Sister Thirteen (Sandra Ng
Kwan Yue) is the leader of the Portland Street gang in Hong Kong. She's tough
and runs the sex business in the area. She's also a known lesbian (although if
I had to put her in a box, I would call her bisexual). In the beginning
of the film, her girlfriend betrays her, but Thirteen remains stoic in public.
Through flashback, we see that she's been a gangster since the death of her father,
who saved her from the hands of a gang leader. Her past shows a journey into the
hard woman she appears to be, without real love in her life, proving herself in
a business run by men and becoming the triad kingpin of Portland Street. Finally
Thirteen breaks down at the murder of Coke (Alex Fong), the man who avenged her
father's death and the one man she loved (although he did not return her feelings).
To make it even more painful, her former girlfriend participated in the betrayal,
telling Thirteen that she only used her.
Sister Thirteen proves herself
again and has the support of her men behind her, taking care of Coke's killer
with deadly force. She seems destined to grow colder and harder in the face of
the violent life she leads. Her one remaining close support is her business partner
Ben Hon (Vincent Wang), who also has a crush on her. This film is part of
a popular Hong Kong series called "Young and Dangerous," but is the
only one that focuses on female characters. |