Chasing the Dragon

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Liam D A different kind of Gangster movie with strong performances by Donnie Yen (The Lost Bladesman, Special ID) and Andy Lau (Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, Shaolin) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/15/22 Full Review Audience Member I can't say that I enjoyed this movie very much, but I was very much absorbed by it. It's not like any other Donnie Yen movie I can recall seeing, and it's ESPECIALLY nothing like anything previously done by Wong Jing, whom usually makes (well made) low-brow silly or sleezy movies. This is completely humorless and quite brutal, and doesn't even really have much fun with itself -- it doesn't seem to be made to entertain, but rather to make you feel an intense emotion, and on this level the movie works great. This is perhaps its greatest weakness however - Sometimes movies can fuse an ultra-serious movie with entertainment without compromising the story being told (good example would be 'Black Hawk Down'), while this movie feels more just in the nihilistic and sour grouping alongside things like 'The Shinjuku Incident', having the raw intensity of the ultra-serious events be the sole focus. Personally I did like it more than 'The Shinjuku Incident' and I will probably revisit it from time to time, but it likely won't be in my BluRay player very often. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review camille l Chasing the Dragon est une fresque policière hongkongaise très inspirée des films de gangsters américains des années 80. Ce mélange des genres en fait un film incontournable, réalisée par Wong Jing et Jason Kwan. Donnie Yen en baron de la drogue et Andy Lau en flic pourri sont absolument fantastiques et possèdent une alchimie incroyable, élevant alors ce film au rang de probable futur classique du cinéma HK. Extrêmement bien construit, oscillant parfois entre la comédie et le drame, Chasing the Dragon s'appuie sur un supporting cast très compétent et s'articule autour de quelques scènes charnières très réussie, comme le rise to power de Donnie Yen sous le son de Donny Hathaway. Le film de Jason Kwan et de Wong Jing est une très grande réussite. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review chris n The pace is so frenetic at first it's hard to figure out who's who and juggle lightning fast subtitles at the same time, but after a bit it becomes a respectable and visually apt gangster flick. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Seems a remake of the old movie. Andy Lau is getting very familiar to act the 0.5B Detective. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review gareth d Good fun, pretty intense but honestly a lot longer than it needed to be, dragged on in places and tried to be a little too artistic, lots of shots of people staring over balconies wistfully smoking etc. Still enjoyable, worth a watch especially if you enjoyed the 90s HK gangster movies. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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