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Starring Andy Lau (World Without Thieves, Battle of Wits, House of Flying Daggers, Infernal Affairs Trilogy) and Jacky Cheung (Ashes of Time Redux, Days of Being Wild, Bullet in the Head) reprise their triad boss-lieutenant relationship from Wong Kar Wai's debut As Tears Go By, adjusted here for age and experience. Built around a twin plot structure starring Shawn Yue (Dragon Tiger Gate, Dragon Squad, Infernal Affairs Trilogy) and Edison Chen (The Dark Knight, The Grudge 2, Initial D, Infernal Affairs Trilogy) as younger Triad members on the make, it bears a similar relationship to HK Triad cinema as The Godfather 2, Once Upon A Time In America and Goodfellas do to US Mob cinema. A stylish, exciting gangster drama.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Jiang Hu is one of those films that's rather good rather than really good, a glossy crime drama that sees gang boss Andy Lau considering retirement as his first child is born while trying to dissuade his (literally) left-hand man Jacky Cheung from killing not just the three most likely suspects behind a prospective hit but their entire families as well. While the two spend most of the film talking over dinner, it's left to Shawn Yue and Edison Chen to carry the plot forward as the would-be hitman and his sidekick whose progress mirrors the two ageing Triads. It's glossy and often strikingly well made, but not enough to hide the thinness of the material, overstretched even at 85 minutes, or the fact that Lau and Cheung's plotline is so static. There is one nice in-joke, however, with PTU's Lam Suet as yet another cop who loses his gun.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Ronald Haak
Format:DVD
This is a film with abrupt and disjointed cuttings, mixed with scenes suggesting we have a self-indulgent director following a subjective vision and indifferent to whether the audience can fathom what's going on. Scenes come and go without adding coherence and meaning. There is a fascination with arty camera work. There is a gang slasher finale outdoors in the rain, with many shots showing big closeups of black shoes splashing around and inundated by very clear raindrops --- one of many examples of artsy ambitions at the expense of meaning. A subjective journey is taking place within the people making this film, but we're not in on it. Sincere, dedicated, but hopelessly obscure. Best to pass this one up. Life's too short to watch an incoherent, glossy pastiche that can't escape its own envelope.
2 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By C. Hudson
Format:DVD
Film was ok but in my naivity didn't realise it was subtitled so have passed it on.
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