The protagonist does not fire a bullet, but Eye in the Sky takes no prisoners. The longtime acclaimed screenwriter and the backbone of Johnnie To's Milkyway Image, Yau Nai-hoi, gives us a fine directorial debut. Ka-bo (Kate Tsui), a new recruit of the surveillance team in the police force, is mentored by Wong (Simon Yam). Undergoing on-job training while tracking down a gang of well organised armed heist robbers, it becomes an almost impossible quest for a newcomer like Ka-bo. Instead of the conventional gun-firing scenes of the genre, the film is filled with images of eye contacts, spying signals and parallel editing. All of these escalates to an enthralling and frantic chase in this cops-and-robbers drama. With the stunning performance she made in her silver screen debut, Kate Tsui won the Best New Performer in the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards.

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