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Dog Bite Dog is a new addition to Hong Kong Category III films albeit it's not what you might expect. It is not of exploitative nature, it's not horror and it doesn't have lots of gore. Dog Bite Dog is a police thriller - a genre which spawned plenty of flicks from Hong Kong, many of them not of a very good quality. But this one is a true gem hidden in tons of rubbish. Even if you're not a fan, take a peek - I'm sure you'll like it. Certainly if you're an Asian cinema connoisseur Dog Bite Dog is a must. <
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>A well-trained assassin (Edison Chen) arrives to Hong Kong from Cambodia to eliminate a lawyer in a crowded restaurant. Minutes after the killing police arrives there and one of the detectives (Sam Lee) immediately picks up the trail. The rest of the film is a non-stop and strung-up chase. Both the assassin and the detective are extremely good at what they're doing, they both have sharp instincts, they are well trained and none of them is going to give up. Soon we see this confrontation becomes something of principle especially for the cop who seems not to care about the investigation itself but only about whether he personally can overcome. <
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>Dog Bite Dog impresses a lot because it's not a straight cop action movie. It has much more than just shooting and fighting. It's a study of a man's psyche just like Michael Mann's Heat was. Here also you sometimes can't figure out who is more human and who you should feel for, because the assassin reveals many nice qualities and shows himself as a tender and compassionate person while the detective goes great lengths to get what he wants and doesn't care about lives of other people. At a certain point you realize that both characters are parts of a whole something, they seem to be like one person. But two poles can not exict in a single person, one of them have to take over. The two-disc Hong Kong edition has a logo on the cover that displays two dogs simultaneously biting each other. It wakes up memories of a famous symbol drawing - of a snake swallowing its own tale. Keeping in mind the film's title you start getting the idea. <
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>Cheng Po Sui made a great picture which is more than your usual criminal action movie. It's what a real cop drama should be, it's thoughtful and contains many interesting ideas and layers to explore. Definately not a mindless entertainment, so if you like deep and serious-minded films, this one is for you. Cheng Po Sui is mostly known outside of Hong Kong for his previous movie Home Sweet Home which has been releases on DVD under the title The Monster. It was a curuious quasi-horror, quasi-drama, but in general - an abstruse flick. Dog Bite Dog is a giant leap forward, now I'll obviously wait for the director's next work because whatever he's going to do in the future looks very promising.