宁静的热情

　　曾混迹黑社会的印度裔男子维路出狱后，一心过回正常人生活，可惜人在江湖，身不由己。他最疼爱的弟弟跟随当年好友混入黑道；曾经的老大黑摩利据说也返回香港，图谋杀害机动部队陈督察；警官肥棠（林雪 饰）则隔三差五找到维路了解线索。维路不胜其扰，却又无可奈何。
　　另一方面，香港油尖旺鱼龙混杂，各方势力暗流涌动。森（任达华 饰）和May（邵美琪 饰）所率领的机动部队一面要平息黑道势力的争斗，同时还要四处追查黑摩利雇用的刀手。最终形势将朝何方发展？

　　迷幻少女遇著過氣公安老頭，未必是貓捉老鼠累鬥累，也可以是從老前輩身上學會認識自己。阿 P 為追阿初欠她的債，偶然與阿初的外公相遇，兩個生活態度南轅北轍的人，就是這樣在荒謬的處境中相互學習。阿P在當中看見年青一代的無奈：十六歲的迷途青春、愛情的無助、軟性毒品的蠶食、面對父母失敗的婚姻、自己渾噩的前途....阿初無故失蹤，又是否因抵受不了同樣殘酷的青春？世情像玻璃，有時看得透，有時不，相同的只是：兩者同樣冰冷易碎。
　　The second feature from Hong Kong indie director Carol Lai is about the vulnerability of youth, made even more fragile by the vulnerable world of the adults. Grandpa Wu used to be a policeman in Mainland China and has now retired to a life of seclusion on an outlying island. One day, her daughter calls him up and reports that his granddaughter Ah Cho is again missing. The old man hits the road again, in search of the young girl. Then P, Ah Cho's best friend, emerges out of nowhere and heads Wu's search, leading the old man into a series of strange encounters in the uncharted world of frustrated youth.
　　Source: 25th HKIFF (2001)