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The movie opens with a gripping scene in a Shanghai police station, where the local gang, known as the Crocodile Gang, violently confronts a police officer who has arrested the gang leader's girlfriend. In a display of terror, the gang not only executes the officer but also faces a shocking turn of events when they find their vehicles stolen upon leaving the station. To their dismay, they encounter the Ax Gang, led by the menacing Brother Some. Surrounded and outnumbered by over 500 members donned in formal suits, the Crocodile Gang is soon overwhelmed. As the Ax Gang opens fire, chaos erupts, and the ruthless violence escalates with the dismemberment of the gang's leader and the cold-blooded execution of his girlfriend—a harrowing introduction to the film's exploration of gang rivalry in a turbulent 1940s Shanghai.