Longest Nite

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Summary: a lot of twists and turns
Review: I've know about Tont Leung for awhile now and know that he is a superb chinese actor. He was the undercover cop in the movie "Hardboiled" with Chow Yun Fat. In this movie he is cool, as other reviewers have noted, he plays a corrupt cop. You really have to pay attention watching this movie. The little details such as phone numbers of a restaurant and the number written on a hand of a headless corpse. My favorite part is where the assasin tells Sam that he'll know what will happen in an hour, talk about suspense. This movie was made in 1998 is I'am not mistaken. The languages that are only available for this movie are cantonese and mandarin. The pace that the subtitles appear is a bit fast, becomes even more important because there is no wasted dialog in this movie. Longest nite is a bit violent, Sam likes to snap off fingernails as a form of torture and he is generally sadistic.

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Summary: Super cool Lau and Leung lead brilliantly in this film.
Review: The Longest Nite is by far one of my faviouite action films for it shear use of story, actors, characters, and shoot outs.

In the film Lau Ching Wan plays a cunning hitman that is hired as plan to destroy Tony Leung's career, Leung plays a ruthless and corrupt police officer who's helping the local Triad gangs in their turf war with other Triad criminals.

Lau Ching Wan and Tony Leung are superb in this film and oppose each other with an entertaining and riviting excellance of acting. Fans of films like 'Heroes Never Die' and 'Running Out of Time' will love this film. This is a well made film that excells against anything that the Americans could make as it gives great proformances through out the entire cast. A good film to add to an action collection as it as smart as it is action packed.

This film is for people with a fully loaded mind rather than an empy shell for a head that gets filled up with useless and mundane films. This is cinema at it's best.

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Summary: Almost Perfect Hong Kong Thriller
Review: This film boasts an incredible first hour as Tony Leung Chui-Wai's corrupt cop attempts to keep rival gangs from breaking a truce on the night of an important triad meeting. He's also trying to keep at bay a wave of two-bit hitmen who have come into town in response to a contract on one mob boss's head. Oh, yeah, and if all this wasn't enough, a decapitated body is discovered in his apartment and a bald Lau Ching-Wan is popping up mysteriously like Clint Eastwood in one of his Westerns. What develops is one of the more inventive and devious chess matches on film.

I remember seeing this film for the first time and finding myself just smiling over its intricate plot and images. There's a dimly lit scene in a holding cell that's magical despite being somewhat brutal, and Tong Leung and Lau Ching-Wan are excellent.

The film does unravel a bit in its final act. The final showdown is a bit over-the-top and noisy, but the filmmakers (Milkyway Productions) have built up so much goodwill during the previous hour or so that it doesn't matter. Until "The Mission" came out, I considered this Milkyway's finest effort.

Highly recommended.

For the record, the DVD contains some unsubtitled footage of a press conference and initial showing with the cast. There's an excellent trailer (though it is incorrectly preceded by a scene from the actual film) and some unused footage (without sound). Unlike the VCD, the subtitles are not small and can be removed. One may select either Cantonese or Mandarin (oddly enough, there is a line or two of Mandarin which is subtitled in English while there is no accompanying Cantonese dialog).

Rating:
Summary: Almost Perfect Hong Kong Thriller
Review: This film boasts an incredible first hour as Tony Leung Chui-Wai's corrupt cop attempts to keep rival gangs from breaking a truce on the night of an important triad meeting. He's also trying to keep at bay a wave of two-bit hitmen who have come into town in response to a contract on one mob boss's head. Oh, yeah, and if all this wasn't enough, a decapitated body is discovered in his apartment and a bald Lau Ching-Wan is popping up mysteriously like Clint Eastwood in one of his Westerns. What develops is one of the more inventive and devious chess matches on film.

I remember seeing this film for the first time and finding myself just smiling over its intricate plot and images. There's a dimly lit scene in a holding cell that's magical despite being somewhat brutal, and Tong Leung and Lau Ching-Wan are excellent.

The film does unravel a bit in its final act. The final showdown is a bit over-the-top and noisy, but the filmmakers (Milkyway Productions) have built up so much goodwill during the previous hour or so that it doesn't matter. Until "The Mission" came out, I considered this Milkyway's finest effort.

Highly recommended.

For the record, the DVD contains some unsubtitled footage of a press conference and initial showing with the cast. There's an excellent trailer (though it is incorrectly preceded by a scene from the actual film) and some unused footage (without sound). Unlike the VCD, the subtitles are not small and can be removed. One may select either Cantonese or Mandarin (oddly enough, there is a line or two of Mandarin which is subtitled in English while there is no accompanying Cantonese dialog).

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Summary: Longest Nite
Review: This is a must see DVD! This movie is Hong Kong action at it's best, and it is almost perfectly made. The movie never slows down and you must pay attention to detail. As I said befor this is a must see DVD.

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Summary: Lau Ching Wan rocks!
Review: This is Lau Ching Wan at his best. This film is another reason why he has proclaimed the acting crown of Chow Yun Fat once he left Hong Kong to do movies in the US. Many of Lau Ching Wan's movies have him characterized as the cool cop you would wanna hang with or the lovable hard-on-his-luck guy that girls can't help [but]feel something for. In the Longest Nite, he is just a pure bad-ass with a bald head. The taxi scene and his conversation in his holding cell with Tony Leung are worth the purchase of this movie alone! DO buy it!

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Summary: Lau Ching Wan rocks!
Review: This is Lau Ching Wan at his best. This film is another reason why he has proclaimed the acting crown of Chow Yun Fat once he left Hong Kong to do movies in the US. Many of Lau Ching Wan's movies have him characterized as the cool cop you would wanna hang with or the lovable hard-on-his-luck guy that girls can't help [but]feel something for. In the Longest Nite, he is just a pure bad-ass with a bald head. The taxi scene and his conversation in his holding cell with Tony Leung are worth the purchase of this movie alone! DO buy it!

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Summary: what a good movie......
Review: Tony Leung is Sam, a bad cop who's caught in a gang war in Macao. he works for Brother K, who's in negotiations with rival triad boss Lung to join forces after a long-running feud. And then there's a word on the street that Lung's life is equal to five million. And the bold stranger( Lau Ching Wan) comes in thepicture then it gets worse....

Disturbingly violent, perfect pace, and very involving plot. There are more twist in this movie than L.A. Confidential, etc.