The rivalry between 2 deputy police commissioners leads to a struggle in running an operation to rescue police officers who have been taken hostage. This ends up threatening both their reputations.
A hijacking of a police van occurs when the Police Commissioner is away from Hong Kong. Deputy Commissioner Lee leads a rescue operation code-named Cold War. Fellow Deputy Commissioner Sean moves to take control from Lee as he thinks Lee is emotionally affected by his son being held hostage, but the efforts end up threatening both their reputation.
