Johnny To (MY LEFT EYE SEES GHOSTS) directs this crime thriller, which begins in explosive fashion as a televised bank robbery is dangerously mismanaged by the police. The criminals escape and leave a bloodbath behind them, and the police decide to use the media to broadcast their attempted capture of the gang. But when the robbers also draw on the power of the media to put forward their side of the case, BREAKING NEWS turns into a thoroughly modern portrayal of the criminal underclasses.