A Bizarre Journey Through Hong Kong Cinema

Yan Nation, Hong Kong Island:

The 1980s

The golden age of black money has ended. Hong Kong Island establishes the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and the police and gangs go their separate ways. The days when Lei Luo alone ruled both the underworld and the legitimate world are gone for good.

In the 1990s, the gangs of Hong Kong Island grow increasingly rampant. At their peak, they claim to have hundreds of thousands of members, with Hung Hing, East Star, 14K, and Wo Hop To among the biggest. Political factors, including the colonial government turning a blind eye and the approaching end of the lease, send the crime rate in Hong Kong Island through the roof.

The protagonist initially thinks he has transmigrated to the Hong Kong Island of a movie universe, only to discover that this Hong Kong Island is called Hong Kong Island, in the Yan Nation of the Tianyan Universe (foreign concession territory)...