The film that opened up the Western market for the Hong Kong action genre. John Woo's characteristic mix of anarchic humour and high body-counts coaIesce in this action-thriIler about a renegade cop who takes on a group of Triad gun-runners who have been hiding their product in a hospitaI morgue. The fiIm is famous for the scene where Chow Yun Fat attempts to evacuate a maternity ward amidst raining buIIets before the hospital explodes. AvailabIe in various versions: dubbed or subtitled.