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18A(18A) Disturbing Content, Brutal Violence

Synopsis

Dir: Jason Kwan. Cantonese-language Crime/Drama. Things get personal when a crime lord (Andy Lau) discovers his right-hand man is an undercover agent (Ka-Tung Lam).

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of variation of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatalogical slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
  • Frequent portrayals of hand-to-hand, weapons, gun, and vehicular violence, some in a torture context - blood and brutal detail
  • Portrayal of a medical procedure and detailed infant death - blood and some detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context; infrequent portrayals of drug related deaths involving teenagers - some detail

Thematic elements

  • Betrayal
  • Corruption
  • Greed and power

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for brutal violence and disturbing content

Classification date

January 09, 2024

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