Longest Nite (1998)

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Caught in the middle of a fierce gang war in Macao, a corrupt cop named Sam (Tong Leung) handles negotiations between two Triad leaders who plan to join forces. He meets a suspicious bald man named Tony (Lau Ching-Wan), who keeps following him around and disrupting his personal business. But when… More Caught in the middle of a fierce gang war in Macao, a corrupt cop named Sam (Tong Leung) handles negotiations between two Triad leaders who plan to join forces. He meets a suspicious bald man named Tony (Lau Ching-Wan), who keeps following him around and disrupting his personal business. But when Sam finds out he's a suspect in a nightclub owner's murder, he's sure his stalker has something to do with it.

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.
Directed By: Ching Wan Lau, Leung Siu Hung
Genres: Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1998 Wide
On DVD: May 25, 1999

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Andy Klein, New Times
Visually stylish and has, in Leung and Lau, two extraordinarily charismatic stars.

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Tsubaki S

Fast-paced crime drama in the vein of other milkyway productions. To is just producing, but he projects his love to Macau in every frame. Gorgeous shots of the night life, scenes that even make dust look like if it was snow covering the characters. The frantic script never takes a… More
Fast-paced crime drama in the vein of other milkyway productions. To is just producing, but he projects his love to Macau in every frame. Gorgeous shots of the night life, scenes that even make dust look like if it was snow covering the characters. The frantic script never takes a second to catch is breath, and sometimes that works against the story. Many times is hard to tell who is working for who, or what exactly is going on and why. Tony Leung shows that he can play ambigiously moral characters pretty good, Ching Wan Lau plays one of those characters that truly deserve all those "badass/cool" adjectives you could think of. Once more, because of the sometimes confusing pacing the climax feels that comes too sudden, and has little or no impact. The story also uses some coincidences to move things. Overall, not a total waste, but too unpolished to escape it's flaws.
Christopher B

Great crime drama. Both gritty and fast paced while being dramatically powerful.

Longest Nite (1998)

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Tsubaki S

Christopher B

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