should be truthful in their words. During a mock war training exercise privates Luo, Li, Zeng and Wei are assigned to distribute water and retrieve water for the troops on their team that is participating in the mock war. While driving around the training grounds they encounter the rival army team, not wanting to be captured they fight till their deaths until the captain for the rival team tells his troops to move on as they don't want to waste time dealing with four lowly privates on the other team. The four use the opportunity of not being captured to go into civilian town and visit Zhi-Xiang's wives and Ta-Wei's mother. On their way back to the army base they encounter all the superiors from the rival team at a breakfast stand, since the superiors from the rival team were in the middle of eating and not prepared for combat the four ends up capturing all the higher superiors from the rival units and ends up winning the mock war for their squad teams. Cast Nicky Wu as Captain Li Wei-Han Alec Su as Private Luo Zhi-Jiang Takeshi Kaneshiro as Private Li Ta-Wei Jimmy Lin as Private Zeng Zhi-Xiang Wu Ming as Ta-Wei mother Cheung Laap-Wai as Private Wei Yu-nan Wang De-Zhi as Army Sergeant Cheung Ching-Yung as Private Li Wei Hon Facts The film was commissioned by the Republic of China Army to serve as a training guide in army life since Taiwan has an mandatory compulsory military service. Jimmy Lin was the more popular of the "four little heavenly kings" and had an established fan base in Hong Kong in the mid 1990s. After the filming of the film Lin was required to serve his compulsory military service which saw his popularity in both Taiwan and Hong Kong diminish when the film was released in Hong Kong. After the finish of filming, Nicky Wu and Alec Su from the popular Taiwanese boyband Xiao Hu Dui officially disbanded and embarked on solo careers. The film was released in Japan with Takeshi Kaneshiro billed as the main star due to his growing popularity in the country. Production credits Production Manager: Lee Ging-Suen, Chan Gei-Yuen Assistant Director: Chung Bing-Wong, Chui Gwok-Yin Art Director: Lu Chun Script Supervisor: Kelly Mang Cheung-Lee Lighting: Choi Sam-Kat Costume Designer: Lok Sai-Gwong Makeup: Yau Yee-Chu Props: Lam Sing-Kwok Presenter: Ng Dui References External links 1996 films