Featured Audience Ratings

• Lee ?

  
  Stylish action-thriller that may not be rife with originallity but does deliver an entertaining and cool time-filler. Really good action scenes helped along by snazzy camera work and a great charismatic performance by Andy Lau. The whole competing hitmen thing has been done before… More
  Stylish action-thriller that may not be rife with originallity but does deliver an entertaining and cool time-filler. Really good action scenes helped along by snazzy camera work and a great charismatic performance by Andy Lau. The whole competing hitmen thing has been done before but there's enough in this one for any Hong Kong action fan to enjoy, but it's not among the directors best efforts.

• Bruce B

  
  This is a very enjoyable action / thriller movie from Hong Kong, though not as much action as some I have seen from the west (West of me.) it still holds a good story line and enjoyable moments. Two assassins are pretty much pitted against each other. One is O (Takashi Sorimachi) who… More
  This is a very enjoyable action / thriller movie from Hong Kong, though not as much action as some I have seen from the west (West of me.) it still holds a good story line and enjoyable moments. Two assassins are pretty much pitted against each other. One is O (Takashi Sorimachi) who is the top hit man in the far East and is know for his professionalism. He has a cleaning lady who he is in love with clean an apartment he never lives in. The other assassin is Tok (Andy Lau), who is a show boater when it comes to killing. Sooner or later they must face each other and this provides for a action packed movie, that rates 4 stars.

• Tsubaki S

  
  Starts well until it becomes exactly what is trying to make a parody from, but duller. Andy Lau was fun to watch here, Simon Yam is awfully wasted.

• Adam M

  
  story gets so ridiculous and boring, the dialogue starts alluding to it; loses any deeper layer and amounts to an exercise in glorifying violence with above-average style; high angles for the first 20 min (!) and good crane shots

• Duncan R

  
  This action/thriller from Hong Kong is a bit thin on plot, but like "Underworld", the cast and cinematography are it's saving graces. Kelly Lin in particular is wonderfully over the top as the eccentric villain Chin, and Takashi Sorimachi portrays the hitman-with-morals… More
  This action/thriller from Hong Kong is a bit thin on plot, but like "Underworld", the cast and cinematography are it's saving graces. Kelly Lin in particular is wonderfully over the top as the eccentric villain Chin, and Takashi Sorimachi portrays the hitman-with-morals O with quiet, reserved dignity. If you like a good action movie, and don't mind reading subtitles (and trust me, in this one, you need them even when they speak English) then give it a look.

• Marcus W

  
  Rips off every single action movie of the last 30 years.

• alan j

  
  another fine johnny to offering...nice play between the two leads...interesting styles between the two killers...almost as in 'heat'...with a girl in the middle...suspenseful, interesting watch

• Christopher B

  
  Awesome hitman film from the great Kai Fai Wai and Johhny To. Almost like an update of Duel to the Death with the Hong Kong vs Japan angle, but this is a non-stop film with great characters and action setpieces. Highly recommended.

• Patrick D

  
  The narrative is really interesting here. It kind of jumps around with points of view and focus, and really seems like the filmmaker didn't even know, or maybe he fully knew what he was doing, because it really makes an incredibly unique feel. The thing to watch in this film is… More
  The narrative is really interesting here. It kind of jumps around with points of view and focus, and really seems like the filmmaker didn't even know, or maybe he fully knew what he was doing, because it really makes an incredibly unique feel. The thing to watch in this film is the action. It's done actually as a sort of acculmanation (sp?) of a bunch of styles making one think of older HK films and even the film Thriller, with it's slowing down of the action but it infact creates itself it's own style. Andy Lau's character is also a cinephile and therefore allows for a sort of comment and self reflexivity to the film.

• Kevin "

  
  Awesome movie, not as deep a story as Infernal Affairs, but still a good action movie. What makes it better is the cocky ego Andy Lau displays in this movie. This movie is the reason I say, "Awww, no Hong Kong Snoopy."

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