doug maverick
11-09-2007, 01:24 PM
okay so i finally watched this after it's been sitting on top of my tv for like two months.
plot:
three cops join forces to take down a gang of robber for defferent reasons, one for his dead fiance who the robbers accidently kill during their robber, another to reclaim his honor after being humilitated by them and the last to avenge his dead brother, who the robbers killed.
this film was good, but not that good. i enjoyed it but felt that it was to much and to long. they had two parkour style chase scenes when just one would've sufficed, while the acting in this film was ace, the action should've been more realistic, benny chan used cgi galore in this film lots of fake explosions(way to much). also the villians in this film were cliche's walking around wearing dark cloths and dark sun glass's its like yes we know your the bad guy. i think benny needs to learn what cool is cause they cetainly were not. the only person to really deliver in terms of martial arts besides the two villians(any on and wu jing) was nick tse, i don;t know why people have so much hate on this guy but he was my favorite character in this movie. some interesting side notes, the tea house scene was shot in jackie chans studio and according to jaycee Fong(jackies son, who actually goes by jaycee fong and not jaycee chan like we call him in the states) is actually his basketball court. while the action in the film was good it just felt like it was compesating for something. i think all these donnie yen films are spoiling me. but i agree with gene they need some new story lines for these films, not the same old same old. step away from infernal affairs ******.
plot:
three cops join forces to take down a gang of robber for defferent reasons, one for his dead fiance who the robbers accidently kill during their robber, another to reclaim his honor after being humilitated by them and the last to avenge his dead brother, who the robbers killed.
this film was good, but not that good. i enjoyed it but felt that it was to much and to long. they had two parkour style chase scenes when just one would've sufficed, while the acting in this film was ace, the action should've been more realistic, benny chan used cgi galore in this film lots of fake explosions(way to much). also the villians in this film were cliche's walking around wearing dark cloths and dark sun glass's its like yes we know your the bad guy. i think benny needs to learn what cool is cause they cetainly were not. the only person to really deliver in terms of martial arts besides the two villians(any on and wu jing) was nick tse, i don;t know why people have so much hate on this guy but he was my favorite character in this movie. some interesting side notes, the tea house scene was shot in jackie chans studio and according to jaycee Fong(jackies son, who actually goes by jaycee fong and not jaycee chan like we call him in the states) is actually his basketball court. while the action in the film was good it just felt like it was compesating for something. i think all these donnie yen films are spoiling me. but i agree with gene they need some new story lines for these films, not the same old same old. step away from infernal affairs ******.