Both Irreversi and Hui lu were self-financed by Gleissner, and filming of both began in Hong Kong in March 2006.

[3] The film duo marked being Gleissner's directorial debut, as well as being the first time identical films were produced simultaneously in both English and Mandarin, with the two otherwise identical versions having two separate sets of cast and crew.

[2] The only cast that was common to both films were Vietnamese supermodel Bebe Pham and Geissner himself using the pseudonym of Ken Arden.

Elliot Tong produced the Chinese version,[4] which was itself released in Hong Kong in 2007 and screened in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu in 2009.

In 2008 Ireversi – Hiu lu Won the Award of Merit at the 6th Annual Accolade Competition.