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At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the martial arts was turbulent. Master Mu’s family retreats to practice. On the night of his departure, his son Mu Zhengtian’s wife gave birth to a baby boy. Master Mu was excited.

The debut feature of New Zealand-born Eddie Tse, the film centers on a happily married, child-expectant couple, played by Archie Kao and Anita Yuen, who experience an accident that leaves Kao a full-bodied cripple. After expressing his wish to be euthanized, Yuen must deal with the criminality of her actions and the legal consequences on her and her daughter’s lives. Soon after, Yuen is caught up in an investigation by law enforcement that utilizes mind-simulation technology to extract a confession from within her. But this unique element of the film fails to externalize her internal strife in any compelling way and merely adds another cheaply decorated set in addition to a flat storyline.

Former detective Shimada Shugo now runs a private detective agency, with the help of his assistant Kojima Akari. Recent cases have been pretty routine, until he receives an intriguing request from a seemingly wealthy older woman. While hospitalized, his client met fellow patient, Omatsu Mickie, who is terminally ill. Time is not on her side. Her dying wish is to be taken to a place special to her. Can Shugo get Mickie there before the clock expires?