Jean Chuk, daughter of a wealthy Hong Kong family, was asked by her dying sister Michelle to take her ashes to the top of a mountain in Niigata Prefecture to give to Wu, the man she believes rejected her on Valentine's Day.

Dik returns to Hong Kong to start over, working in a garage for his brother Wu's old friend Mon-yeung, who organizes illegal street races and underground boxing matches and is involved in protection rackets and loansharking.

Jean soon receives a proposal from cardiac surgeon Dr. Peter Chan, her father's preferred choice for her.

[1] Reviewer Andrew Saroch of fareastfilms.com gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing, "'Final Romance' shows how the director has that noble ability of taking tried-and-tested elements and infusing them with renewed zest.

[...] While 'Final Romance' is sign-posted and constructed in the way that nearly every genre film is, Alan Mak has achieved something quite different with this production.

What is immediately noticeable is that Mak paces the narrative in a very delicate way, choosing to build the romance between his leads rather than just rely on 'big scenes' to do the work for him.

"[2] Reviewer Kozo of lovehkfilm.com wrote, "Promising director Alan Mak's newest film is a definite change of pace.

"[4] Reviewer Ryan of hkfilmblog.com remarked, "Judging from the cast, it was scheduled for the Hong Kong summer season, but the box office turned out to be as frozen as the setting portrayed in the movie.

"[5] Author Gabriel Chong called it one of Alan Mak's "youth-oriented movies", along with Rave Fever (1999) and Stolen Love (2001).