Fong juk (2006)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Johnnie To

Writers:

Kam-Yuen Szeto (written by) and
Tin-Shing Yip (written by)

Release Date:

19 October 2006 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Brotherhood, honor, loyalty, assassination - which one is the strongest?

Plot:

A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.

Plot Keywords:

Macau | Baby | Friendship | Police Officer Shot | Blood

Awards:

5 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Blaze (as Anthony Wong)
Francis Ng	...	Tai
Simon Yam	...	Boss Fay
Nick Cheung	...	Wo
Richie Ren	...	Sergeant Chen (as Richie Jen)
Roy Cheung	...	Cat
Josie Ho	...	Jin
Suet Lam	...	Fat (as Lam Suet)
Ka Tung Lam	...	Boss Keung (as Lam Ka Tung)
Siu-Fai Cheung	...	Jeff (as Cheung Siu Fai)
Ellen Chan	...	Hooker
Ping-Man Tam	...	Uncle Fortune (as Tam Ping Man)
Shiu Hung Hui	...	Sergeant Shan (as Hui Siu Hung)
Ronald Yan	...	Underground Doctor
Wah Wo Wong	...	Darkie (as Wong Wah Wo)

Also Known As:

Exiled (International: English title) (USA) (new title)
Fang zhu (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and some sexual content.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Argentina:16 | Germany:18 | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:16 | USA:R | Hong Kong:IIB (cut) | Australia:M | UK:15 | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-15 | Hong Kong:III | Japan:PG-12

Filming Locations:

Macau, China

Company:

Media Asia Films

Trivia:

Hong Kong's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

Goofs:

Factual errors: The version shown in US theaters in 2007 includes a subtitle reading "He took the wrap for me". It should be "rap".

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)

Soundtrack:

DOLPHIN SKY

Like eating a very stale bag of your favorite snack.

Unrealistic, plodding, stupid and unsatisfying is what springs to mind to describe this gangster flick. I found the editing to be very clunky with way too much dead time that continually wiped out any momentum this movie could get going.

The scene near the end with the river and the field on the opposite shore was comical it was so bad and so pathetically unrealistic.

An important thing in an action film is suspension of disbelief- this never occurs in this dumb movie- it's always you sitting there going jeez- like that could ever happen that's lame.

This movie is not slick, it is not high action, it is high body count but the violence is stupid, cartoonish and very boring.

I could not make it through this stupid wretch and wound up fast forwarding in the hopes it might have a good scene- but none were to be found.

Blow the dust off of HARD BOILED and watch that instead.