Overheard 3 2014

Before the Hong Kong handover in 1997, every native, male resident in the New Territories was granted the right to build a house not more than 700 square feet. Yet it had caused social unrest over the land right, until recently the Hong Kong government decided to gather all of the remaining land rights from these residents, in order to build taller apartment buildings.

Law (Louis Koo) was a chauffeur for the rural tycoon Luk (Kenneth Tsang), and he was jailed for killing a major land owner in a car accident. It was rumoured that Luk was behind the land owner's death, which gave Luk a competitive edge in the native apartment development deal. When Law gets out of prison five years later, the world has changed. Luk's corporation has grown more powerful, while Luk's right-hand man Keung (Sean Lau) has his own agenda to pursue. But things take a surprising turn.

With the help of Law's prison mate and computer whiz Joe (Daniel Wu), Law drugs Sean and his brothers in the drinks, then modify their mobile phones for wiretapping, Joe gets acquainted with the materialistic single mom Eva (Zhou Xun), who turns out to have a dark history with both Law and Keung. Through the eavesdropping, Law realises Keung's ultimate plan, which may change Hong Kong's land development forever.