The Code, as director Law Wing-cheong introduces a team of Police Tactical Unit (PTU) officers who must balance their public service and a private duty to help fellow officers. When the police force is handed a blurry videotape of PTU officers beating up a suspect in an alleyway, senior officers summon that area's patrol team to find out who was responsible. Once asked about it, the group headed by Lee Wing-sam (Simon Yam) and May Cheung (Maggie Siu) closes ranks and remains tight-lipped. But once the questioning is over, the team heads out to find Shing, the man who was beaten in the 2006 recording, before the internal affairs officers investigating them can get to him. As the PTU team sets about raiding nightclubs and tailing those connected to Shing, the officers aren't always the model face of policing. Blunt and occasionally rough as they go about their job, the group also shows a willingness to bend the rules to get their work done. The move to speak with Shing before the other investigators do starts to come unstuck, however, when teammate Eight (Lee Kwok-lun) gets into trouble with his debts, faces being ejected from his job and loses his mind amid intense stress. The tactical unit's last major pop-culture portrayal came courtesy of To's acclaimed thriller PTU in 2003, and Law Wing-cheong's take on the officers' efforts to protect their own follows some similar cues. The approach here, however, raises the personal drama to accompany the policing. While top-billed stars Simon Yam and Maggie Siu give suitably firm performances as PTU members, the task of carrying the weightier subplot largely rests on the shoulders of Lee Kwok-lun, who must handle an increasingly troubled character.Made for TV and other small-screen distribution, Law's opening act - itself a self-contained story - delivers a healthy break from Hong Kong's typical broadcast programming of today. Unlike local serials, typically long-running and too reliant on studio sets, Tactical Unit - The Code instead draws on cinema's production values and stars, makes appealing use of its urban locations, and bears hallmarks of the work of producer To and the Milkyway Image production house. Beyond investigations and drama, a chase scene on foot partway through the piece delivers a highlight in the action department, as too does a finale in a locked-down police station. As its slow-boil crime drama develops with added detours like these, The Code lays a promising foundation for future Tactical Unit installments to build from. by Tim YoungsBR>
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