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Audio Format: DD 5.1 Surround Video Format: Widescreen 2.35:1 Languages: Mandarin Subtitles: English, Chinese (T) Region Code: ALL Year Made: 2003 Running Time: 86
 Hard-ass cop Fay Sa (Lam Suet) is in big trouble ? he??s slipped on a banana peel in front of a bunch of hoods, and when he comes to, his gun is missing. You see, in Hong Kong only the police are allowed to carry guns, and it??s a big deal when an officer loses his. So, to save his own badge, Fay Sa seeks help from a bunch of P.T.U. guys led by his buddy Jin (Simon Yam), who agrees to give themselves one night to track down the missing weapon.
??P.T.U.?? is one of those from-dusk-till-dawn films, which is why you won??t see daylight in this movie. Everything is shot in the night streets of Hong Kong, with characters illuminated only by high-contrast spotlights. I must say I love this lighting technique that turns the real locations into some sort of a stage, where characters walk into the spotlight to be seen, then retreat from it to disappear into the darkness. The best sequences of this movie see only the P.T.U. dudes lurking behind shadows, searching for clues and meeting people of Hong Kong??s underworld. It??s been a long time since I was entertained by just a bunch of guys walking.
Now if the idea that this is a movie about people walking freaks you out, don??t panic, since ??P.T.U.?? has the smartest and funniest plot I??ve seen this year so far. Think the coolness of ??The Mission?? meets the dark humor of ??Too Many Ways to be Number One?? then you have an idea of what to expect. If you are complaining about the lack of action, fuck off.
Ultimately, Jin and his buddies will tangle with a bitchy detective who smells something wrong, the big bosses of two rival gangs, a bunch of naked guys in cages, a man who keeps occupying a phone booth, plus a hell lot of other weird stuff. Yeah, I know that weirdness is no longer a novelty these days, but ??P.T.U.?? works because of the minimalist approach Johnnie To seems to have mastered nowadays, most notable in his celebrated mini-masterpiece ??The Mission.?? Cutting down the dialogues, To tells his story with what happens on the screen, and often pushes the tension up using the silence and inaction of the cast. If you appreciate the scene where the five guys in ??The Mission?? kick a scrap of paper on the floor, you??re gonna love ??P.T.U.??
4 A.M. ?? 3 PTU officers and one CID assistant search for a missing police gun ??
Featuring a brilliant cast led on by superstar Simon Yam, "PTU's" skillful director Du Qi Feng offers the viewers their moneys' worth by prosperous use of his preferred personal movie settings, i.e., spectacular shoot-outs and thrilling battles! He also perfectly utilizes the dark environment to build up the electrifying tension through which we are told about the desperate search of the missing gun and the later struggle within the police team all the way to the final battle with the triads! Therefore, it was no wonder why the director was totally pleased with the final version of his latest work of art!
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