hearted after  _Die xue shuang xiong (1989)_ (qv) (The Killer) and  _Die xue jie tou (1990)_ (qv) (Bullet In The Head) (which flopped in  Hong Kong on their initial releases). The strategy seems to have  paid off; the movie was successful in Hong Kong and allowed Woo to  get funding for his next movie, _Lashou shentan (1992)_ (qv).