Protégé

Date: 21st February 2007, Wednesday
Cinema: GV Plaza Singapura
Time: 9.45pm
With: Melvin Ho
Seat: F-09 & F-10 (Hall 1)

Undercover officer Nick (Daniel Wu) had spent the last eight years penetrating into the core of a drug sales ring working his way up from a street dealer post to the managerial position handling cargo deliveries for Jong (Andy Lau) - the biggest player in the local heroin market. When the ailing Jong makes Nick his protégé, Nick could not but sway before money and power and starts to perform his role like a real drug trafficker. This, together with his affair with heroin-addict Jane (Zhang Jingchu), causes Nick to becomes more and more confused about his true identity, and eventually leads to a disastrous end.

Based on materials provided by retired undercover agents of the police force, "Protégé" attempts to realistically tell the story of undercover agents in the clandestine drug world, who struggle to constantly walk on the fine line between justice and crime, but who will never see the day of serving in the regular police force.

Directed by Derek Yee (One Night In Mongkok), produced by Peter Chan (Perhaps Love).

Rating: NC16
Consumer Advice: Drug-related Content
Genre: Thriller
Main Cast: Andy Lau, Daniel Wu, Louis Koo, Anita Yuen
Director: Dereck Yee
Release Date: 15 February 2007
Running Time: 111 minutes

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