The second of the Milkyway televised spin-offs to the film PTU is an enjoyable drama that this time relegates the PTU officers to the sidelines, and that really works, especially because it is shown how the cops aren’t exactly saints, and in fact not all that likeable, much like in the first film. The production value is pretty high for a TV show, and of course it shares the amazing cast of the last film, so this makes it a must see, and an enjoyable film.

The PTU, led by Sergeant Sam (SImon Yam) start a crack down on triad activities in Portland Street. Sam picks on a lowly peon named Fai (Derek Tsang Kwok CHeung) who sells illegal cigarettes for the Triad, and even gets picked on by them. Sam beats him and forces him to help them get into the place where they are selling the cigarettes. The crack down causes the two Triad gangs of portland street go head to head, with both sides blaming Fai, so he can’t even support his hooker girlfriend (Wu Li). The younger hot head (Samuel Pang King Chi) in the gang Fai works for ends up killing a member of the other gang, and they try to pin it on Fai, offering him money to take the wrap, and go to prison, he knows he has no choice, so he agrees.

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When Fai gets to his girlfriend, she convinces him to run, but the hothead is waiting, and beats Fai until he is completely gimped, and rapes his girlfriend, and burns down their apartment. The two are then out on the street, trying to survive, but have to try to stay away from anyone, because the girlfriend is illegal and will be deported if found out (they have to run from a hospital, because the charges are much higher because she is an illegal).

Fai ends up running into the girlfriend when she is giving a blowjob to an old man for bread, and loses it, attacking the old man, and the girlfriend does too, to protect him, but Sam and the cops find them, and the old man presses charges against the girl and she is arrested.

Fai is at the end of his rope, and he buys a knife, and starts following Sam and the other PTU cops including (Maggie Siu Mei Kei) and her unit.

Sam starts to think about Fai, and how they have wronged him, and he wants to make it right. He realizes Fai is after him, because it was him who started it all, so he plans to let Fai get to him, so he can calm him down, and gets his friend (Lam SUet) to get the girl released. The plans are all for naught as Fai is too far gone, and takes a stab at Sam, even with his girlfriend there, and ends up stabbing the Triad boss who betrayed him, and Fai is shot by the other cops, the girlfriend then takes the knife and stabs Sam, before she is killed, as it was too late, and they had no way out.

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Wow, this is a depressing on, really, really depressing, but well done, with good acting. And quite bloody and adult for being made for TV. Really worth checking out. My favorite of the first 2 in the series.