Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Simon Yam

This companion disc to the martial arts hit includes the following special features: "Born to be Bad" featurette with martial arts legend Sammo Hung, "First Amongst Equals" featurette with legendary l...( read more  read more... )eading man and action-director Donnie Yen, "Echoes of Darkness" featurette with prolific co-star Simon Yam, "A Man Apart" featurette with visionary director Wilson Yip, Anatomy of a scene featurettes, trailer gallery, TV spots and more.

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Unrated, 93 min.

Directed by: Wilson Yip

Release Date: January 1, 2005

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DVD Release Date: September 12, 2006

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  • June 2, 2007
    Great action melodrama. Sammo Hung is ferocious.
  • April 9, 2007
    Hardly the resurrection of HK gritty action films, as many have call it. Certainly a much better turn than most HK "action" films these days where teen idols take the leads instead of real action pros like the ones in this cast.

    The cast certainly helps to mantain the almost i...( read more)nvisible plot here, Sammo Hung turns out as a very solid villian, Simon Yam is good as usual and Wu Jing (Jacky Wu/the guy with the knife) more or less steals the whole thing.

    Recommended for action fans and HK aficionados. This is hardly the next Hard Boiled, or anything like that, but it's not a bad choice compaired with most american (and as i said already, HK) so called action films. Heck, i'm giving the 3 stars mostly based on that fight between Donnie Yen and Wu Jing, one of the most intense fight sequences i have seen since the hall fight in Oldboy (totally different style of course)
  • March 24, 2007
    From Hong Kong comes a great martial arts crime thriller.... paving the way for modern Hong Kong cinema to fuse it very famous action genius with hard core and brilliant story telling.

    In this case, its a story of one police seargant's tirless battle against the crime kingpin ...( read more)who was responsible for killing his goddaughters parents. Driven by years of rage and frustration, he and his loyal squad finally decide to do anything to bring the gangster down, which ultimatley means crossing the fine line of police work into corruption in this war between worlds. But as the detective is on the verge of retirement, and his war seems all but lost, the new boss, a former street cop with a knack for violence and a moral consciene intervenes and also becomes entertwined in the dark war.

    The keyword here is THRILLER - not action. Dont expect a Jackie Chan stunt fest every 5 minutes... this is a movie made with in the tradition of such thrillers like Infernal Affairs, New Police Story, The Corruptor and others.... though I would personally think SPL is much more classy and the action clearly is some of the best seen in a movie. And to top it off, veterans Donnie Yen, Simon Yam and HK legend Sammo Hung lead the way with a good cast, especially the psychotic killer in white.

    Well, the most important thing: Action scenes. Some of the best ever. The climax fight scenes all star Donnie Yen, whom I think in martial arts ability matches the likes of Jet Li and Jackie - but Yen seems far more faster and skillfull - if you have seen Iron Monkey, then you would defintley have a new name added to your favourite martial arts stars. And Sammo Hung at old age still shows he's got the goods to whoop ass and plays the powerful gangster with an exuberance and protrays a very deadly character.

    There are many scenes which show really good climaxes, from the beginning where Simon Yam and Sammo face off with golf clubs after batterring each others in their cars, to Donnie and Simon's confrontation with the 100 gangsters in the street, which really build up the tension and strength to the powerhouse ending fights.

    Pretty nifty! And very bloody. The sound effects as knives enter the body and out..... woah! squish, and squash and blow flows....... graphic as hell. Marvelous!
  • March 1, 2007
    its fantastic just to see decent action for once without masses of wires. its a truely good martial arts film using the actual skills of the combatants.
  • March 24, 2007
    Man, title certainly matches the tone of the movie. This movie had some awesome fight scenes, especially the alley fight. Not the greatest story, but still a good movie.
  • September 4, 2009
    This a great action film. The fight scenes are well edited and choreographed. I don't see why they had to link this story with chinese astrology. It really seems pointless.
  • September 3, 2009
    nein gery ih pahpa kasdo
  • August 17, 2009
    i saw some fight scenes and they where awesome must see!
  • June 19, 2009
    Gave this film a second look this afternoon after purchasing it, it holds up really well on the second viewing.

    A wonderfully layered police drama that sports some of the best martial arts I've seen in awhile.

    Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen and Simon Yam are amazing to watch and the fi...( read more)nal showdown between Hung and Yen is not to be missed.

    Highly Recommended.
  • April 14, 2009
    cool triads-cop flick .. superb Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung .. the fights and duels are excellent!!

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