After VENGEANCE heroically bloodshedded me in the face it was obviously time to check out some of these Johnnie To movies that I’ve been ignoring even though everybody and their blood brother has been recommending them to me over the years. It’s nice to see that while Hong Kong action cinema has lost the worldwide attention it had in the ’90s there’s still been some people keeping it alive. Mr. To definitely has a modern take on the types of emotions and style we love from that era. So here’s another one of his more recent ones, 2006’s EXILED.
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Exiled
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011Tags: Anthony Wong, hitman, Hong Kong action, Johnnie To, Simon Yam, Suet Lam
Posted in Action, Crime, Reviews | 47 Comments »
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