived at Jiangnan House

Hello?

Choi Sir, M.B. just showed up at Jiangnan House

Attention all units:

I East Tsim Sha Tsui, Jiangnan House

K The Special Branch will have eyes on all of you

F Pull everyone back

X Don't get in M.B.'s way

Turn their strength against them

Clever

*LT Why the fuck are you here?

You don't belong here!

*** M.B.!

Quite the honor tonight

X White Head

* I came to pay my respects

to your new boss, Boss Yuen

Fuck off, cop. You think you can just walk in?

Who the fuck are you?

Get lost!

The fuck are you doing?

J Are you out of your mind?

1-17 Pour out that cup,

and you're never walking out of here

Lee Sir

Let me return the honor

B Boss Yuen...?

E Tony

** See him out

Boss Yuen

I need someone from Lo Yuen

Who?

The Tiger of Kwai Chung

Tiger Fong

What the fuck are you doing?

Tiger Fong is nothing

without Lo Yuen behind him

Hey

You really thought

F you ran this city?

Protect Boss Yuen!

A White Head

B Boss Yuen

We'll take it from here

E Tony

Looks like someone wants you dead

I was planning to clean house tonight...

KEL You compromised everything

Tiger Fong kidnapped K.F. Wong...

Is Lo Yuen involved?

Go ahead and keep protecting him

and see where that gets you

In 24 hours

I'll get him to release the hostage

- Does that wipe the slate clean?

He shot two of my men

My whole team was almost eliminated

How do you just erase that?

7 Fine,

Tiger of Kwai Chung, huh?

M I'll handle it

Without me,

you will never find him

Hey

Hey!

Rosa

Hello?

Will Poon?

State your demand

600 million

Cash

I want to hear my brotherin-law's voice

Help! Help me!

* Help me!

E Will

If he doesn't get his fix soon,

*T he won't last the night

That's a lot of money

I need time

Half first, then wait for my call

The call was made from overseas

Will

RE Simon

Go to your Aunt Daisy

Use the family trust

Hui Sir

T Secure the hostage first. Arrests can follow

T The Poon family won't blame the police for incompetence

How is Aunt Fong?

Is she well?

Mom says she misses the grandchildren

She wants me to take her back to Canada

Tell me, who are you working for?

Don't ask

You can't afford to cross them

T I don't want to drag Lo Yuen into this

The three elders have been dealt with

Step up and take your place as the new Boss

- I pay respects to Uncle Tin

RI Take care

B Boss Yuen

M.B. is awake

I was raised by Tiger's mom

* If you promise to spare Tiger's life,

I will find him for you

Why change your mind?

*** K.F. Wong is Will Poon's brother-in-law

For decades,

no one in the underworld dared to cross the Poons

Sir Poon

Quick and easy

THEZ⭑ I want the remaining 300 million paid in Canadian dollars

T Whoever is behind Tiger Fong,

once the ransom is paid,

Tiger will be killed

Kidnapping for ransom

that's twenty years minimum

K Every prison has our people

He goes in

I'll make sure he's taken care of

** You answer to your men,

I answer to Lo Yuen

ANT Everyone walks away happy

1t4 Why?

Because I saved your life?

I don't owe you

And you don't owe me either

TAK I've booked your flight for next week

HERE You are to run the three family châteaux on the Left Bank

W from now on

Tenth Uncle has been kidnapped...

T** I want to stay and help

No need

The ransom is being delivered tomorrow

Uncle will be fine

Victoria Redux Victoria Redux is none of your business

In this family,

M the capable rise

Everyone handles their own problems

Family matters aren't for you to worry about

1988 released in 1988

From this to this

in just three years

The point is

the mobile phone of the future will be more than a phone

Far more than just calls

it will have functions we can barely imagine

★ Leave product design to Japan and the US

K We do what we do best:

Infrastructure

While T.F. Ma and the others are still

T fighting over Hong Kong land for luxury flats

or snapping up ports in Europe,

the Poon family must demonstrate greater foresight

Victoria Redux Victoria Redux...

