Cheap Ballistic Kiss (DVD) (Donnie Yen) Price

Related Products

Customer Reviews of Ballistic Kiss

Dark, different action film
Stylish, brooding work from Donnie Yen, who really pushed the envelope on a couple of fronts. Outstanding script. Not a generic Hong Kong action film, but one that cuts deeper into characters and disturbing emotions. The opening sequence is a masterpiece of mood, choreography and editing. This film's only weakness is a final confrontation that doesn't quite satisfy, and the casting of the female lead (a better actress would have elevated this already fine work into something even more special).

---

Bullet Ballet
I have to admit, this movie is great with a couple of minor flaws.
-Note: Ballistic Kiss is a gun fight movie and not a "martial arts" movie, so if you're expecting Donnie Yen to do the "Shadowless Kick" look somewhere else.

The action is great and is so incredibly stylish. The lighting, music, and action complement each other perfectly. Watching the fights is like ballet, except with guns and blood.

The flaws are the storyline and the acting by the female lead.

Well, you should buy this DVD if you want to see action that stylishly cool and Donnie Yen with really "unique" sunglasses.

---

a stylish movie.
No one makes gangster films like John Woo did anymore, not even John Woo himself. Ballistic Kiss is another attempt to revive or prolong the genre, and it apparently failed. Like many HK movies in the genre and befitting its title, Ballistic Kiss is over-loaded with bullets but suffers from a thin plot. However, if it did not succeed in becoming a great film, at least it was a good try. The movie is simply STYLISH. It has great visuals, every frame is masterfully shot, scene transitions are smooth, and the sound track is unusually good for a HK movie.

Donnie Yen directed, starred in the film, and choreographed for the action scenes. An ambitious filmmaker, he managed to give the film a fresh look. It is during some non-action scenes that his unique vision is manifested. After a bloody battle, the killer dances alone in a dark enclosed room, for a moment, the world around him seems to have disappeared. It is surreal.