
Life Without Principle(2011)
A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.


“Into the Perilous Night...”
Follows a police tactical unit during one dangerous night on the streets of Hong Kong as they try to recover a cop's stolen gun. Things turn deadly when they run into a web of gangland crimes.

Simon Yam
Sgt. Mike Ho

Maggie Shiu
Sgt. Kat

Lam Suet
Sgt. Lo Sa

Ruby Wong Cheuk-Ling
Insp. Leigh Cheng

Eddy Ko Hung
Eye Ball

Lo Hoi-Pang
Bald Head

Wong Tin-Lam
Uncle Cheung

Jimmy Wong
Bill

Raymond Ho-Yin Wong
Mike's Team Member

Jerome Fung
Mike's Team Member
PTU is a crime, thriller film released in 2003. Directed by Johnnie To, it stars Simon Yam, Maggie Shiu, Lam Suet. Follows a police tactical unit during one dangerous night on the streets of Hong Kong as they try to recover a cop's stolen gun. Things turn deadly when they run into a web of gangland crimes.
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