City on Fire (1987)
Chow Yun-Fat: Ko Chow
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Quotes
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Fu : [Fu talks about his family life] You know, my father was a crook. I got it from him. I just hope my son doesn't turn out like me.
Ko Chow : Is your old man still in jail?
Fu : He's been dead for ten years. My father was stupid. He got shot by the police.
Ko Chow : So you despise them?
Fu : Not at all. They were just doing their job, so why should I?
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Ko Chow : [after Wah is killed, Inspector Lau asks Ko Chow to go undercover again, but Chow wants out] I sent in my resignation.
Inspector Lau : I never got it.
Ko Chow : Look for it.
Inspector Lau : Chow, only you know the people that Wah did. You asked for this, remember? You can resign... once we've captured the killers.
Ko Chow : Last time with Shing, it went bad.
Inspector Lau : What went bad? We got him.
Ko Chow : I betrayed a friend.
Inspector Lau : You helped capture scum, all right? This friend ordered the deaths of hundreds. He had to die. You're a cop. Who told you to make friends with them?
Ko Chow : [frustrated] What else could I have done? You haven't been there!
[Chow pauses for a moment before speaking again]
Ko Chow : That guy to a bullet for me, what else do you expect? I can't go through that again. Can't you please send somebody else? Why won't you just accept my resignation? Let me go Uncle Lau.
Inspector Lau : [Lau thinks about it for a moment, but decides that he can't let Ko Chow go just yet] You should go and visit your grandmother.
[with that, Lau turns and leaves the morgue, instructing his men to let Chow go when he's ready]
