Chart-topping Hong Kong singer and film idol Nicholas Tse stars as Tyler, a streetwise 21-year-old Hong Kong native who takes a job as a bodyguard. He soon befriends a disillusioned mercenary, Jack (popular Taiwan rocker Wu Bai), who is determined to make a fresh start with his new wife. Although the two men find themselves working together to foil an assassination attempt on Hong, Jack's new father-in-law, their partnership is short-lived: Gradually they are unknowingly propelled toward opposite sides of a deadly confrontation. An exciting thriller with an international cast, Time and Tide features intrigue, a breathless pace, and a series of exhilarating action sequences staged with the explosive bravura that has become the signature of legendary action director Tsui Hark.