Colour Of The Truth

Don't let the fact that this film is co-directed by Wong Jing put you off - Colour Of The Truth is no Infernal Affairs, but it's still a stylish and entertaining cops and gangsters thriller with a great ensemble cast.

The film starts on fine form with a three-way rooftop face off between three of Hong Kong's finest - Anthony Wong, Lau Ching Wan and Francis Ng - which sadly ends with two of them dead before the end of the first reel. But did the survivor kill them both, and if so was his buddy's death in the shoot-out an accident or a cold-blooded act to further his own career? That's what Raymond Wong has to figure out ten years later, when he finds himself working for the cop accused of killing his father.

It could all so easily have descended into tiresome melodrama at this point, but instead you get a smart thriller with plenty of twists and turns as Raymond's character decides whether to avenge his father's death while helping his boss track down a missing cocaine shipment and nail a supposedly retired gangster (is there any such thing?) played by Patrick Tse.

There are plenty of surprises along the way, so I won't say anymore to avoid spoiling anything for you. But suffice to say nothing is quite what it seems, and most of the characters are hiding something.

All in all it's a good solid Hong Kong thriller that'll keep you guessing most of the way.