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| ACTORS: | Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Kelly Lin |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Ka-Fai Wai, Johnny To |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 2001 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Tai Seng Entertainme |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound |
| TYPE: | Foreign Film - Chinese |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 601641047647 |
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Customer Reviews of Fulltime Killer - Special Edition
Better than your typical Hong Kong shoot-em-up I saw this movie last night at the San Francisco International Film Festival. It stars Japanese heartthrob Takashi Sorimachi as O, the best assassin in Asia, and Hong Kong heartthrob Andy Lau as Tok, an up-and-coming assassin who wants to be known as the best and thus challenges O. I went into this movie not expecting much but was pleasantly surprised, especially by the last third of the movie as it showed unexpected depths and twists.
Not to say this movie is without flaws -- there's lots of typical extraneous violence, many hokey lines, and unbelievable scenes. However, the movie's switching between Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, and English (depending on the native language of the speaker) is a bit of a surprise and gives the movie a bit more of a cosmopolitan, realistic feel than most HK action flicks (don't worry, it's subtitled in Chinese and English). But the action is well-paced, with amusing references to the first-person shoot-em-up video games like "Doom" and "Halo" that it sometimes resembles, and interesting camera angles and editing. Sorimachi delivers a sexy performance as the efficient but terse O, and Lau walks a psychotic edge as the flamboyant Tok with a love for movies.
"Fulltime Killer" isn't for everyone, but if you enjoy Hong Kong action films or are a fan of one of the stars, or like action films with a bit of a twist and aren't expecting "War and Peace", then check this one out.
Pretty good mix of old and new
Hong Kong cinema was cool before the days of The Matrix. This movie has a lot of the old feel and some very cool scenes reminiscent of other great action flicks like Bullet in the Head and Brother. However, it feels as though the director was worried viewers wouldn't buy the movie unless it had some mindless and useless CGI effects. The insertion of these feels contrived and forced.
Aside from these few trivial flaws, this film boasts some awesome characters (Takashi Sorimachi is way cool) and the women are super hot. Man, how I wish all cops looked like the girl in this movie!! Hong Kongese English is a bear to understand, but dialog is secondary. The shoot-em-up scenes are some of the best.
I do agree with other reviewers that the ending seems disjointed. It gets a bit Ecks vs. Severlike at about the 75 minute mark.
Overall, a good rent. Check it out, and then make the call to plunk down your hard earned $13 bucks or so for a copy of your own.
Watch it only if you are a hardcore HK movie fan
Doesn't even come close to a John Woo, Ringo Lam or Tsui Hark film. Some interesting action sequences though - the opening is excellent. I found Andy Lau's acting a little over the top. Also, it seemed that every character was coincidentally related to another character in several ways. 2 rival assasins and one assasin's boss is the brother of the other assasin? A few of these I'll buy but there were way too many unexplained coincidences. I would have preferred a longer film that probed more info the relationships. Don't bother with this unless you are die hard HK fan - there are much better HK films out there.