Dante Lam returns to helm crime thriller

A still of Bursting Point. Almost a decade after directing patriotic blockbusters in Chinese mainland, renowned director Dante Lam has returned to the most familiar territory by helming a Hong Kong crime action thriller. Starring Hong Kong stars William Chan, Nick Cheung, and Isabella Leong, the movie follows an undercover police officer who becomes lost after being assigned to infiltrate a drug-trafficking gang. Bursting Point features Hong Kong stars William Chan and Nick Cheung. Chan, who plays the undercover police officer, said that he has conducted extensive research to read a lot of stories about anti-narcotic police officers, discovering that some undercover agents have to endure a lot of sacrifices, such as losing significant weight or even being forced to consume drugs to gain the trust of traffickers.