I Did It My Way (film)

I Did It My Way is a 2023 Hong Kong action film directed by Jason Kwan, produced by and starring Andy Lau.

With the help of live streaming drug trafficking on the dark web, his close friend and beloved wife encountered changes one after another.

Reaching a dead end, Lam went completely crazy and wanted to make the whole world pay the price.

An alternate Mandarin version of the song sung by Cya Liu, which is not played in the film, was also released for promotion.

[7] News for the film was first reported by the Hong Kong media on 13 June 2022 that a new action film tentatively titled Bring in the Wine (將進酒) directed by Jason Kwan and starring Andy Lau, Gordon Lam, Eddie Peng and Kevin Chu is set to begin production, with Lau also producing while Chin Ka-lok and Dion Lam serve as action directors.

[3] The following day (13 July) it was reported that Lam had sustained an injury while filming a stunt sequence in Tsing Yi and was hurt when he protected a child actor that he was holding from falling on uneven ground with gravels and rocks.

[14] On 22 December 2023, a promotion song for the film was released, with Lau and George Lam singing a cover version of the 1982 song, "Hard to Separate Good and Evil" (難為正邪定分界), which was originally sung by Johnny Yip and Mak Chi-sing, composed by Joseph Koo and lyrics written by Cheng Kwok-kong.

[19] During its limited theatrical run in North America, the film grossed US$75,873 in its opening weekend playing at 36 theatres, coming in at No.

[32] Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com, stating the film "exemplifies the current state of mass-oriented Hong Kong genre cinema, leaning hard on its seasoned cast to both remind viewers of better movies and carry this one around the bases fast enough that you still get your money's worth", while also praising Lau's performance as the villain being the film's main draw.

[33] Dan Skip Allen of the Critics Association of Central Florida praises the film's realistic cinematography and depiction of technology as well as the action sequences which he describes as one of the best parts of the film, while also giving praise the performances of main cast members Lau, Lam, Peng and Liu.

[35] Avi Offer of The NYC Movie Guru praises the film's action sequences but criticizes the convoluted plot and unmemorable characters.

[36] Tay Yek-keak of Today Online gave the film a score of 3/5 praising Lau and Lam's performance and the undercover angle of the story which reminances Infernal Affairs while feeling that Peng is underused in his role.