ON THE EDGE MAY ACTUALLY BE GOOD

It's been a while since Herman Yau's really cut loose in a movie, but it looks like ON THE EDGE might be a really good film. There's a good-looking trailer up and from what I can tell it's an undercover cop story but one that starts where other undercover movies end. Nick Cheung plays a cop who's been undercover in a gang for 8 years before busting his boss, Francis Ng. Now he's back on the police force and no one trusts him. His girlfriend loses her job in a bar because she's seen as sleeping with a traitor, the other cops think Nick has turned bad and no one wants to cut this poor schlub a break. I haven't looked forward to a flick from Yau in a while, even though he's an incredibly nice guy, an ace cinematographer, and has several terrific movies under his belt. But this looks like it might be the film that puts him back on top of the heap.

(Thanks to the sharp-eyed readers and Monkeypeaches for the trailer link)