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Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Kate Tsui

The head of an elite Hong Kong surveillance unit (Simon Yam) keeps one eye on his rookie apprentice (Kate Tsui) and the other on a notorious criminal (Tony Leung Ka Fai) he suspects of masterminding a...( read more  read more... ) recent jewel heists in this tense thriller from filmmaking duo Johnnie To and Nai-Hoi Yau. Of course, the criminal knows all along he's being watched. But that doesn't stop him from trying to pull off the biggest score of his career.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 17 min.

Directed by: Nai-Hoi Yau

Release Date: February 10, 2007

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DVD Release Date: January 22, 2008

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  • DragonEyeMorrison
    February 14, 2009
    DragonEyeMorrison
    Regular Jhonny To writer directorial debut is exactly what you would expect from the guy that wrote Election, The Mission among other To titles. A tight cop/crime thriller that never lacks rythim and that keeps you interested from start to finish. The man certainly has learned so...( read more)me tricks from To himself, the camera moves in a very similar way, so it will be innevitable to compare a bit.

    The guy is still not another To mind you, but shows a lot of promise, and thankfully will help to continue to polish the HK crime genre. Also, you really can't go wrong with the cast, and even the cute eye candy Kate Tsui does a quite decent job, way better than other juvenile inflated HK that work these days.

    So, any HK aficionado is more than welcome to watch this one.
  • alanjayh
    April 10, 2008
    alanjayh
    simon delivers again..part johnny to productin..and he rarely misses!! Interesting plot,movie moves along briskly, cute female lead, intelligent bad guy, this is a good watch
  • Soundsofmadness
    October 17, 2008
    Soundsofmadness
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • jetty2728
    July 5, 2008
    jetty2728
    Not a bad try for Yau Nai Hoi...
    This is not a superb movie, but still exciting...
    Lack of character development, waste alot of great actor...
    Anyway, worth to watch...
  • wassadudes
    April 1, 2008
    wassadudes
    There is only one major flaw in this superb movie ... the rookie. The rookie follows the typical path of any rookie in a movie. She makes a mistake and solves it. Then her superior would say she has alot of potential. However, the movie still deserves a high mark because of the v...( read more)ery unique way of following both the cops and robbers and the dilemmas that Dog-head and Hollowman face.
  • yujai7
    February 13, 2008
    yujai7
    Eyes in the SKy...one of the best HK movies I've watched
  • skactopus
    October 20, 2007
    skactopus
    At first glance this will look and sound like a typical Hong Kong crime drama. Well, it is much more than that. Whenever Johnnie To directs, produces, or writes a crime flick things just seem to go right. This film is no exception.

    The story, in a sense, plays out like an av

    ...( read more)erage cops and robbers movie. You have a gang of thieves pulling jobs for money and a group of cops trying to stop them. Well, similarly to how Johnnie To used the element of the media in Breaking News, this film focuses on the SU or surveillance unit side of things. So what you actually have here is the SU versus the robbers, with the cops being background in this flick. This is what makes the story interesting. A unique perspective with some great cinematography and characters.

    This film has little to no action in it, but this is what makes this film really successful. The SU are not known for dealing with the villains. They just track them down and let the cops take care of the rest. There is only one shootout in this film and it is short and none of the main characters are involved. If you are looking for some action this film is NOT for you.

    The acting in this film is superb. I've seen Simon Yam in so many movies I pretty much know what he brings to the table. He had an ace up his sleeve in this film. His performance, along with Tony Leung (the older one), and Maggie Shiu are rock-solid. The younger character in the movie, played by Kate Tsui is as good as she is beautiful. The acting really helps to make this film as good as it is.

    This film comes in at just over 90 minutes, but could have done just as good if stretched to the 2 hour mark. Fans of Johnnie To type crime dramas should definitely give this a watch.
  • dninja81
    September 13, 2007
    dninja81
    Similar concept to 'Enemy of the State' except the Surveilience Unit are the good guys. Not a bad attempt from the directorial debut of Nai-Hoi Yau, produced by Election & PTU director Johnny To.
  • k4sindy
    August 19, 2007
    k4sindy
    Great. If you love "running out of time" and PTU from Director Johnnie To, you will love Gun Chung.

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