PTU (film)

The film follows a series of encounters of a group of patrolling Police Tactical Unit troopers during one night, which starts off when the patrol-team tries to help a sergeant of the District Anti-Triad Squad of the Hong Kong Police Force, Lo Sa, to retrieve his lost service-issue revolver after he was assaulted by a group of triad members. The films portrays the police officers' use of extra-legal means to achieve the results of investigations and reveals the complex relationships between criminals and police officers, the hostility amongst criminals themselves and even the rivalry among different bureaux within the Hong Kong Police Force.

• Simon Yam as Police Tactical Unit Sergeant Mike Ho
• Maggie Shiu as Police Tactical Unit Sergeant Kat
• Lam Suet as District Anti-Triad Squad Sergeant Lo Sa
• Ruby Wong as District Crime Squad Inspector Leigh Cheng
• Raymond Wong Ho-yin as Constable Wong
• Eddy Ko as Eye Ball
• Loi Hoi-pang as Bald Head

According to To, the budget for the film was approximately HK$4,000,000 or about US$500,000.[1] It was shot entirely at night.[1]

While the final shootout sequence of the film takes place in Canton Road, To reportedly said that "if there was a single location where he would have wanted to stage a gunfight battle, it was Cameron Road, but he could not get permission from the police to do it". The sequence was actually shot in Ap Lei Chau.[2]

• Tactical Unit: The Code (2008), directed by Wing-cheong Law[3]
• Tactical Unit: No Way Out (2009), directed by Lawrence Ah Mon
• Tactical Unit: Human Nature (2008), directed by Andy Ng
• Tactical Unit: Partners (2009), directed by Lawrence Ah Mon
• Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms (2009) directed by Wing-cheong Law[4]

• Ingham, Michael (2009). Johnnie To Kei-Fung's PTU. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789622099197.

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• PTU at AllMovie
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• HK cinemagic entry
• PTU at LoveHKFilm.com