With muscle man Mark Wahlberg (Boogie Nights) and cool Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat (Hard-Boiled, The Replacement Killers) on board, you'd expect this tale of police corruption, Chinese gangs and murder in New York's Chinatown to be action-packed from start to finish. Instead, this is a surprisingly plodding and confusing thriller that's low on interesting set pieces. James Foley's direction is surprisingly uninspired - there was a good film in here somewhere, but regrettably he couldn't find it - and the charismatic stars are bogged down by the unnecessarily convoluted plot.

Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.