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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0601643194547
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Tai Seng
Manufacturer: Tai Seng
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tai Seng
Release Date: June 17, 2003
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 176120
Studio: Tai Seng
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
Editorial Review:
Description:
Acclaimed director ANN HUI helms this brooding mystery thriller starring ANDY LAU (The Duel, Running Out Of Time) and CHERIE CHUNG (An Autumn's Tale). Caught up in Japan's yakuza underworld at Tokyo's Shinjuku district, Chinese students Ben (Lau) and his new found love Tieh-lan (Chung) must find a way to escape from gangsters assigned to take their lives.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Disappointing
I saw this last night at an Ann Hui retrospective, and after seeing several excellent films anticipated that I would be able to get in a fight with Luke's .. er, lukewarm .. review. But he's right. Hui, and stars Andy Lau and Cherie Chung, have all done better, much better. I give it three *'s only because Cherie Chung is so pleasant to look at even in a bad role like this. Plus, there are moments of droll humor such as Ben (Andy Lau)'s non-relationship with his mother (he listens to her determinedly ... Read More
Rating:  - One of Ann Hui's lesser efforts
Passable effort by Ann Hui, the result is neither mystery nor thriller, but a rather drab effort heading for nowhere in particular. Andy Lau (how many movies of his have I seen in the weeks past?) plays a foreign student in Japan who spends more time careening the streets than in studies. Cherie Cheung has her Jap boyfriend killed by a triad leader and approaches the former for help. It takes half the movie for the premise to be revealed, but this even when done, it can't salvage a dreary movie. By ... Read More
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