The Longest Nite

The Longest Nite (暗花, 1998) is a Hong Kong noir thriller from the Milkyway Image stable — watch it online on iFILM. Macao is braced for a gang war, and corrupt detective Sam has one job: keep the streets quiet long enough for two Triad bosses to meet. He barely starts when a bald stranger named Tony begins following him around, disrupting every arrangement Sam tries to make.

Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Lau Ching-wan face off in a film that treats plot as a tightening trap — each scene leaves both men less room than the last. Co-directed by Yau Nai-hoi and Johnnie To, it sits firmly in the lean, nasty end of nineties Hong Kong crime cinema. Stream The Longest Nite online on iFILM.