Protégé
門徒
“ Honor… Obligation… Betrayal… There's Only One Choice! ”
CINEMA2007-02-13
RegionCN / HK
Runtime106 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Undercover identities, narcotics networks and moral ambiguity continue the mature traditions of Hong Kong crime cinema.”
“A mature crime drama from Lau's later career.”
“A mature crime drama from Lau's later career.”
“An undercover crime drama exploring the blurred boundaries between law enforcement and criminal networks.”
“A crime drama exploring the drug trade and moral conflict.”
Storyline
A special agent has for 8 years been deep undercover in Asia's lucrative organized crime trade as he plays protégé to one of the key players, Banker. Now, Nick has but he has started to feel loyalty to his new environment and to the money.
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