杜琪峰执导的《大事件》是一部警匪片，由任贤齐、陈慧琳和张家辉等演员主演。故事讲述了电视摄制队在街头意外拍摄到警队被悍匪元（任贤齐饰）重创的场景，警方声誉遭到严重损害。为了恢复警队的威信，3万名警察誓言要抓住罪犯。警方决定通过媒体直播整个行动，市民纷纷观看这场电视史上前所未有的“大事件”。

重案组督察恒追踪元到一栋大楼，准备行动，但副指挥官Rebecca却计划将整个过程直播。恒和部下携带微型摄像机冲入现场，却发现大楼内还有另一伙劫匪，情况十分危险。然而，Rebecca却选择剪掉这一段，引起了恒的不满。元挟持人质并将闭路电视录像发送给媒体，让警方难堪。Rebecca被迫播放完整个视频，劫匪们联手反抗警方，场面混乱。恒成功解救出人质，但元却成功逃脱，并与Rebecca不期而遇。Rebecca误认为元是恒，元利用这个机会想要借助新身份逃脱，但在这个过程中却不知不觉地爱上了Rebecca。

这部电影情节曲折，悬疑紧张，令人回味无穷。任贤齐、陈慧琳和张家辉等演员的表演也十分精彩。《大事件》是一部不容错过的好电影。

This is a Hong Kong police film. Its protagonists are not only criminals and policemen, but also the media. Our lives are surrounded by the media all the time, and in many cases the content presented by the media will mislead the audience

The story happened in Hong Kong. At that time, a video of the Hong Kong police being beaten helplessly by robbers was circulated on the Internet through the media, causing caused an uproar among the citizens of Hong Kong. In order to restore the reputation of the Hong Kong police, all police officers in Hong Kong were involved in this operation. When the police of the serious crime team tracked the building and prepared to operate, the deputy commander wanted to broadcast live, so other team members rushed in with cameras. to the scene of the crime. But there was already another group of robbers in the building. The commander wanted to cut this clip at this time, but the leader of the robbers did send the clip to the media. Although the police rescued the hostages, the robbers escaped because of this loophole. The intervention of the media in this rescue surprised everyone and delayed the best time.