The Wicked City

The Wicked City

Year: 1992

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: Cantonese

Director: Peter Mak Tai-Kit

Science FictionActionHorror

Taki and his partner Kai is assigned to go after Daishu for selling a drug from the Rapters’s world, called ‘Happiness’ which causes people to evaporate.

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1

Rapter World unveiled at Tokyo sunset

The film opens with a sunset in Tokyo, hinting at a hidden Rapter World at war with humanity. Rapters can shift form and slip into the human realm. Taki, a policeman with a dangerous past, confronts a spider-like rapter and is saved by Ken after running out of bullets.

Sunset Tokyo
2

Taki returns to Hong Kong amid handover chaos

Taki is reassigned back to Hong Kong to help during the city’s vulnerability to rapters as the 1997 handover looms. The Anti-Rapter unit carries the burden of protecting a city under increasing threat. This sets the stage for the fragile conflict between the two worlds.

1997 handover period Hong Kong
3

Ken Kai and Windy’s past and the unit’s rifts

Ken Kai, the son of a human father and rapter mother, faces distrust from colleagues for his mixed heritage. Orchid remains one of the few loyal allies inside the unit. Taki’s past with Windy resurfaces as she becomes Daishu’s mistress, complicating loyalties.

Upon return Hong Kong Police Unit
4

Investigation into Happiness begins

The Anti-Rapter unit begins investigating the addictive drug Happiness, which threatens both humans and rapters. Sergeant Kayama suspects Daishu as the drug importer and orders Taki and Ken to infiltrate Daishu’s 150th birthday party.

During early investigation Hong Kong
5

Infiltration and reunion at the birthday party

At Daishu’s 150th birthday party, Taki encounters Windy, now Daishu’s mistress. Rapter killers attack the gathering, staff are killed, and Windy is injected with Happiness as Daishu is wounded. The pair escape while investigators close in.

During party Daishu’s Birthday Party
6

Suspicion sharpens and the power plant hunt begins

Kayama suspects a traitor in the unit and suspends Ken. The team tracks rapter activity by monitoring electricity and locates them at a power plant. Taki enters the plant to free Windy and capture Daishu, who is captured, and Windy seeks help from Shudo.

During investigation Power Plant
7

Windy turns to Shudo; manipulation begins

Windy secretly partners with Shudo, who uses their relationship to further his plan. She is ordered to hurt Taki with poison, and later is captured by the police, becoming a pawn in the escalating feud.

After plant incident Unspecified
8

Coexistence plans and a traitor in plain sight

Daishu expresses a desire to coexist with humans, hoping to ease the energy crisis. Shudo exploits the crisis to push his agenda, while Orchid is revealed as a traitor in the police unit, caring only about money and survival.

Escalating tension Hong Kong
9

Orchid’s sabotage and the trap closes

Orchid sabotages the police facility, triggering a crisis and exposing her true motives. Sergeant Kayama clamps down, and in a confrontation he kills Orchid, solidifying his suspicion of other hidden traitors.

After sabotage Police Facility
10

Magnetic field failure and Shudo’s plan to rewrite time

Orchid’s sabotage disables Hong Kong’s artificial magnetic field, enabling Shudo to turn back time to an era when humans were easier to control. Taki and Ken join forces with Daishu to confront Shudo.

Night Hong Kong
11

Night battle above the city: the duel begins

A deadly nighttime clash unfolds as Shudo’s killers are eliminated, but Ken is forced to transform into a rapter by Shudo’s influence and is wounded by Kayama’s team. Windy’s life hangs in the balance as Happiness continues to affect her.

Night Above Hong Kong
12

Final clash and Ken’s sacrifice

Daishu reverts to rapter form to fight Shudo, acknowledging that only a rapter can kill his own son. Windy fights to resist Happiness, aided by Ken’s blood transfusion. Shudo is defeated and Ken dies in Kayama’s arms as Taki and Daishu rescue Windy.

After midnight Aerial confrontation over Hong Kong
13

Aftermath: Windy leaves, Daishu dies, Taki grieves

With Shudo defeated, Taki frees Daishu and Windy from the hands of the special police, and Windy vows to disappear from the city. Daishu dies from energy depletion at dawn, leaving Windy to depart alone as Taki and Kayama confront the ruined peace they could not fully secure.

Dawn Hong Kong

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