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Michael Wong,
Michael Wong,
Anthony Wong,
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Dante Lam,
Dante Lam,
Gordon Chan,
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: Not Rated
: Image Entertainment
: Action, Foreign, Hong Kong, Crime
: 110 min.
: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
: English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Jap, Bah
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Gordon Chan directed this Hong Kong action drama about Kowloon cop Tung (Anthony Wong). Addicted to gambling, Tung takes an occasional bribe. He shows his new partner, American-born Michael Cheung (Michael Fitzgerald Wong), aka "The King of Killers," the usual neighborhood routines. The duo deals with triad trickery after gang leader Big Brother (Roy Cheung) leaves town. Mike meets Yoyo (Kathy Chau), one of the women Big Brother kept on a string. Left dangling after Big Brother's departure, Yoyo begins a relationship with Mike. Shown at the 1998 Hong Kong Film Festival and in the Market section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
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| uneven but entertaining action flick
by amoon
August 10, 2003 - 5:59 PM PDT
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First off I wanted to say that the description of the movie is a little off. It doesn't mention that one of the leads is actually an american born actor that can speak chinese, albeit poorly. I'm not chinese, but his accent was so bad that me and my friends cracked up everytime he opened his mouth AND his acting really sucked. He makes Jean Claude Van Dam look like an oscar caliber actor. Luckily Anthony Wong is in this to save the day. He put in an excellent performance as the slightly crooked cop. Another thing that was never mentioned is that the first half of the movie is more comedy than action. It's not a bad thing as the jokes are pretty funny. It's just that there are parts in the movie that are very serious, where the director throws in some artsy camera work, then we are treated to a comedic scene where the artsy camera work is thrown out the window. It also felt akward when these serious action scenes were sandwiched between comedic scenes.
If you can stand the crappy acting by the one guy, I don't even know his name, then you'll be in for an entertaing flick. However, the first 30 minutes or so are kinda boring, but it does pick up. Oh yeah, plus if you can believe that these are super men who can survive like fifty stab wounds, then you'll enjoy the flick, I know I did. |
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