Rating: Not Rated
Movie Release Date: August 17, 2006 (Hong Kong) / June 23, 2007 (USA)
DVD Release Date: October 23, 2007
Plot 411: A man raised amidst savagery learns to love or a single-minded cop hunts a savage hitman . . . depending on your perspective.
Review: This was definitely a unique movie. The plot centered around a hitman (Edison Chen) who is hired to assassinate a judge's wife and the police who try to capture him. This may seem like old news, but the way in which the violence is carried out is astonishingly unique. The brutality and savagery of the action are explosive and seem to somehow push boundaries between film and reality. The horrifying efficiency in which the hitman kills people is pretty devastating. He is unemotional and detached, almost like a robot. However, despite being chased by an obsessive cop (Sam Lee) and unflinchingly beating and killing many people, the hitman shows his humanity when he meets a troubled girl. The hitman's character arc is pretty impressive, though I don't know how credible it is. Still, the capacity of the human heart is immeasurable so perhaps in spite of his untraditional Cambodian upbringing, the hitman is still capable of love and feelings of tenderness. The message at the end feels forced, but whatever. I'll go with it anyway.
Movie Release Date: August 17, 2006 (Hong Kong) / June 23, 2007 (USA)
DVD Release Date: October 23, 2007
Plot 411: A man raised amidst savagery learns to love or a single-minded cop hunts a savage hitman . . . depending on your perspective.
Review: This was definitely a unique movie. The plot centered around a hitman (Edison Chen) who is hired to assassinate a judge's wife and the police who try to capture him. This may seem like old news, but the way in which the violence is carried out is astonishingly unique. The brutality and savagery of the action are explosive and seem to somehow push boundaries between film and reality. The horrifying efficiency in which the hitman kills people is pretty devastating. He is unemotional and detached, almost like a robot. However, despite being chased by an obsessive cop (Sam Lee) and unflinchingly beating and killing many people, the hitman shows his humanity when he meets a troubled girl. The hitman's character arc is pretty impressive, though I don't know how credible it is. Still, the capacity of the human heart is immeasurable so perhaps in spite of his untraditional Cambodian upbringing, the hitman is still capable of love and feelings of tenderness. The message at the end feels forced, but whatever. I'll go with it anyway.
Watch It: For a brutality that is rarely portrayed in film.
Skip It: Because of that very same brutality. You're either going to love it or hate it.
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