Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault

Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault (Mandarin: 痞子英雄首部曲：全面開戰) is a 2012 Taiwanese action thriller film directed by Tsai Yueh-hsun. It is a prequel to and based on the television series Black & White (2009).

The film stars Mark Chao as Wu Ying Xiong, reprising his role from the television series, with Huang Bo and Angelababy also starring.

Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault was released on January 13, 2012. A sequel, Black & White: The Dawn of Justice, was released in 2014.

Premise
A brave policeman and a paranoid gangster are forced to team up for 36 hours to resolve a major crisis that could destroy their beloved Harbor City.

Cast

 * Mark Chao as Wu Ying Xiong
 * Huang Bo as Xu Da-Fu
 * Angelababy as Fan Ning
 * Terri Kwan as Tu Hsiao-ching
 * Leon Dai as Jabar
 * Alex To as SIS Captain Ou
 * Jack Kao as Yuan
 * Ken Lin as Tung
 * Dean Fujioka as Li Che-yong
 * Dino Acconci
 * Julio Acconci
 * Lin Yu-chih as Bao
 * Fox Hsu as Er Bao
 * Hsiu Chieh-kai
 * George Wu as Jack
 * Matt Wu
 * Hsia Ching-ting
 * Jason Tsou
 * Chien Te-men
 * Janine Chang as Lan Hsi-ying (voice)

Reception
The film earned NT$37.6 million at the Taipei box office and ¥89.5 million at the Chinese mainland box office.

On Film Business Asia, Derek Elley gave the film a grade of 3 out of 10 and said: "Taiwan's first action blockbuster is a fiasco, redeemed only by Mainland comic Huang Bo." Taipei Times complemented its action scenes, but criticized its characters and plot lines.