2000 AD

This millennium blockbuster offering is a joint production by Hong Kong's Media Asia and Singapore's Raintree Pictures. It is filmed partly in each city with a stellar cast of respective origins. As such, it is perhaps unintentionally reflective of the cultural differences of the cities. $$ID=Aaron Kwok$$ plays Peter, an innocent computer nerd, somewhat against the grain of his usual action hero/heartthrob portrayals - caught unwittingly in a plot of international intrigue. He runs a software engineering company, a losing concern, which survives on funding from his brother Greg (($$ID=Ray Lui$$) - with his girlfriend's brother and partner Benny ($$ID=Daniel Wu$$). Unbeknownst to Peter, Greg is the developer of a deadly computer virus and has been earmarked by the CIA. Peter's idyllic, yuppie lifestyle is suddenly shattered by a spectacular hit during which he watches helplessly as Greg dies before him. This witnesses his transition from wide-eyed innocence to a wary fighter, in search of vengeance. He fol