Plot: When Xu Le joins the police force, corruption is everywhere. The Brits are allowing some criminal organization to run rampant in the hope of containing the problem, but Le wants to clean up Hong Kong. Even though one of his best friends is part of a gang, he still works together with the ICAC to right the wrongs.
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August 12, 2025
There already is a second Chasing the Dragon, but somehow the Western naming skipped that one and refers to this spin-off as part 2. Such nostalgia for those who lived through early 90s HK cinema. To make things even more complicated, there's also a prequel to this film. Not that it matters much, this is just a Jing Wong-directed Chinese streamer flick.
It doesn't play in the same league as its Hong Kong peers, but it's still a relatively fun crime flick. Especially now that Hong Kong isn't really producing these types of films anymore. Jordan Chan is solid, Ho-Shun Wong is good too, and Kent Cheng is always amusing. The film isn't quite as epic as it needed to be, but it's short and it's decent genre filler.