"They only stop to reload."The plot is a fairly simple one -- a trio of thieves' friendship is put to the test after one of them is hurt badly during a job. Of course, this being a $$ID=John Woo$$ movie, there's a bit more to it than that. $$ID=Chow Yun Fat$$ and $$ID=Cherie Chung$$ are a couple, but $$ID=Leslie Cheung$$ also likes Cherie, and so moves in on her after the botched job. There's maybe a bit too much time devoted to scenes dealing with this stuff, but overall this is a pretty good movie. It's more light-hearted than a lot of Woo's modern works, so if you're expecting The Killer or Hard-Boiled, you might be disappointed. But it does move along at a pretty good clip, and the chemistry between Chow and Cheung (which was touched on in A Better Tomorrow 2) is great -- plus the final shootout (which has Chow doing his best Bruce Lee imitation, complete with backflips) is pure Woo all the way. Review Courtesy of Neil Koch |
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