The film tells the story of a policeman and a thief in 72 hours. On September 23rd, 1999, the film was released in Hong Kong.

Thief Zhang Cheng (Andy Lau) learns that he has only four weeks left in his life and decides to avenge his father who died at the hands of mafia boss (Li Zixiong). So, he carefully designed, robbed the finance company next to the mafia boss's transportation company, and took hostages to attract a senior negotiator He Shangzhi (Liu Qingyun) who changed jobs because of offending his superiors. When He Shangzhi pursued Zhang's inheritance, he was defeated repeatedly.

However, he gradually realized that the gang boss was actually using the transportation company to do the business of illegally smuggling jewelry, so he and Zhang Chenggong turned their enemies into friends and joined hands with the gang forces to play a game of wits. However, in the process of escaping from He Shangzhi, Zhang Inheritance got to know the girl Liang Wanting (played by Yoyo Mung) by accident, and got a romantic love at the end of her life.

Film evaluation

"Dark War" has a very rare calm in Hong Kong movies. The film does not have the usual chase and stunts of police and bandits films, but the two leading actors are fighting wits all the way (Sina. Com comments).

There is a type of police film, in which clever policemen set off smarter thieves, because victory is more valuable only if you confront the master. The confrontation between police and bandits in the dark war belongs to this category.

In the film, Liu Qingyun and Andy Lau, an elegant man with answers, and a smart man with vivid images, have an extremely interesting confrontation. In the confrontation of intelligence, there are always winners, but in the confrontation of acting, it can be described as a win-win situation.