Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Peter Chan directs this Hong Kong martial arts drama that sees an incredibly scrupulous detective on the trail of a former criminal who has attempted to start a new life Set in 1917 the film finds Liu Jinxi (Donnie Yen) & his wife Ayu (Wei Tang) living quietly in a small village Their sense of tranquillity is disrupted when a pair of robbers descend on the local store & Liu&s intervention results in their death Detective Xu Baijiu (Takeshi Kaneshiro) a man so faithfully attached to the law he values it above human life arrives in the village to investigate & is immediately suspicious of Liu How could an ordinary villager possess the skills to overcome two hardened criminals? The assiduous detective begins an investigation into Liu&s past threatening to uncover his identity as a retired martial arts expert & lead his many enemies to his door