The Goldfinger

Released Dec 30, 2023

2h 6m

Action

Crime

Drama

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When a stock market crash causes the sudden collapse of a multi-billion-dollar company, an ICAC investigator (Andy Lau) uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving the company's founder, Ching Yat-yin (Tony Leung) and becomes entangled in a long-running investigation.

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Timon Singh

Empire Magazine

Not the reunion between Lau and Leung that fans might have been craving, nor the decadent deep-dive into Hong Kong’s boom-time that the film could and should have been.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 12, 2024

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

This has the brash swagger of The Wolf of Wall Street, but the labyrinthine intricacies of the case may present something of a challenge to anyone not well versed in stock market manipulation.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 7, 2024

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

Chong displays a confused and maximalist approach to film-making, throwing everything at the screen, including different film styles, stocks and interstitial musical montages, in the vain hope that kinetic energy might be mistaken for dramatic power.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 5, 2024

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Andy Klein

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

I could watch these two guys forever, and hope to watch these two guys forever.

Feb 1, 2024

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Wade Major

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

You're watching tour de force filmmaking, acting, and a very complicated story that is made bite-sized accessible to the audience.

Feb 1, 2024

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Douglas Davidson

Elements of Madness

... a morality tale of greed and violence that was emblematic of the era in which the story takes place, while also being a lesson countries the world over have yet to learn: greed is not good and unfettered greed is everywhere.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 24, 2024

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ALVIN H

Entertaining Hong Kong movie about the excesses of wealth of 1980s Hong Kong and the manipulation of the stock market. A great reunion of HK’s Andy Lau and Tony Leung since 2000s Infernal Affairs!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/10/24

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from HK

Good Story, Love the actors and actresses

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/10/24

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T W

Stylish, occasionally fun, clearly inspired by the Wolf of Wall Street

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/06/24

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xue

Always the best two actor gods!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/05/24

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DanTheMan 2

Bond-adjacent title aside, The Goldfinger throws everything at the screen, including different film styles, stocks and interstitial musical montages, in the vain hope that kinetic energy might be mistaken for dramatic power. It's far from the reunion between Lau and Leung that fans of Hong Kong cinema have been waiting for, instead coming across as more of a hollow wet fart in this by-the-numbers, overcomplicated Wolf of Wall Street clone without any of the filmmaking confidence to pull it off successfully. It all feels like it's been run through a mainland China viewing board to become a curiously uninvolving work that takes what sounds like a potentially fascinating story and somehow manages to render it mostly inert due to a disappointingly shallow treatment. Lau and Leung are more than capable actors but with a standardised narrative that doesn't challenge them in any way, they ultimately sleepwalk their way through the film. Ultimately, The Goldfinger is a hard one to recommend, there's no fun to be had here, it's all brutally shallow and lacking in dexterity, only really worth something to those well-versed or interested in stock market manipulation. I'm sure there will be an inevitable sequel, presumably titled The Thunderball or The Goldeneye...

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/24

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Tony S

Not their best movie but pretty decent. Its sort of like Chinese Wolf of Wall Street. Interesting directions where they go back & forth in time. Could have more depth.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/08/24

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Tony Leung Chiu Wai

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Andy Lau

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Synopsis

When a stock market crash causes the sudden collapse of a multi-billion-dollar company, an ICAC investigator (Andy Lau) uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving the company's founder, Ching Yat-yin (Tony Leung) and becomes entangled in a long-running investigation.

Director: Felix Chong
Screenwriter: Felix Chong
Distributor: Niu Vision Media
Production Co: Emperor Motion Pictures
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 30, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 2h 6m