** In twenty years,

Hong Kong

* will be Asia's leading smart city

M If we start now

T investing in base stations, transmission infrastructure

and fibre-optic networks,

we will command Hong Kong's entire communications future

No individual, no corporation, not even the government,

BATTEN will be able to function without us

972 After the handover in 1997,

No.1 the Poon family will remain second to none

The original idea

was Rosa's

ASTH I only wrote the proposal

**** The future of the Poon family

lies entirely with you

**** Sir, the other half of the ransom is ready

We can deliver tomorrow

There's also news on what you asked me to look into

The main force driving down Global Trade Group stock

M appears to be several British hedge funds,

SEX not the Big Four Tycoons

* Those sly British foxes...

People of our generation

only know the Big Four Tycoons

Most people have no concept

T of old money from previous generations

An illustrious house that survives a century

does not endure

TEKTAHE on primogeniture alone

KE Choi Sir

KE Choi Sir

14 What the hell is going on?

TH I'm sorry Mr. Choi

You were in a meeting just now,

we didn't want to disturb you

T The Commissioner ordered the requisition of your office

to serve as a temporary command center

for the operation to rescue Mr. Wong

Your new office is larger than this one,

and I dare say it's even more grandiose than the Commissioner's office

You really hope that I retire soon, huh?

Let's go

Hello?

KE Sir

K Choi Sir

You should lay low for a while

best if even I can't find you

XZZ Manager Lau

When did I become a preferred customer?

TEM How many fucking phones does he have?

I'll speak

KRIT Just listen

TZE Is it safe?

The British hedge fund?

Should be safe

I know where Tiger Fong is

It's not Lo Yuen

There's somebody else behind the kidnapping

The Global Trade Group

is making big moves in the financial markets

T and they've stepped on some powerful toes

Kidnapping KF Wong

was meant to cripple the Global Trade Group

The ransom is just bait to draw Tiger in

Now that Tiger no longer has Lo Yuen's backing,

* once they have the money

everyone dies

Oh no, I moved half my savings into stocks yesterday

I'll come in today to sort it out

Which branch are you in?

I'm at East Tsim Sha Tsui

I'm worried they'll send two teams,

one on the ransom, one to clean house

I'll go rescue the hostage, you intercept the cash?

*T I won't make it in time

I have to take my daughter to piano lessons

Then I'll intercept the cash

and you rescue the hostage?

I'll send you the coordinates

Let's do that

I'll call you when I'm on my way

** I made a promise to Boss Yueh I

Tiger Fong stays alive

7 Okay

(9891) (Banyan Bridge, Mail Truck 9891)

Dave Dave, form a hit team

I want our own men

Off record

K Sir, HQ has located M.B.

E Catch him

14 Stop the car!

14 Stop!

14 Stop!

TEX Do not move, M.B.!

Stop resisting!

Welcome back, M.B.

You're a hard man to find

T What are you guys doing?

Let him go!

Fix Let him go!

I said let him go!

I'm telling you guys to let him go!

Do you understand?

What is going on?

A pissing contest?

Are you cops or are you triads?

Half of the ransom money is gone

*L K.F. Wong is nowhere to be found

TJ You can't wash your hands of this one

Commissioner

** I will take full responsibility for the K.F. Wong case

- Full responsibility?

The two of you have torn this Force apart!

Look at yourselves

KÉ Sir, it wasn't M.B. or I who tore the Force apart

Peter Choi!

You watch your damn mouth!

I reject your accusation, Commissioner

that I, Deputy Commissioner of Operations,

** and Chief Superintendent M.B. Lee

are responsible for tearing the Force apart

As a member of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force,

our duty is to protect the people

not kowtow to those in power

or hide behind the Special Branch to do their dirty work

E while neglecting actual police work

and turning on our own!

KE Sir

T Peter Choi

Well said! Piece of shit!

K Commissioner,

K if the Special Branch doesn't release M.B. immediately,

TTT I quit!

T We all quit!

TTT I'm out!

Roy Roy

** We're all brothers here

Don't let one case come between us

* Tell your men to pick up their badges

Roy Roy

X* M.B.

* Come to my room

When we got to the barge, K.F. Wong wasn't in the engine room

The ransom money was nowhere to be found

and Tiger Fong and his gang were already dead

If that intel

came from Lo Yuen's new boss,

you've been set up

I don't owe you,

and you don't owe me either

Stay here

and the Special Branch

- will come after you

Remember

A* The police's greatest enemy has always been their own

WWK Thank you sir

- I've arranged a car to take you to Po Toi O

From there, take a boat to Thailand

Stay hidden, don't let anyone find you

When we got to the barge, K.F. Wong wasn't in the engine room

Wong was in the engine room?

