Details

Release year: 2002

Storyline

A young woman - one of 40 girls forcibly trained by the mysterious Madam M into becoming assassins - falls in love with a CIA agent while trying to break free from Madam M's influence.

Top credits

Directors

Siu-Tung Ching

Writers

Jing Wong

Cast

Anya — Katherine
Marit Thoresen — Fiona Birch
Maggie Q — Charlene Ching
Daniel Wu — Jack Chen

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Did you know

• Daniel Wu and Maggie Q were in a relationship during the filming of this movie. Q has stated this made their sex scene easier to film.

• Maggie Q said in an interview that Wong Jing wanted her to star but she refused because she hated the script. So he went to Hong Kong production company Media Asia, who she was contracted with, and convinced them to make it and to cast her. When she again refused, they basically told her she had no choice. So she said she would star, but only if they did major rewrites. They agreed.

• Mark Aldred, who played the Russian crime boss (uncredited) was fired from his job as an English teacher in a Hong Kong primary school because the principal had discovered his role in this film. After a lengthy hearing, an industrial tribunal awarded Aldred HK$11,600 as a contract gratuity. However, it threw out his claim for around $79,000 in damages and dismissed Aldred's claims that his sacking was unlawful.