Beast Cops (1998)

I'd expected a typical Triads Vs Hong Kong Cops movie with high quality shoot-outs and elevated danger levels (because it was co-directed by Gordon Chan), but Beast Cops was different. The cops don't really do very much, which, ironically, is where the real heart of the story resides.
It's helped immensely by the fact that Anthony Wong Chau-Sang is such a great character actor. He can do serious drama just as well as he can do comedy. I could watch him all day. Even Michael Wong, whom I'm not a great fan of ordinarily, fit his character's shoes nicely.
If all you want is a HK action movie, you'll likely be disappointed because there's a lot of comedy and some unconventional turns in the story.

3½ gray areas out of 5