The Protege (门徒）

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The protege

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Actors: Andy Lau, Anita Yuen, Jingchu Zhang, Daniel Wu and Louis Koo.

Directer: Tung-Shing Yee

Synopsis:
Andy Lau plays the elder (boss) who in appearance runs a small business and suffers from serious illness, however, underneath he is the banker managing ahuge dealing in drugs. Anita Yuen plays Andy Lau's wife who is pregnant with two girls, but she has no clue to her husbands dealing in the drug business.

Daniel Wu plays the undercover police called "Ah Li" who has spent eight years to slowly climb the ranks to be beside the banker, and has enough evidence to indict the banker. Ah Li is forced to remain to search for the man behind the banker so he can bring down the entire organization, however, the banker is very careful of it that even Ah Li, who transports the goods can't find any leads. Luckily the banker wants to retire and wants Ah Li to take his place as the banker, gradually learning the secrets of the business.

As Ah Li gets closer to the bankers real identity, he gets confused, being torned between two worlds. The banker takes Ah Li to the golden triangle, where he undertakes the final test, where he gains the bankers entire trust.

As the banker is immigrating his whole family, they get arrested by the detectives. The banker then commits suicide to stop any leak of information.

Ah Li now receives the bankers postion, one part drug lord, the other part is the cop searching for the source of the drugs, he is now confused about his true identity.


Date of release: 2007-02-14