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THE STORY
Blood Brothers begins in the poor village of Zhujiajiao, located on the outskirts of Shanghai, a small quaint place where the locals lead a simple life. Fung’s family live on rice congee, with barely enough to share between them, but Fung is an honest son with humble ambitions, content to provide for his family and ailing mother by making a living as a fisherman. Life in Zhujiajiao is peaceful but impoverished.
What stops Fung from leaving is his childhood sweetheart Su Zhen (Lulu Li), a virtuous, angelic figure close to his family who helps to care for his mother. Fung hopes to marry her one day. Hu (Tony Yang), is also a local and is Fung’s best friend, but has a different mind-set altogether. He looks up to his older brother, Kang (Liu Ye) and will follow him to the ends of the earth. He wants to follow his brother’s dreams of having a better life in Shanghai. Like a perpetual adolescent, he naively believes the city will offer much more: sumptuous riches, untold wealth and dizzying success.
Kang, the local village hero, is a strong willed and ambitious character. He manages to convince Fung and Hu to move with him to Shanghai. He tells them on the occasion of Hu’s birthday, that they can get jobs as waiters and work their way up. When Fung and Hu arrive in Shanghai, they find jobs at the bottom of the social ladder, as rickshaw pullers. Through this line of work, they get to experience at first hand the seductive sights and sounds of the city.
Soon, Fung and Hu are introduced to the Paradise Club, Shanghai’s most glamorous nightclub. Kang is a waiter here, and hopes to find his two friends similar work. Once they enter, they sample its lush atmosphere and intoxicating sights. At the Paradise Club, they encounter Boss Hong (Sun Honglei), a charismatic showman, and a self-styled movie producer. But underneath this exterior, he is a ruthless man who controls part of the city’s underworld, a crime boss extraordinaire filled with greed.
The lights dim, as the three friends gaze at the sensual Lulu (Shu Qi) singing onstage. Her irresistible voice casts a spell on Fung that banishes all nostalgia from his past life. Her beauty displaces that of Su Zhen in his fervid imagination. He begins to dream of a new world and determines to meet her, hoping to make an unlikely impression with his country charm. In their encounter, Lulu warns Fung not to get involved with Boss Hong. Fung reluctantly agrees.
Yet the situation is more complicated than it first appears. Lulu is actually Brother Hong’s muse, but she is in love with Mark (Chang Chen), Hong’s right-hand man, confidante, and deadly enforcer. One night, Mark attempts to assassinate Boss Hong, only to fail, injuring him and falling unconscious in the process. He is in grave danger of being discovered by his ruthless boss when Fung rescues him, hiding him in his own home and tending to his wounds. The two get acquainted and an uneasy friendship is formed. However, Kang informs Fung of Mark’s identity and to remain cautious.
Soon, the three friends are given an opportunity to carry out an assignment for Boss Hong. A test, to initiate them into the gang. They are sent to a warehouse on a rainy night to recover some supposed film equipment. But they soon discover that the haul is a deadly cache of handguns and ammunition. Horrified, Fung refuses to continue but the other two are determined to complete the test. When Fung leaves, the two brothers are attacked by Scarface and his men, who take the goods off their hands and starts to torture them. Scarface orders one of his men to cut off Hu’s fingers. Hu lies on the ground, fearful and unable to move as his brother helplessly tries to divert the attention to himself. From out of nowhere, Fung comes to their rescue with guns blazing! He single-handedly kills of five men in one go.
Their mission completed, the three are inducted into Boss Hong’s family with Kang made a special leader of his own unit. Yet Fung is tormented by recent events. By saving his ‘blood brothers’, he has become a killer, further implicating himself into the gangster life, with no turning back. In time, things change, and blood loyalties are put to test. Kang becomes more ruthless and cruel; Hu succumbs to his weaknesses and Fung struggles with his new life while trying to keep his integrity.
Xi Yan, a new member of Kang’s gang, begins to rival the uncertain Hu for Kang’s favour, showing contempt for Hu’s cowardice. This leads to tensions between the two brothers themselves, as Hu fails to show his mettle for the life of a gangster.
Boss Hong discovers the illicit affair between Mark and Lulu. Enraged, he orders the three friends to kill them both, a task Kang is all too eager to perform. Fung refuses, having developed a growing rapport with Mark and a clear affection for Lulu. Even though, heartbroken by the affair, Fung decides to alert Mark to Kang’s deadly plan. That night, as Fung, Lulu and Mark try to flee Shanghai, Kang and his men are waiting outside, ready to stop them at all costs.
A deadly gunfight ensues, Hu’s allegiances shift dramatically when Fung is shot and wounded. Hu shields the injured Fung from Kang with his own body but without thinking, fires at his own brother! He screams in agony! Under Mark’s gunfire cover, Lulu and Hu quickly drag Fung into the car, as they speed away. An injured and enraged Kang is left lying on the ground. Madness in his eyes!
So comes a crucial turning point in the lives of all involved. Hong is furious at the Kang’s failure. Hong intends to dispose of Kang but Kang strikes first, killing his mentor. Kang quickly proclaims himself the new boss of the Paradise Club.
Hu then makes the fatal mistake of returning to the club, delighted that his brother has survived. But blood loyalty has been found wanting. Though he is emotionally torn, Kang’s sense of betrayal outweighs his sense of loyalty. He leaves his own brother to die brutally at the hands of his henchmen.
Meanwhile Fung takes Lulu and Mark back to Zhujiaojiao, hoping to find refuge there. Fung reconnects with his family, while Lulu develops an unexpected friendship with Su Zhen, who has been taking care of Fung’s family during his time in Shanghai. Strangely, Lulu and Mark find the peace they are searching for in this poor village.
The respite is brief. Kang’s henchmen arrive in the neighbourhood, intent on revenge. One day as Fung is caring for his mother a bullet rips through the room, narrowly missing both of them. Luckily, Mark quickly comes to their rescue. But elsewhere as Su Zhen and Lulu are walking through the neighbourhood, Lulu is shot by Xi Yan, one of Kang’s hoodlums, right in front of Su Zhen, who stands traumatised as Fung and Mark rush to the scene. They are too late; Lulu is dying.
Mark and Fung now feel they have no choice but to return to Shanghai for a last showdown. They go back to the Paradise Club, guns in hand, shooting their way past Kang’s guards. Mark takes on Xi Yan while Fung battles his ‘blood brother’ Kang. Kang and Fung wound each other in the shoot-out: both are close to death and both convulsing with remorse. At that moment, Kang asks Fung for forgiveness. Fung is stunned with emotion; until- Mark fires the fatal shot at Kang! Tears of remorse roll down the checks of the wounded Fung. He realizes the bitter cost of violence and the collapse of the brotherhood.
Fung asks himself if what they found in Shanghai is truly paradise or something else? He asks himself, where is the real paradise? Perhaps it is in the innocence they once had but now lost.
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