Wang Cheng (Chen Kuan Tai) and his wife had left the city to diffuse the growing violence between the teahouse they ran, the police and gangs. Word arrives that one of the waiters has been killed by thugs and Cheng returns to help his friends and seek revenge on the culprits. The thugs end up in jail, but not for long. In the meantime, Cheng is drawn into fighting crime again with the aid of his loyal teahouse workers while the police keep a watchful eye on him. Cheng’s treatment of thugs borders on criminal conduct and only a friend on the police force and the support of the community keeps him from getting arrested himself. Once the thugs he had put in jail are prematurely released due to having friends in high places, they target Cheng’s home in an effort to kill him. They fail, but his wife and a close friend suffer grizzly fates. Cheng loses all restraint and respect for the law and recklessly hunts down the thugs in a chase that climaxes on a ferryboat. The leader escapes and returns with more men to storm a tenement where Cheng is recovering from severe wounds incurred in the pursuit. Unable to fight back, Cheng lies helpless as the building residents rise up to combat the gang.
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