The car chases and other stunt work are excellent, although there could have been more action, and the downtime scenes of the characters plotting their next move or ruminating on money’s role in moral corruption are fine. But the bottom line is there’s nothing super original here.
Wild City(迷城)
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Hong Kong · 2015
1h 42m
Director Ringo Lam
Starring Louis Koo, Shawn Yue, Tong Liya, Yuen Qiu
Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
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Kwok, a bar owner and former cop, and his step-brother endeavor to protect a drunken woman after she gets into a car accident -- not knowing she's in possession of a briefcase full of stolen cash. They soon find themselves targeted by her former lover and a group of gangsters determined to reclaim the money.
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Los Angeles Times by Martin Tsai
Fans will be thrilled that the auteur hasn't missed a beat with Wild City, although he appears to be making the same concessions to the Chinese market as his contemporaries.
The New York Times by Nicolas Rapold
The crisscrossing pursuers and pesky police suggest a watered-down version of the treacheries in “City on Fire.” But the cluttered, unfolding dynamism of Mr. Lam’s action scenes remains resilient when gunplay or knife fights are thrust into street life.
RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams
This is a film noir that is, despite some jittery, Tony Scott-esque action sequences, so cool, that you will leave it begging for a sequel.
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