Series Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 -- Introducing the Film; Introducing Johnnie -- 'One of Our Own'; 2 -- 'Into the Perilous Night' -- Police and Gangsters in the Hong Kong Mean Streets; 3 -- 'Expect the Unexpected' -- PTU's Narrative and Aesthetics; 4 -- The Coda: What's the Story? -- Morning Glory!; Notes; Appendix: An interview with Johnnie To; Credits; Bibliography
Summary
PTU is an underappreciated noir masterpiece by one of Hong Kong's most prolific and commercially successful directors. In terms of character development and psychological complexity, Mike Ingham argues that PTU is the most aesthetically rigorous and satisfying of To's many films
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-149)
