One Nite in Mongkok

One Nite in Mongkok is the kind of film that has been done
so often that a viewer could probably write most of the scenario themselves.

After an opening couple of scenes that set up a police versus street gang
scenario there is a car crash. This crash leads to an assassin (Daniel Wu) being
hired to come to Hong Kong to do a hit. The assassin, however, is set up by a
greedy crook who gets caught and strikes a deal with the cops. The cops follow
every lead but the assassin is too smart. He has also hooked up with a local
prostitute (Cecilia Cheung) [with a heart of gold] who escorts him around the
densely populated area known as Mongkok.

The assassin knows what he has to do but - it turns out - he's an okay guy.
He's actually more interested in finding his girlfriend - who unbeknownst to him
- has been in a terrible car crash that opens the film.

The cops, in turn, are not all good guys. The...
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