The Beast Stalker

2008

1h 49m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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100%

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5 Reviews

68%

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2,500+ Ratings

Sgt. Tong's attempt to arrest a fleeing criminal goes spectacularly wrong, ending in a massive pile-up and innocent lives lost in the gunshots exchanged between the police and villains.

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

A movie that has all the best elements of a great Hong Kong action film: It's over the top and ingeniously plotted (even if that plot strains credibility) and never stops moving.

Rated: 4/4

May 15, 2009

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Beast Stalker is an actioner that gets lost in its own visual flourishes when had it concentrated on the acting and the storyline could have been a much more engrossing film.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 11, 2020

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

Dante Lam directs an agonizing action thriller, the draws as much as possible from his two main characters

Nov 30, 2019

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Amie Simon

Three Imaginary Girls

A must-see for its brilliant performances and breath-taking camera work.

Mar 12, 2019

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Nathanael Hood

The Young Folks

Beast Stalker isn't interested in traditional narrative logic, indulging in the extreme emotional pathos of its far-fetched scenario and the occasional glimpses of humanity that can shine through in even the worst circumstances.

Jul 16, 2018

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Audience Member

The sheer absurdity of the movie's premise and stunningly numerous coincidences that are necessary to make the movie move forward instantly removed me from the movie experience. Couple this with the poor acting and editing make the movie seem more like a series of set pieces that have been awkwardly strung together. The action sequences are solid, if predictable and uninventive.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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edward r

The picture quality was terrible and so were the sub titles. I don't know if it's a Chinese thing but shouting seems to be the thing, painful. The child stole the show as there didn't seem to be much competition. The actual plot was a total fantasy. Still it was moderately entertaining, some good bits to be fair. Overall a major disappointment.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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jack h

Dumbest movie ever. No plot, nothing makes sense...

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Quite exciting and good action movie. Nicholas Tse is a hot headed but tough leader of a police team. During a raid, one of his man Kwok who didn't have enough sleep miscounted the break in and is scolded badly. Luckily the senior cop Liu Kai Chi wear bulletproof vest. Then the duo saw an escape car of another case which is driven by thugs that save their leader from jail. Nicholas and Liu follow and got involve in a terrible accident. The thugs change car and Nicholas chase and shoot the car and they crash. But in the boot a little girl is shot dead by Nicholas. 3 months passed, Zhang Jingchu is a lawyer and mother of the dead girl. Her other daughter is friend with Nicholas who is fill with guilt. Liu is promoted but a crippled and now working in the range. He don't blame Nicholas. Nick Cheung is a baddie task to kidnap the little girl. The thug want Zhang to throw away a blood sample of their leader which is found at a bank heist case. She can't call the cops and Nicholas vow to help. He search high and low for CCTV and found the thrown away SIM card among hoards of rubbish. He plead with Kwok who is now in tracking department. They are cousins actually. Kwok want him to apologize and he did so Kwok help him track the number. He crack an MMS and Nicholas track down home with red neon sign outside. Liu saw Nick which resemble Nicholas description and they chase him but after a gun fight he escape. Nick saw Nicholas climb up and saw his unit and manage to grab the girl and escape before they reach. Nicholas and Liu found a secret floor which house Nick's bedridden wife. Nick is task to chop a hand to show they mean business to Zhang but he stop after they call to warn they found his wife. Nick hijack the ambulance with his wife on board and he kick Liu down the road. He left his handphone for tracking purpose. Nicholas follow the trail. The wife using his limited movement let loose the girl tied hand. Nicholas found her and bring her away. Nick chase up and told to kill her because Zhang didn't handover the blood sample to the thug and go ahead to prosecute the baddie. The girl accidentally knock a lever and sand drop on her. Nicholas hit Nick with a rock and he quickly dig the girl out. She isn't dead luckily. Nick awaken and become blind. He ask Nicholas to bring him to his wife and they both convey to hospital. Zhang reunite with her daughter. During the flashback of Nick story, he was a high price killer who refuse many job. The pregnant wife try to sell drugs and Nick is angry. Then thugs want to kill him and they escape in car. She is going to give birth and Nick accelerate to hospital but their car hit Nicholas car during the chase at the beginning of the movie. Shows how their lives are crossed path from back then already..

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

I did not only love Nicholas Tse in this film... I loved the seemingly independent stories, and how they came together.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

A solid thriller. Nick's performance was outstanding as the antagonist.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Dante Lam

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Synopsis

Sgt. Tong's attempt to arrest a fleeing criminal goes spectacularly wrong, ending in a massive pile-up and innocent lives lost in the gunshots exchanged between the police and villains.

Director: Dante Lam
Screenwriter: Dante Lam, Wai Lun Ng
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 21, 2019
Runtime: 1h 49m

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