Andy On, Ching Wan Lau, Gordon Lam
A missing police pistol is connected to a series of recent heists and murders. Its owner Wong vanished earlier while pursuing a suspect in the mountains. His partner Chi-Wai miraculously returned unha...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 3, 2009
Stats: 551 reviews
A retired police is coaxed to help solve a case due to his supernatural ability to solve crime. In addition he can see a person's inner personalities in the form of one or more people in place of the real person. This isn't quite clearly explained by the film and on a few instanc...( read more)
Good direction from To, solid performances from everyone (Andy On is just tolerable, nothing more) but the script doesn't help to make this something better. To works a lot better by himself.
A lot of detail and no depth - what a misadventure. Should've just given us more of Flora Chan.
Inconsistent,unconvincing,and a convoluted film, with a sloppy script and a one-trick gimmick that plods along at an uneven pace. I love Johnny To films..and Ching Wan Lau is as good an actor as they come; that being said, this is a jumbled, confusing story that is not that dram...( read more)
Imagine a blending of A Beautiful Mind, Monk and Infernal Affairs with a healthy dose of 40?s Film Noir and you come up with this intense, powerful film by Johnny To. This is another Hong Kong film destined to be ripped off by American filmmakers
Great concept for a film, carried through by a great lead actor. When it came to representing the "inner hearts" of people, it looked good, but detracted from the depth of individual characters. The relationship with the wife gives it the extra dimension of good HK movies, that I...( read more)
Successfully weird and complex, with a brilliantly insane lead performance. Culminates in a pretty formulaic and predictable gunfight though, which is a damn shame. The women are beautiful!
needed more to justify the title (or change the title), yet its own presentation of human personalities is very much attractive, especially representing people's rationale/excuses through an image of a female lawyer. Wrong to look at it in "Beautiful Mind" perspective. Great conc...( read more)
Fantastic thriller, from start to finish. A lesson in storytelling, and To's most accomplished film so far.
To and Ka-fai's widescreen lensing is both elegant and sharp, its distorted angles and flaring white lights generating a sense of unease that complements Bun's instability and Chi-Wai's fractured self. full review
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