In the movie, lightnight-fast camera cuts and hues of green were boldly employed. It won Doyle the best cinematography award in 1987 at the Hong Kong Film Festival, and directors with artistic ambitions began to take an interest in him.
片中攝影畫面做動態移動並大膽使用灰黯、陰冷的偏綠色調，為杜可風贏得一九八七年香港電影金像獎最佳攝影。他也從此打入香港電影界，爾後具有藝術企圖的導演多屬意他掌鏡。