I'll go rescue the hostage

*T I won't make it in time

Then I'll intercept the cash,

and you rescue the hostage?

Let's do that

Ask yourself this:

Were you played?

*** The police's greatest enemy has always been their own

Are we heading to Po Toi O?

X Yes

** Aunt Wing's boat?

Yes

Fire!

Isn't Po Toi O Lil' Fly's turf?

Chief Inspector Roy Ho

Albert Kwong,

Internal Investigations

You are hereby notified

all four OCTB teams are suspended pending investigation

* Kwong Sir

You realise this

cripples the entire OCTB?

Is this

payback?

Being suspended is one thing

JE But throwing your badges down,

that's mutiny

You're suspected of knowingly

tampering with evidence

There's no justifying it

Your superiors have been patient

suspending you today is long overdue

Roy Roy

WE The Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner are at war

Till Either way

* M.B. will be sacrificed

All I can promise you is

I will handle this fairly

*** M.B. Lee

T Why is Tiger Fong dead?

TEKESIB Weren't you supposed to arrest him?

TE I'm sorry...

T I was betrayed by Peter Chol

Bist Boss Yuen

Aunt Fong

Aunt Fong

You're S.T. Lee's son

That makes you family

Everyone in Lo Yuen respects your father

How is he?

B Boss Yuen,

My son died because of him

L His life belongs to me

M.B. Lee

Anything you need Lo Yuen to settle for you?

It's Lo Yuen's family business

Leave it to me

M.B. has been executed by Lo Yuen

KIR Money has no loyalty

No offence,

but you couldn't earn this much in two lifetimes as a cop

Let's go fifty-fifty

A crime is a crime

We are the Royal Hong Kong Police

T We do not negotiate with triads

A I get it

FEEL The hostage is in your hands

FL So is the money

You can do whatever you want

Tit But

TJE this is not my call

TJE Everyone says they're not the one in charge

The Tiger of Kwai Chung, working for someone else?

KE Are you content to spend your whole career

under the Commissioner's thumb and retire just like that?

Everyone has a price

Can you afford mine?

Great!

KMK The people backing this

... are bigger than you can imagine...

You already said it yourself

I have all the power here

Why on earth would I split the money with you?

*** Both sides wanted M.B. dead

OUTL The only one who could have saved him

without a trace was S.T. Lee

That doesn't add up

It was November at that time

The water was far colder than the air

- If someone was shot and fell into the sea,

they wouldn't last ten minutes

The file says otherwise

TT A file is not the same as the truth

A Too neat? Too convenient?

These records are too detailed...

-- as if a pair of eyes has been watching all along

TREND Hong Kong isn't just Asia's financial centre

Western powers

KMEK have long used Hong Kong to gather intelligence on the Far East

THE This city has always been

MERR a prize every power wants

Are you saying

all of this could be one elaborate setup?

Commissioner, don't let this setup trap you

If K.F. Wong really were in Peter Choi's hands,

what would M.B. think?

* How would Peter Choi play it?

E And how would Will Poon make his moves?

59 K.F. Wong's kidnapping

T wasn't just about money

It was a political power play

Every ambitious eye

is fixed on this city

"Four OCTB teaths have mutinied over the K.F. Wong case

"Chief Superintendent M.B. Lee - missing, presumed dead"?

I heard

K.F. Wong really has been kidnapped

Was it Choi Sir who tipped you off?

I'm asking you

THE Was it Choi Sir who tipped you off?

* M If I tell you, my source goes dark

Local news! Breaking news! Special features!

T Everyone get to work!

Mrs. Wong!

T Has Mr. Wong been kidnapped?

TEKS We heard the Poon family went straight to the Commissioner

Has Mr. Wong's disappearance affected the board's decisions?

Do you have confidence in the Police?

ation.. For someone stood up and said no official

he would take full responsibility

for the K.F. Wong case

I am not taking the fall

for Peter Choi or the OCTB!

And neither will any of you Senior Assistant Commissioners!

