Q&A with Cheuk Wan-chi and Louis Koo, who will be honored with NYAFF’s Extraordinary Star Asia Award

Ma (Louis Koo) is the “Dirty Harry” of Hong Kong paramedics. He brazenly breaks the rules in order to save lives, no matter the cost to his own career. His new overachieving subordinate, who is being groomed for greatness, naively follows protocol, and his overly sympathetic heart, to a fault. This buddy mentor-mentee story is imbued with pathos set against the backdrop of harrowing thrill-a-minute emergency rescue operations. Koo shines as the stoic yet soft-hearted ambulanceman supreme, who must face his own painful past while literally breaking his back to provide a good future for his charmingly precocious young daughter. Add to the mix insightful social commentary about the plight of emigrants both to and from Hong Kong, along with a little star-crossed romance, and you have a thrilling human drama that sets out to preserve hearts and minds alike.