The acclaimed Taiwanese Police Drama TV series, Black & White is making the jump from the small to the big screen in
Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault (痞子英雄首部曲：全面開戰) which promise to have more bang for your buck on the production scale. The $12 million budgeted film is helmed by writer/director Yueh-Hsun Tsai with the stunt team from Luc Besson's
Taken and the special effects supervisor from
Kill Bill onboard. Returning lead roles from the original include Mark Chao (
Monga), Janine Chang and Ivy Chen while the supporting cast include Terri Kwan, Huang Bo, Angela Baby, Simon Yam, Hsiu Chieh-Kai, Alex To, Ken Lin and Na Dou. It supposedly tie-in to the TV series as a prequel with a film sequel of this potential franchise is expected to follow at some point. Here's a loose Chinese-to-English google translation of the official synopsis:
吳英雄，正義過頭，南區分局重案特勤組，一辦案隨即砸毀整座城市，被組長勒令外勤，卻固執追尋一宗離奇案件。而城市的另一頭，最大黑幫三聯會的西岸堂口，年紀最大的三級幹部---徐達夫，正將堂主的100萬現金偷偷拿去做鑽石買賣。闇黑的貨櫃倉儲區，交易到手的達夫，突然遭受一支重裝隊伍亂槍掃射攻擊，混亂之中，循著線索來到現場的英雄就此碰上徐達夫。
而災難就從這一刻開始了。
一波又一波的追殺迎面而來，兩個最不應該在一起的人，吳英雄為了辦案拖著徐達夫，徐達夫為了活命跟著吳英雄，當所有的狙殺掃過時，他們發現不管多討厭對方，他們都得待在一起，因為那口裝著鑽石的箱子沒那麼簡單，36個小時後，海港城將面臨毀滅的危機，而真正的敵人永遠都比他們快一步....
Wu Yingxiong, just too far, the Southern Branch serious cases special unit, one handling the case then destroyed the city, was head of the ordered field, but stubborn pursuit of a bizarre case. The other side of the city, the largest church in the West Bank will triple gang mouth, the oldest of the three cadres --- Xu Dafu, is 100 million in cash will be recruited to do it secretly to take the diamond trade. Dark container storage area, the transaction Duff hand, suddenly suffered a reloading team Luanqiang fire attacks, confusion, follow the clues to the scene of the hero on this hit Xu Dafu.
From this moment on the disaster began.
Kill wave after wave of oncoming, the two most people should not be together, Wu Yingxiong for handling drag Xu Dafu, Xu Dafu to survive along with Wu Yingxiong, when all of the shooter sweep, they found that no matter more hate each other, they had to be together, because that mouth filled with boxes of diamonds is not so simple, 36 hours later, Harbour City will face the destruction of the crisis, while the real enemies faster than they ever step ....
It hits theaters on Chinese New Year 2012. You'll find the trailer embedded below.