Big Bullet

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Summary: another good HK action police story worth watching
Review: After assaulting his superior officer, well decorated cop Bill gets reassigned to the less glamorous Emergency Unit. Circumstances put Bill on the trail of escaped international criminal Professor, and his accomplice Birdie. The mechanics of this film are truly mediocre - it's a standard plot with cookie cutter characters. But the enormously talented cast, subtly humourous script, and one very well choreographed action sequence make this film quite enjoyable. Lau Ching Wan is in top form, Jordan makes the best of his cliched character, Theresa shows the same energy she had in _What A Wonderful World_, and Spencer even gets to do some football play-by-play. Francis Ng Chun Yu doesn't ham it up, for once, and puts in a solid supporting role. If you enjoyed this film, you may enjoy _In The Heat Of Summer_ even more. -P

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Summary: Classic example of excellent Hong Kong-style action movie.
Review: Director Benny Chan (Jackie Chan's Who am I) serving up heat in this excellent action movie. Set in the two days of the Easter holiday in Hong Kong. A demoted hard-boiled cop led his team through the myrid of Hong Kong underworld to track down a gang of violent international criminals. Chan worked the classic police action drama formula with a furious pace. With reference to many cop movies, and even a confrontation scene ala Crimson Tide. The direction is tight, and razor-sharp performance by all actors, this is one great Hong Kong movie and one thrill of a ride.

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Summary: Excellent Hong Kong police drama.
Review: The 90's has been far from the golden period of Hong KOng cinema, but there are still plenty of stand-out films from this period. This ranks as one of them. Recently, some directors have fallen into the trap of putting style over content, but Big Bullet manages to reverse this trend. The story follows a demoted cop who joins with the Emergency Unit to capture two dangerous criminals. This unit has the usual mixture of cops each with their own story. However, Benny Chan has managed to create an excellent chemistry between the five heroic leads. Up against them are two of Hong Kongs great villains, Anthony Wong and Yu Wing Gong. Naturally the sparks fly spectatularly. Highly entertaining viewing.

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Summary: Good action thriller with cool characters
Review: The characters are particularly memorable in this movie, which is saying quite a bit about the quality of this action flick. Lau Ching Wan plays a tough well-respected cop who gets demoted to the Emergency Unit (after he punched a superior) and joins with four other cops, each with very different personalities. The characters are excellent and the way they play off each other is quite endearing, dramatic, and funny. And then, there's the two evil druglord villains whom they must eventually tangle with. Action scenes are fast and furious (occasionally confusing), and story moves quite quickly. A highly entertaining movie.

As for the DVD, I found it pretty okay, as there are some extra trailers of other movies which was kind of nice, although DVD didn't allow me to skip through the the studio/warning setences and stuff in the beginning.

Rating:
Summary: Good action thriller with cool characters
Review: The characters are particularly memorable in this movie, which is saying quite a bit about the quality of this action flick. Lau Ching Wan plays a tough well-respected cop who gets demoted to the Emergency Unit (after he punched a superior) and joins with four other cops, each with very different personalities. The characters are excellent and the way they play off each other is quite endearing, dramatic, and funny. And then, there's the two evil druglord villains whom they must eventually tangle with. Action scenes are fast and furious (occasionally confusing), and story moves quite quickly. A highly entertaining movie.

As for the DVD, I found it pretty okay, as there are some extra trailers of other movies which was kind of nice, although DVD didn't allow me to skip through the the studio/warning setences and stuff in the beginning.

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Summary: Great modern day Hong Kong police thriller.
Review: This film won best action design at the 1997 Hong Kong film awards and it is entertaining throughout. Anthony Wong, surprisingly, plays the bad guy role once again. I reccomend the film simply for its good character developement, action, and the fact that its sync sound cantonese, a rarity in Hong Kong cinema.

Rating:
Summary: Great modern day Hong Kong police thriller.
Review: This film won best action design at the 1997 Hong Kong film awards and it is entertaining throughout. Anthony Wong, surprisingly, plays the bad guy role once again. I reccomend the film simply for its good character developement, action, and the fact that its sync sound cantonese, a rarity in Hong Kong cinema.

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Summary: Hong Kong Emergency Police Unit vs International Criminals
Review: When you hear of dealing with international criminals, you may think of great detectives or whatever high competent police units. This film, therefore, can give you surprise that the emergency police unit, which is actually in relatively low level, was the main team to cope with the great organized criminals by some reasons.

I found it is not only a great and brilliant action movie, but also a good drama. The team, consisted of several policemen and one policewoman who have different characteristics, showed many precious human relationships. There are brotherhood, conflict, collaborating as well as compromising. I love this film becasue I was touched by their team working spirit. I felt as if I were one of them.

Moreover, I appreciate Benny Chan who was a director of this film so much. He has his own style to create action scenes, they are poetic instead of too violent. I especially love the shooting scene in Central(where is the most crowded place in Hong Kong), just see it and you'll know how intense the shooting was. If you've already watched all John Woo's films and hence you're hunger for seeing somthing great and stylish action scenes, Benny Chan can satisfy your needs.

Besides the actors in the emergency unit, I was excited by the performance of Francis Ng. He did a short part of the film since he was killed in a busy road in Central at the quite beginning. I was impressed the way he presented his character.

In short, good plot, good director and brilliant actors as well as great action scenes (though it still have rooms for improvement if there is higher budget ) you'll find in this film. I rate it 10 out of 10! Make Benny Chan's film as your first choice!