Cancel the press conference

Issue a press release instead

Mr. Dickson Hui is on temporary leave

due to personal reasons

** Deputy Commissioner Peter Choi

* will serve as Acting Commissioner

until further notice

*** Sir, I got word from inside the Force

E Dickson Hui pushed Peter Choi as Acting Commissioner

clearly setting him up as the fall guy

Also, I found out

K.F. Wong has been in close contact with Downing Street

Noted

Sir Poon

THME My apologies

J for interrupting your confession

KE Choi Sir, are you a man of faith?

- * A man without faith tends to lose his way

** We in the Force

worship Guan Er Ge

Over a hundred years ago,

we, the old money, were already established in Hong Kong

A Today, if the Poon family speaks,

T no one dares defy us

** The Poon family has had its hand in

M politics, business and finance for decades

Hong Kong has always been yours to command

I never imagined there would come a day

when I could stand here

TETY as your equal

I misjudged

Force through the '97 transition

should be you

Let's cut to the chase

Z $800 million

Open an offshore account in my name

Once I have the money,

-1 I'll release him

Victory Redux I want to bring in some London capital

for Victoria Redux

Is this your idea,

or Rosa's?

If it's just about money,

to the Ho family in Macau,

the Singapore shipping magnate,

** and the Shimazu family in Tokyo

They're all keen to invest

Don't worry

The Poon family's business

TH stays out of the reach of the Brits from now on

*THE Choi Sir

People call me the Master of the House

T Do you know what it means

to be the Master of the House?

To uphold justice

to solve problems, and

to deal with those who create them

I trust I'm not someone you need to "deal with"

T You'd rather I keep K.F. Wong locked up?

* Your brother-in-law has made you a lot of money over the past 10 years

I can trust outsiders with my business.

THE But I cannot pass my family to a man whose loyalty is divided

Send my brother-in-law away

$20 million USD every year

** He goes quietly. You stay breathing.

This case dies here. Don't dig any further.

Sir Poon

You're ruthless

KE Peter

J Let me correct something

MITE From the moment you walked through the door

you and I

it Terer have never been equals

In Hong Kong,

MT I have always been the one calling the shots

Dad...

Back in my day, both sides gave me respect. Black and white.

You,

both sides want you dead.

EXERT Like father, like son

The Special Branch has enough to put you away

All four OCTB teams have vanished

The fact that you're still breathing

A you owe that to Lo Yuen

Boss Yuen aimed wide on purpose

* That's the only reason I could bring you back

The Special Branch,

** Peter Choi,

the tycoons and the triads...

They've all crossed the line

How did this place end up like this?

rt '97 is coming

FL Men with ambition

will stop at nothing to reach the top

T You're not in their league

One wrong move and you're dead

Leave, son

TET I can't leave my brothers behind

Win or lose

I'm staying

TT Then you stay without looking back

*\ You're the only one who knows Peter has turned

* The Force won't save you

You need allies

Black and white,

MB there is always

13 a shade of black in the white

1 and white in the black

After the fish farm incident

the entire operational report was almost completely redacted

Apart from Will Poon, Peter Choi and M.B. Lee,

RAT no one else would ever know the truth

The transfer of sovereignty,

a change of administration,

a reshuffle of the leadership...

1994 1994

2017 2017

E Then and there,

mirrors now and here

* K.F. Wong was taken

X M.B. Lee has vanished

Peter Choi

MKUF has never stopped

EAKF But the ones who truly never stopped

are the dark forces behind him

Truth and lies. Black and white.

M Like photography

Where there's shadow, there must be light

- Where there's light, there must be shadow

Every truth is decided in a single moment

K Commissioner

K As both the dean of the School of Liberal Arts

L and a member of the Poon family,

4 my position here today is

ĦALL slightly awkward

So, without further ado,

may I call upon Sir William Poon

To introduce these priceless treasures

Thank you, Irene

Thank you all

These works before you

have been with me since childhood

S Rather than keeping them at home,

T I'm entrusting them to the University Museum

So that younger generations may, through them,

come to know Hong Kong

and its history

* In 1895, your great-grandfather, S. A. Poon

was invested as a Commander of the British Empire

To honor this glory, Lou Baichuan

X drew from the sacred texts of Confucius and Fan Zhongyan

He composed four characters for our family:

* "EXALTED BY THE IMPERIAL ROBE"

Simon

What are you doing!

piece of calligraphy is authentic,

no one dares say otherwise

Simon

M* No one dares cross our family

Did you have anything to do

ETE with your tenth uncle's kidnapping?

