Killer Constable

In 19th-century China, a lavish banquet in the Forbidden City sets off a chain of events when the Empress Dowager Cixi orders the capture of thieves who stole 2 million taels from the Royal Treasury. Chief Constable Leng Tian-Ying, nicknamed Killer Constable, is tasked with assembling a team to find and bring back the thieves dead or alive within ten days. As Leng's pursuit leads him through treacherous landscapes and treacherous alliances, his own dark past and motivations come to light, ultimately leading to a deadly showdown that exposes the corrupt underbelly of the Qing empire.