Hong Kong legend Andy Lau (House of Flying Daggers) and Daniel Wu (Legend of the Black Scorpion) star in this stunningly gritty and intense thriller. Inspired by an incredible true story and nominated for 9 Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Picture and Best Action Choreography, Protege is the saga of a young cop infiltrating the deepest levels of a secret drug ring. He survives seven years of violent, nail-biting close calls, as he works his way from dealer to heir apparent. Every step consolidates his power and reveals another piece of his boss's operations, bringing him closer to destroying a brutal heroin empire... or inheriting it.