The opening clip and background music left a deep impression

Eldora 2022-04-21 09:03:18

This film is listed as To Qifeng's representative work. I don't know John To, his film style is easy to identify, but not easy to describe. I feel that the main features are that the lens switching is more aggressive, and the background music pays more attention to the timbre.

The editing at the beginning of this film is very sharp, explaining the two protagonists - Andy Lau and Liu Qingyun. As far as these two people are concerned, the so-called heroines are basically soy sauce. One of the characteristics of many Hong Kong actors is that their images remain the same, and their acting skills have not improved much. This is the tone of Liu Qingyun 10 years ago, and it is still the same today, which is actually quite good. Andy Lau was so handsome 10 years ago, and it's still the same today. It's not good.

As the story unfolds, the editing seems to be underwhelming again. At this time, it was replaced by the background music of Scottish bagpipes, which is rare in Hong Kong police and gangster films.

The whole story is smooth, and the readability is not bad, although I don't think it's a classic. However, there is another point in this film that is ahead of the times: it was blatantly sold in the movie in 1999.

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Running Out of Time quotes

  • Doctor: Looks like we won't see each other again.

    Cheung: Only in this life, doctor.

  • Cheung: Where am I going to die, when am I going to die... all that doesn't matter to me any more. The most important thing is that I don't die in a police station.