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A Hero Never Dies

Released Nov 5, 1998 1h 26m Action List
Tomatometer 3 Reviews 58% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Jack (Leon Lai) and Martin (Ching-Wan Lau) are gunmen who work for two rival kingpins. Jack and Martin have been fighting on their bosses behalf for close to a year. When a truce is made both Jack and Martin are cut loose. The two men then decide to join forces and take on the gangsters who used them.

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Yasser Medina Cinefilia To combines the crime with the stylized action seen in the heroic bloodshed, but somehow it's not quite as exciting to me and rarely has a tense moment with the sequences involving shootouts and gun ballads. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 6/10 Jul 15, 2021 Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Apart from the action, however, the drama that permeates the film adds to its context, with To presenting the underworld as a setting filled with heroics, but also treacherous and despicable people, who deem the heroes and their loyalty, damned Jul 25, 2020 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 4, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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camille l Pour son premier film avec sa structure Milkyway, Johnnie To livre A Hero Never Dies, une sorte de carte de visite de ce qu'on pourrait voir ensuite avec sa boîte. A Hero Never Dies est un mélodrame entre deux amis/ennemis de deux Triades ennemies, avec des fusillades grandiloquentes, des grands dialogues sur la vie, l'amour et la mort, des personnages féminins pris entre deux feux victimes sacrificielles à l'autel de l'honneur, beaucoup de pluie, Lam Suet et surtout un sens du rythme et de l'ellipse fantastique. Leon Lai et Lau Ching Wan sont formidables, Fiona Leung & Yoyo Mung aussi. A Hero Never Dies est une jolie curiosité pour les fans d'heroic bloodshed, c'est le début du renouveau. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Simple, condensed but stylish & effective. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Johnnie To's signature style shines throughout this flawed film! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member heroic bloodshed to end all heroic bloodshed. that damn song will be stuck in my head for weeks Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Intenso, violento, autoironico, drammatico e commovente. Il cinema asiatico ha tanto da insegnare. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member A sepulchral standoff is the culminating point of a flick permeated by a ghostly aura. Heroes may decay, may end maimed and ruined, but never dies: Let's call it the gothic big daddy of HK crime flicks. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jack (Leon Lai) and Martin (Ching-Wan Lau) are gunmen who work for two rival kingpins. Jack and Martin have been fighting on their bosses behalf for close to a year. When a truce is made both Jack and Martin are cut loose. The two men then decide to join forces and take on the gangsters who used them.
Director
Johnnie To
Producer
Johnnie To
Screenwriter
Nai-Hoi Yau
Production Co
Milky Way Image
Genre
Action
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 5, 1998, Original
Runtime
1h 26m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)