Shanghai Triad

Shanghai Triad takes place in the course of & days, a young boy (Tang Shuisheng) from the country moves to the city with his uncle to start working. His uncle tells him that this way one day he will be someone, his job is to serve the "mafia's" boss mistress (his name also Tang) and her name Xiao Jinbao. Xiao can be described as a brat who is used to getting her way because of her position, she is always nicely dress and can be mean to people. Right after they arrive to the city there is a fight and someone dies, his uncle is involved in it.
The only reason why he was chosen was because of his family name, it was the same as Tang and therefore it meant that they were related. Xiao has her doubts about the kid but she accepts him and tells him that he will learn. After her show, since she is also the singer for the club that Tang owns he goes home with her and is given a room where he will stay unless she needs him. While living in her house he learns that she is having an affair with Tang's right hand man Song. It is implied that Tang has no time for her since he is always busy with his business and that has given her the liberty/time to look for a lover. In the next few days Song breaks up with her and she goes crazy by breaking everything in her room. All of this time Tang has just tried to adjust to the new living and how she wants things done. There is also a fight between gangs and Tang's uncle dies defending the boss as well as a lot of his other men. Tang got wounded but because of Tang Shuisheng who defended him he didn't die, Tang promises him that they will find who did that and avenge his death.
After that Tang's men wake Xiao and Tang Shuisheng in the middle of the night to tell them that they are moving to a island close to the city because the other gang's member are looking for the boss and he needs to hide so they won't kill him and no one shall know where they are going because they can't trust anyone. When they arrive to the island they are told that the only two people there are  widow and her daughter, no one shall go to the island without Tang's approval and knowledge. Xiao befriends Cuihua who is the widow and Xiao starts asking about her business which leads to her boyfriend getting killed since the was not supposed to be going in the island without Tang's knowledge. By this time Xiao is getting better along with Tang Shuisheng and starts liking Cuihua's daugher Ajiao who tells Xiao she wants to be like her when she grows up. 
On the last day Song arrives to the island with another of the boss's main man. At this time Xiao's infidelity is made known, letting her know that they knew about it since it started and knowing that now Song will be killed. But before this Tang S arrives to the boss's cabin to let him know that he overheard a conversation and some men were planning to kill Xiao. Song is killed and soon after so is Xiao, Tung S tries to defend her but he is held back. Xiao asks for the boss to please leave the widow and the little girl alone but the movie ends with them leaving on a boat with the little girl who will be the next Xiao and Tang S who is being hanged upside down because of what he did. The boss took Tang S back because of his loyalty and also because his uncle had saved him from being killed. 
The theme of the movie is power and loyalty. The power the boss has makes him do as he wishes, like having Xiao as a mistress and killing people who are not loyal to him. Towards the end Xiao also comes off as more humble and human when she shares that she also comes from the country and befriends the little kids. 
This has been my favorite movie so far, I enjoyed how towards the end Xiao changed from her previous behaviors and learned to like the kids and the current environment she was currently living in. I did not like the part where the little girl was taken back to the city to probably be the next Xiao once she becomes older. The scenery in the movie was also breathtaking and I really enjoyed watching it.