Fresh
Goofy, outlandish and exhilarating.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Overview
A streetwise young man becomes a bodyguard to score quick cash. He befriends a disillusioned mercenary determined to begin life anew. They find themselves working together to foil an assassination attempt, but their partnership can't last.
Director and cast
- Tsui Hark Director
- Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung as Tyler
- Wu Bai as Jack
- Candy Lo as Ah Hui
- Cathy Tsui Chi-Kei as Ah Jo
- Anthony Wong Chau-Sang as Uncle Ji
- Jun Kung as Miguel (as Joventino Couto Remotigue)
- Tsui Hark as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Francis Pardeilhan as Jack (voice)
- Tsu Chun Bon Cast
- Jack Kao as Police Officer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Makes for compulsive viewing even though its noirish plot doesn't make a lick of sense.
Kevin Maynard, Mr. Showbiz
Rotten
Proves once again that it doesn't matter if the camera is dancing a jig on the ceiling if the storytelling is no good.
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post
Rotten
Though a certain adrenaline rush comes from the jazzed-up filmmaking, there's not much going on.
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
Fresh
At its most compulsive, this is the only action flick you'll need this summer.
Wesley Morris, San Francisco Chronicle
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