Once a Thief

A trio of art burglars Joe (Chow-Yun Fat), Jim (Leslie Cheung) and Sherry (Cherie Chung) were orphans raised by Fagin-like character Mr. Chow (Ken Tsang) and trained into petty thieves. But they advanced to the big time because paintings proved to be most lucrative, and they are making a bundle for Mr. Chow as well as for themselves.

The three recived a proposal from a Monsieur Le Bond in Nice, who would pay a fabulous sum if the three could steal an obscure painting hidden in a private castle on the Cote d' Azur.

For Sherry, although she knows they knew make a huge fortune from the stealing, but as the girlfriend of Joe, she wanted to give up burglary and settle down with Joe, however, Joe didn't want to stop without completing the mission...