Mary is a nightclub hostess who falls for a married man, John, on her first day at work. Despite knowing his situation, she becomes his mistress and later gets pregnant in a desperate attempt to keep him. However, John rejects her, forcing Mary to undergo an abortion. Heartbroken and disillusioned, she vows to focus only on money. Her next benefactor, Peter, is wealthy but abusive, treating her cruelly and sharing her with his friends. Just as she loses faith in love, she crosses paths with Paul in a parking lot, an encounter that rekindles her hope for a better future.
After a masked killer murders a man’s wife and attacks him, a lawyer takes his case, convinced of his innocence. As she fights to clear his name, she finds herself falling in love with him.
The Set Up is a made-for-TV movie starring Anthony Wong
Tony Leung plays Wai, an apple polisher working in a finance company co-managed by Ma and Kang, both being brothers. Kang is the good brother, Ma, the bad one. Wai tries to set Kang up with Mina to prevent Ma from getting her, but Kang likes Jackie, especially after saving her from prostitution. Wai later reveals to Kang that he likes Mina, but is afraid Kang will be angry with him, besides the feelings between Mina and him are mutual.
Patrick Tse is the thief of thieves whose family is long retired from the robin hood lifestyle for 10 years. Recent robberies have occured who use the families calling card and the police forcefully want this mystery solved. They suspect smeone from there past but feel this cant not be him, then who is it?
A forerunner to the new wave gambling films, this is one of Wong Jing's first hits--before he would go on to dominate Hong Kong cinema for the next two decades. Although rife with Japanese spies, Shanghai tycoons, beautiful starlets, and enough intrigue to keep 007 happy, Bond himself would be no match for the heroes' skill at mahjong and other games Hong Kong gamblers play--proving that the cube is often mightier than the baccarat card.