Yes

THE You bastard!

X Louder!

THE I'm sorry

Louder!

I'm sorry!

134 Tell me,

how do I explain this to your tenth aunt?

You taught me this yourself

My whole life, you've told me to solve my own problems

K.F. Wong is my problem

**** The future of the Poon family...

T lies entirely with you

If I don't handle him,

I lose everything

T You took away the person I loved

You gave what was mine to someone else

ft4 Why?

Victoria returned With this Victoria Redux Project,

T you're handing everything this family built

to that Wong!

L I'm your only son!

J I'm a Poon!

RTTER So what if you're a Poon?

Do you know what people say

E about the Poon family?

That we dealt in opium,

ran brothels and gambling dens,

that we were rapists and pillagers!

Every penny of our fortune

built on filth!

Have you any idea

how many bodies our throne is built on?

4 That's why I've spent decades

L trying to bring the Poon name

THE back from the darkness

businessmen I acted as a guarantor for

Do you know how much I've donated?

Do you have any idea?

*** Do you know how many times I've taken the fall for the Brits?

Do you?

Simon

It's not that you aren't smart

You're too smart for your own good

TONK We cannot go back to the old ways

As long as I'm still here...

HTT I will not let you lead this family

¥ It must have been hard for you, Dad

* I see now

I've always been your problem

J Let me solve this problem for you

I'll solve it

L Elders of ages past, behold:

TA On the first day of the eleventh month, year of Jiaxu,

The Heavenly Consort, Lady Hui Ling,

calls upon four brave souls

T to vanquish our sworn enemy, Peter Choi,

7 in honor of the spirit of Boss Yuen's adopted son,

the Tiger of Kwai Chung,

with sun and moon as witness!

You've already died once

TEZZ Why couldn't you just stay out of my way?

If you kill Peter Choi

Lo Yuen is finished

T Are you willing to let your men die for this?

Z Lo Yuen's affairs are none of your concern

I started this

MA so I'll finish it

Boss Yuen

Give me a chance

We both have moles in each other's camp

\ Lend me three men

- If I fail,

F you can always make your move then

I'll give you three names...

Leo Leo Chan

↑ Told you! US stocks were going to crash this week

Tin Man Tin Man

Eric Eric Ma

* M.B. they're all yours

* Get up!

I got word from the Force, boss

I'm with you

You saved my life

L Wherever you go, I go

Good to have you back

> My analyst friend pulled the trading records

and found eight securities firms

consistently buying up Global Trade Group stock

E* All above board on the surface

TUT But I dug into the financiers behind three of them

and the biggest individual buyers in the other five

All roads lead back to a private equity firm registered in Bermuda

As expected,

we hit a wall

T But a contact at an investment bank

managed to dig up something

BE Jackie Gao

CEO, Aether Investments

19824 Economics graduate, University of Wisconsin, 1982

She's the one behind all eight securities firms

That year, there were only two Chinese students in the programme

The other one was

Simon Keswyk Poon Simon Keswyk Poon

A Poon Chi Ong

X Did he hit you again?

K Simon Poon's motives may run deeper than we think

Rumour has it Rosa isn't related to the Poons by blood

Forbidden love is not uncommon in an illustrious house like theirs

What we found out, Peter Choi and the Poons already know

Hiding K.F. Wong this long

while fooling both sides... is no easy feat

*HA We need to get K.F. Wong out alive

Only then can he testify against Peter Choi

Bist Boss Yuen,

tomorrow at 10pm,

boats are leaving southbound

¥ from Tuen Mun, Stanley and Shau Kei Wan

TAL All new faces, no regular clients

We need to get K.F. Wong out before they move him

Only then can he testify against Peter Choi

This is your one shot

Split up

Leo, Stanley

Eric, Tuen Mun

Tin Man, stay with me at Shau Kei Wan

- WES Not a soul. Just mosquitoes

Nothing here either

* A van just pulled into Tuen Mun

T Boss, I think I've found something...

