Man On The Brink is a very gritty and bleak cop drama. This has a similar plot to Infernal Affairs, where a police officer goes deep undercover in the underworld to infiltrate the triads. This is a pretty raw look at some of the more impoverished,crime ridden areas of Hong Kong. The film is very much downbeat and hopeless in tone. This is very real and hits hard like a blow to the solar plexus . The film is low on action compared to the crime movies that came a little later. However, Man On The Brink is never boring with some pretty solid acting performances. It's good that films like this are re released and are ripe for discovery for new audiences. I'm glad to have the opportunity to see this.
Review of Man on the Brink
