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Manhunt(追捕)

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China, Hong Kong · 2017
1h 46m
Director John Woo
Starring Zhang Hanyu, Masaharu Fukuyama, Ha Ji-won, Qi Wei
Genre Action, Crime, Thriller

When Du Qiu, a Chinese attorney employed by Osaka-based Tenjin Pharmaceuticals, is accused of murdering a woman, he sets out on a dangerous journey to prove his innocence. As he is on the run from the police, he discovers the company's darkest secrets and the identity of the true murderer.

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83

The Film Stage by

It’s pure, maximalist filmmaking in the hands of a master who can put it all out there within the right emotional context to prevent it all from falling apart.

67

IndieWire by David Ehrlich

It’s hard not to smile when John Woo is having this much fun, or to care about the future when the old-fashioned has this much style.

67

The A.V. Club by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

With every overblown character introduction and goofy twist, it announces itself as intentionally cheesy guilty pleasure. With Woo, one expects a higher, more transcendent grade of cheese.

50

Variety by Jessica Kiang

However much fun the film’s high points may afford, there is also something faintly depressing about seeing a once-inventive filmmaker plunder his own legacy for easy props.

80

Screen International by Jonathan Romney

Younger fans of the modern actioner may find Manhunt a little old-school, especially in its unabashed romantic heart and flag-waving for the square-jawed good guys. But it’s breezy, handsomely mounted fun that shows that Woo has lost neither his mojo nor his sense of poetry.

75

RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams

For those who have understandably not seen Takakura's original film due to international distribution issues: think "The Fugitive," only this time, Tommy Lee Jones' gruff cop is replaced by a more sympathetic hot-shot detective.

72

The Verge by Tasha Robinson

Manhunt is well aware of Hong Kong movie history and the visual language of international action movies. But it also approaches satire in its ridiculous mining of tropes and its conscious visual excesses.

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