Smuggled lobsters

Damn it

Everyone, Kai Tak Airport

All three water routes were decoys

Peter Choi is Acting Commissioner

If he wants to move K.F. Wong,

XX he can use Kai Tak openly

B Boss Yuen

**- There was a cargo flight scheduled

to Heathrow tonight at 2305,

*** but it's been delayed thirty minutes

I dug into it

Turns out those cops

KHE made a last-minute request to add a container

Got it

** Lee Sir

Looks like you were right

You're clear

Open the gate!

LionHeart Airways 998, coming in for final approach 998

Copy that, LionHeart Airways

998 4* LionHeart Airways 998, welcome to Kai Tak Airport

Please standby for your jet bridge assignment

705 Hong Kong Tower, Ansett 705. Traffic in sight

705 Good evening Ansett 705

Employ 705

25T Config Three landing, begin final descent

Go! Go! Go!

Move!

Move, move, move!

One, two, three

Special Branch. Open the gate!

Special Branch again?

X What's going on tonight?

Your colleagues just went through...

Hey!

76 Pacific Airways Cargo 76, this is operations

K Cargo on the way

Go after that van!

Copy

TE A61 Unauthorized vehicle approaching taxiway A6!

Cancel all arrivals and departures immediately

705 Employed 705,

go around, standard missed approach!

IN I say again

Hire 705...

THAT I can't see anything out there

705 Ansett 705, do you copy?

S They're not picking up the signal

TH interference from the storm!

Shit!

Ansett 705, go around 705

T FOD on the runway!

Do you copy?

70574 Ansett 705, do you copy?

B What's that on the runway?

BREAK Do you hear me?

705 Ansett 705, do you copy?

K Rejected landing

Flaps!

Flaps!

WE All stations, Kai Tak International Airport is now closed to all traffic

instructions for diversion, one by one

*** M.B.

J You've lost

Not yet!

We at least have the body

* If news of K.F. Wong's death

gets out...

Peter Choi loses all leverage over the Poon family

We still have the upper hand

What do you want?

Negotiate with him

If negotiating worked, we wouldn't be here!

He has my whole team!

What choice do I have?

I have no choice!

Everyone...

M** always has a choice

£1 I should never have called your father to save you that day

B Jodie Yuen

** Lee Sir,

T you and I walk different paths

TT Then you stay without looking back

Peter Choi has been with me right out of cadet school

If that man decides to go crooked

you won't stand a chance against him

Because your heart is still warm

You cannot control the board

But only you can decide how your own piece moves

E You are a man,

TER not a pawn

L Do you understand me, son?

* You're more capable than I gave you credit for

Is that why you want me dead?

E I have K.F. Wong

J K.F. Wong must be dead

If he were alive, you'd have gone straight to the Commissioner,

not to me

If I go to the Commissioner, we all go down

Our only way out is to bypass him and go straight to the Brits

Playing the loyalty card?

Smart

Give me the body

and you report for duty within 24 hours

This Not enough

I want my whole team reinstated

* Johnny Boy's family gets the full pension

- Not a penny less

And I want Johnny Boy buried

with full police honours

17 If we get through this,

A you take full command of the OCTB

From that point on,

we stay out of each other's business

Professionally and personally

Fair deal?

(Twelve hours after the Kai Tak Airport incident

In light of the Kai Tak Airport incident

MI6 has appointed me with full authority to handle the matte

Welcome to Hong Kong

Commissioner Hui,

THE In less than three years,

E the sovereignty of Hong Kong will be transferred officially

What we about to discuss is top secret and off record

P Are we clear?

As a friendly gesture to the future sovereign of Hong Kong,

AZ Downing Street has already decided

F1995 to disband the Special Branch in July 1995

* But above all, the real reason we are here

concerns the abduction of a certain K.F. Wong

This is what we want you to do, Commissioner

THE AB You don't have to worryyou just have to play your part

T As for the fat cats,

the cabinet will meet with them individually

) (Downing Street)

F Mr. Poon, we've been allies for a century

KE The British government has...

never intervened in your family affairs,

nor in the decision over who your successor might be

Your country's intelligence

KL is truly the best in the world

Our country's, Mr. Poon

For now

Peter, I would like to reiterate

In less than three years.

