Cast Member: Patricia Chong

This is Brigitte Lin’s movie and her climactic tirade against her husband, bursting with anger and confusion lingers as one of her finest screen moments.

Its brave examination of a very powerful subject deserves commendation as does its unflinching view of the effects on the family of the victim.

Its gritty, truthful tone and flawless cast manage to take a sub-genre fraught with cliché and melodrama and give it a provocative resonance that is so very precious.