Quotations

Eusebio 2022-03-19 09:01:08

No benevolence, no morality. The film itself has a lot of room for interpretation, including many conscious hints. But just from this ending, it is already worth the score. Not only is it a reversal, but it also deepens the theme and characters, so you can't help but recall some of the previous plots. The fatalistic sense of Johnnie To's movies has been planted into the context of mainland police and criminal movies. It is rare to see such a tragic battle between police and robbers.

Frances 2022-04-19 09:02:44

The rhythm, scheduling, and atmosphere are still very To Qifeng, including some small ironies to the mainland, but under the censorship requirements not to vilify the police and beautify drug dealers, the characters are all squashed into symbols of good and evil, and the story is as simple and rude as when the legal system was in progress. . Of course, even To Qifeng's middle-level films are considered to be the most popular films of mainland police and gangster films, and the scale has ice-breaking significance.