The sovereignty of Hong Kong shall be transferred officially

If anything would've happened before June 30th 1997

which would jeopardize our withdrawal from Hong Kong in a dignified fashion,

to stop it with all our might

But there's no need to be nervous Deputy Commissioner,

I'm not here to point fingers

After our careful reconsideration,

T Commissioner Hui will retire before the Handover

T We wouldn't normally expect to be involved in

the decisions about who your successor might be,

... in the same way we've never tried to influence

E which countries you do business with

However, what we are interested in, is continuity

We only have one question

Hong Kong Police Force,

could you guarantee a smooth transition of sovereignty

and a retreat with dignity for the United Kingdom?

I believe I can

K Peter.A

just take a second and think very carefully before you answer

My question is

As Commissioner,

97ÆRK can you uphold the interests of the United Kingdom even after 1997

I believe

I am the only person

in the entire Police Force

who is capable of doing that

Since the founding of Hong Kong as a British Colony...

** the U.K. has always appointed the senior officers

in the Hong Kong Police Force

In addition to reinstating you,

recommend you to the Chinese

*** as the future Commissioner of Police

In the case of the abduction of K.F. Wong, I have failed complete

I should be penalized

What we seek is someone like you

An elegant loser who can wrap things up neatly

* Or should I say "a winner in the making"

May I ask you a question instead?

How are you going to deal with the K.F. Wong incident?

What we are about to discuss is top-secret information

What I can tell you is

*** Dickson Hui, the Poon Family, Wong...

they are all yesterday's news

Times are changing

We all need to adapt

In truth, you could say we know all there is to know

about what is unfolding,

and what will unfold, in Hong Kong

This incident affects not only the rich

K but also the interests of the United Kingdom

We have to make a trade-off

Hello?

E Daddy

Simon?

THE Forgive me

T Are you implying that

if national interest is on the line,

you can break the law?

ITER We don't break the law

S We write the law

If the almighty empire where the sun never sets is dirty as such

I really don't know how this game is played

This is reality, M.B.

H Reality

Camera rolling

Good afternoon, everybody

The Royal Hong Kong Police Force

views the kidnapping of Mr. K.F. Wong,

W Chairman of the Global Trade Group,

*IN with utmost importance

** the police received intelligence suggesting

the notorious criminal Tiger Fong

“ and his accomplices were planning to escape

Z through Kai Tak Airport using forged identities

A fierce battle broke out

and Tiger Fong was neutralized

T I am supremely confident that we will locate Mr. K.F. Wong's whereabouts

* Throughout the operation

** Chief Superintendent M.B. Lee

ATEXE has been under great pressure and hardship

* but he persevered with dignity and bravery

* Therefore, I would like to express my utmost respect

M to Mr. Lee and his OCTB colleagues

** Lee Sir,

times may change,

EXT but honour does not

Lo Yuen will not rest

until Tiger Fong is avenged

Peter Choi must pay. A life for a life

**** M.B. Lee

TH I hope the next time we meet,

we are not enemies

Dad

A I'll solve this for you

Black and white,

MB there is always

13 a shade of black in the white

3 and white in the black

There's never just one way

ME to protect the people you care about

I you taught me never to bury my conscience

As the Commanding Officer,

T it should be my men who send me off

Not the other way around

Done

This is called "e-mail"

These people have been protecting me all along

I have to protect them too

(I) (Please stay for the bonus sequence after the credits)

MI6 Had M.B. Lee pledged loyalty to MI6,

he would have become Commissioner long ago

K If this file is genuine,

94 then back in '94

A he chose conscience over power

Files can be faked,

but this photo of yours,

is real

M Counsel Kan

4 Mr. Yip

Commissioner Lau

Mr. Yip

At 07:05 London Time,

* Peter Choi

was assassinated in London

I have not yet taken office,

and already the former Commissioner has died on foreign soil

*** M.B. Lee

is believed to have survived an assassination attempt

() (Samuel Chan)

1995 7 The Special Branch was disbanded,

in July 1995

N All classified files were shipped back to Britain and sealed

-14 They are believed to contain records

954 of a major scandal from 1995

** K.F. Wong was a spy

Someone wants to rewrite history