This is the second movie I've watched over the week. Compared to the previous one, i think this is much more of a thrill.
Directed by
Herman Yau (邱禮濤)
Produced by
Tommy Leung (彭顺)
Release date
29 December 2011
Country
Hong Kong
Running time
89 minutes
Starring
Michael Tse (謝天華)
Francis Ng (吳鎮宇)
Chapman To (杜汶澤)
Bosco Wong (黃宗澤)
Kara Hui (惠英紅)
Kate Tsui (徐子珊)
Janice Man (文詠珊)
The movie is a continuation of a previous television drama by TVB called 潛行狙擊 (Lives of Omission) and a sequel to the original Turning Point (Laughing Gor之变节).
The drama is practically about a spy called 梁笑棠 aka Laughing Gor who infiltrated a triad society called 義 豐 (yi feng). After surviving uncountable obstacles, he finally found evidence against the triad's crimes. The triad leader at the end which was 蘇星柏 (aka Michael, 跛Co, Co哥 ) played by 黃宗澤 (Bosco Wong) had no other alternatives but to run. However, he was also caught by Laughing.
The movie continued from there onwards. It started out showing that Laughing was convicted for the murder of Michael and was put into jail. Though this was actually a cover for his real mission on another task.
On the other hand, the scriptwriters introduced another major character into play 霍天任 (Fok Tin Yam) who is a professor which majored in Criminal Psychology. The movie introduced him as a Professor giving a talk in a lecture hall but was later revealed he was convicted for possession and production of drugs. Laughing had no idea who he was but wanted to get close to him after seeing him handle a conflict in jail.
Another new character was also introduced, namely Carmen played by Janice Man (文詠珊). She was supposed to be the middleman between Laughing and his superior concerning his undercover work in the jail. At the same time, Paris played by Kate Tsui (徐子珊) came to visit the prof. The prof was actually her psychologist. After seeing Michael die in front of her, she couldn't accept the fact and thus chose to portray her love by thinking that the prof is Michael.
Later on Carmen meets her new partner 蠟青 played by 歐陽靖 (MC JIN). They both were to assist Laughing on his mission.
The prof was actually planning something while he was in jail. He has a grand plan in seducing Laughing into joining his group of masterminds. Days before his release, he somehow knew it was going to happen. After he was out of jail, Laughing's superior officer was murdered and the documents to prove Laughing was still undercover was also stolen. Laughing had no prove to show that he was actually an undercover.
The prof later suggested that he try and escape form prison in order to have the chance to prove himself. On the day of the fire drill, a commotion was started and he managed to escape prison with the help of the prof together with another man he was chained with called 沙耶波.
After escaping, the prof brought him to witness the grand plan he had in mind. The police collaborated with the triads to make money and at the same time stop crime. The process is as follows. Firstly, the police will confiscate the drugs and hand them over to the triads. Then, the triads will then set up a deal with other drug dealers. After that, the police will then re-confiscate the drugs and recycle them in the same process.
Laughing later discovered that his escape was also part of the plan as the person who escaped with him was actually the lady triad boss' father. He refused to join and later attempt to escape but failed.
Here's the conversation i think worth quoting
什么叫犯法?
你知不知道一个人为什么要犯法?
是因为, 在合法途径，他的不到这世界的公平对待
他只能用非法手段去拿回自己要的东西
你告诉我，为什么同性恋是犯法？
为什么安乐死也是犯法？
因为法律是人定的
但为什么要我们去遵守？
人家定出来而又不公平的法律？
我觉得目标正确就行了，是吗？
加入我们把。
The prof was still insisting in his thoughts of making Laughing enter their masterplan and so he released him to show sincerity. Later, the prof also introduced Paris' husband to 沙普邱 and that she also once knew him. Michael once owe them debt while trading drugs with them. Here is another dialogue worth quoting
早就知道沙普邱是个女人
但没想到是个漂亮的女人
那你就要好好把握，多看两眼
以太会欠你上亿美元的毒品钱
你舍得杀我吗？
你真的以为我不敢杀你？
要是人人都像你这样赖帐，我那边的人吃什么？
可知道他们每天累死累活得到的什么？
得到的就是全世界对我们的臭骂和每个月五十元美金
只够一个人的生活
你们以太会做过些什么？
你们什么都不用做，随便当个中介人，就可以赚最多的钱
这是什么世界？
这个世界只帮你们这些资本主义去吸干我们劳动人民的血汗！
一百元你们赚了九十九块，我忍你
剩下那一块为什么不给我们？
我没钱那回去，我那边的人就会饿死
迟一天我们就饿死一个小孩
我也不能死，我答应我老婆，我要回去接她
And guess what happens later. Laughing and carmen filmed the next trading scene and was prepared to hand it over to the authorities. However, once again, the prof got to Carmen first. She agreed to the prof's plans and thought it would help change the world.
他是犯法，不是犯罪
他是一个革命家
革命本身就需要流血, laughing
你相信教授吧
他真的想改变这不公义的世界
这世界是要改变， 但不是用他那个方法
铜墙跌壁与鸡蛋之间, 我永远站在鸡蛋这边
At that time, 大切 who was instructed by 卓Sir to kill laughing as he was seen as a threat. In the struggle, 大切 and carmen was accidentally killed due to a gas cylinder which exploded. It was then revealed that it was 大切 who killed Michael the last time and not Laughing due to his negligence of the original principle of the professor. The prof was devastated by the instruction given by 卓Sir and threatened him with a video to not act behind his back in the future.
The climax of the story was when Laughing appeared at 卓Sir's ceremony where he is promoted to be the chief police officer. He held 卓Sir captive in a church and asked for the prof to enter as well. unknowingly to them all, Paris was already inside the church after her bathroom break. She was hiding in the corner. The prof later admitted to killing Michael. The prof and Laughing started struggling and suddenly a gun shot "bang". Paris who always thought that Laughing was the one who killed her Michael, but in the end it was the person right next to her. She shot the prof in the back and then shot him again. Laughing quickly grabbed the gun from her and the other cops came in and thought he killed the prof. They fired simultaneously at Laughing.
其实犯法与犯罪，是两种不同的事
两个不同的概念
为什么某些人要去犯法？
是因为, 在合法途径
他的不到这个世界的公平对待
他们就要用非法手段去拿他们本来应的到的东西
所以公平和公义对这个世界来说非常重要
I guessed he died or maybe he did not. Cause there's always gonna be a sequel rite.
爸爸，你看我捉到什么？
我明明没见过这只虫，但是又很面熟
不奇怪呀，你双眼的确见过的
我们在死者Jodie身上找到器官捐赠卡
你们会不会依照她遗爱人间的心愿？
还有见到什么虫？
还见到几种
追求理想世界，未必需要流血
世界上有JODIE这种人， 我们已经活在一个理想的世界。
这个世界不应该是这样，也可以不是这样。
～ＴＨＥ ＥＮＤ～
Scenes from the movie
The following is the famous "I Have A Dream" speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
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Doughing off for now, XOXO Sunny Dough. =D