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Gunmen |
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Year: |
1988 |
The untouchable cops of Gunmen |
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Director: |
Kirk
Wong Chi-Keung |
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Producer: |
Tsui
Hark |
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Action: |
Bruce
Law Lai-Yin |
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Cast: |
Tony
Leung Ka-Fai, Adam
Cheng Siu-Chow, Waise
Lee Chi-Hung, Carrie
Ng Ka-Lai, Elizabeth
Lee Mei-Fung, Mark
Cheng Ho-Nam, David Wu Dai-Wai,
Tsui Kam-Kong, Wong Kam-Kong,
Yuen Bun |
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The
Skinny: |
Excellent
period action film from Kirk Wong and Tsui Hark. While a bit
muddled plotwise, the film compensates with terrific action
and some moments that pack an emotional wallop. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Basically a Chinese version of The Untouchables, this
actioner from Tsui Hark and Kirk Wong is a well-crafted period
genre movie. Tony Leung Ka-Fai is Ding Chun-Bee, an honorable
cop in turbulent 1930’s Shanghai. He’s a rare righteous cop.
Most of the force are a corrupt bunch even though their no-nonsense
captain (Tsui Kam-Kong) is an honest officer.
Ding finds himself locked in a rivalry
with opium smuggler Haye (Adam Cheng), who just happens to
be the same Chinese officer who tortured he and his pals back
during the Chinese civil war. Ding takes out Haye’s Uncle
Liang in a raid leading to a vow of vengeance by Haye. Ding
has his own score to settle because Haye offed his partner.
Since the cops are no help, he looks elsewhere—and finds
this three old war buddies (Mark Cheng, Waise Lee, and John
Woo’s film editor, David Ng).
Complicating things is the presence
of downtrodden prostitute Mona Fong (Elizabeth Lee) who Ding
is drawn to despite his loving wife Chu-Chiao (Carrie Ng)
and young daughter. Eventually, all of this ends in a bloody
shoot-out that plays like Peckinpah mixed with John Woo. The
relationships and motivations of some of the characters remain
unclear, but this is a good, solid action drama with many
compelling—and possibly shocking—events. Most definitely
worth seeing (Kozo 1995/1997) |
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Availability: |
DVD (Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Fortune Star/Deltamac
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles
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