Gwei Lun-mei plays a gangster’s moll whose chequered past catches up with her in the action quickie Weekend in Taipei, co-written and produced by Luc Besson. Luke Evans and Sung Kang also star in the French filmmaker’s much touted return to the Taiwanese capital following his 2013 science fiction hit Lucy, starring Scarlett Johansson.

Joey (Gwei) is married to Kwang (Kang), a corrupt tycoon on trial for his dubious business practices. While she enjoys the affluent lifestyle her husband’s unscrupulous earnings afford her, she yearns to start afresh with Raymond (Wyatt Yang), her son from a previous relationship.

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