The lives of two young thieves, a mob hitman and a film producer are entangled when the two thieves steal a car that had already been previously stolen to been used as a getaway car.

A professional hit-man is hired to take out a target -- however, his girlfriend’s pregnancy gives him second thoughts. He decides that after this job, he will renounce his profession and turn himself in. This is the first feature film from Taiwanese director Alex Yang, who participated in script-writing and production on Edward Yang's early films. "The Trigger" has echoes of Yang's "Mahjong." The actors in the film, except for veteran Ngai Man-Yin, are all new faces -- unfortunately, Ngai's death in 2005 also made "The Trigger" his last appearance on screen.

The Trigger

A twentysomething couple struggle with their relationship in modern Taiwan.

Taipei 21

From singer to TV actor, and then film actor (Heavenly Mission, Wo Hu) Julian Cheung Chi Lam now stars as a merciless assassin nicknamed Seven. Commissioned to end the life of someone who killed his father twenty years ago, he does not even has in his mind the word “revenge”, for he knows too well that the distinction between right and wrong simply does not exist in the underworld. Failing his mission, he flees to Taiwan to meet a childhood friend, and there he encounters a betelnut girl. He also knows too well that he cannot escape from his unfinished task forever…