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: Unlike the stylised "heroic bloodshed" of The Killer , violence here is depicted as an infernal, de-glamorised cycle that destroys the utopia of friendship.

: Set in 1967 against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, the film uses that historical distance to comment on contemporary 1990s Hong Kong identity and the fear of a "cinematic diaspora". Balle dans la tГЄte

by Tristan Shaw: This article explores the direct connection between the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and the film’s visceral, nihilistic portrayal of brotherhood and betrayal. Thematic & Cinematic Analysis : Unlike the stylised "heroic bloodshed" of The