Set in present day Los Angeles this feature length psychodrama unravels many layers of deception deep within a Chinese American family. Patrick Linton (JOE LANDO), a convict, escapes from a vehicle transporting him from one maximum security prison to another. During 10 years of incarceration for murdering his parents, Patrick has plotted revenge. He makes his way to the house of his father's business partner, Mr. Hong, who he believes killed his father and set him up to take the fall.

While police search for Patrick, he manages to scale the wall of Hong's Beverly Hills estate in the dark. What he discovers there foils his plans for revenge. Mr. Hong has just died. His son, Dr. Daniel Hong, lives in the house now with his blind mother and unhappy wife, Natalie (Vivian Wu). Natalie was Patrick's one and only true love before the murder, and Daniel was his friend and fellow medical student.

Amidst the clash of old world Chinese traditions in present day LA, what transpires is a cat & mouse game of shifting alliances as Patrick demands the Hongs face the truth or die.

The beautiful Vivian Wu of "The Pillow Book" and "Joy Luck Club" plays Natalie, a woman caught between a wicked mother-in-law, weak husband, cultural conventions, and her one true love, now an escaped criminal.

JOE LANDO, well known for his co-starring role on DQMW, stars as Patrick. Patrick has fostered an ugly and revengeful rage while in prison. Is he an innocent man? Will the truth set him free? Is Natalie the woman he thought she was or part of the deception?

The renowned Chinese actress, Lisa Lu, known to USA audiences for her role in "Joy Luck Club" and as the Empress Dowager in "Last Emperor", plays Mrs. Hong. Her mission is to save her son from the truth as she knows it, protecting him from a fate prescribed by her Chinese beliefs - "old debts never die."

Courtesy of Lynne DeBernadis,
West Coast Correspondent for TJLWP