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The
Professionals |
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Year: |
1998 |
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Director: |
Tong
Wai-Sing |
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Cast: |
Louis
Koo Tin-Lok, Ada Choi
Siu-Fun, Norman
Chu (Tsui Siu-Keung), Simon
Lui Yu-Yeung, Tsui
Kam-Kong, Ben Ng Ngai-Cheung
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The
Skinny: |
Call
Michael Mann's lawyer. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
This low-rent action flick features
some decent names, but after that it’s all downhill. Louis
Koo is a cop sent to find a gang of robbers. Along the way,
he teams with the idiotic mainland cops led by the most uncharismatic
Chinese actor ever. The big bad guy is Norman Tsui, who’s
one of those honorable villains who values kids and old ladies.
Then, one hour into the film, it
happens. You realize that this is a remake of Heat!
And it's an incredibly bad remake, too! When you realize that
Louis Koo is supposed to be Al Pacino and Norman Tsui is supposed
to be Robert De Niro, the horror sets in. Ada Choi gets the
Amy Brenneman role, and she has very little to do. She’s a
fashion designer, so there’s a detour to a fashion show with
the most horrid looking models ever. The last thirty
minutes are a direct lift from Heat, down to the hotel
assassination and bank robbery. There is just no chemistry
between Louis Koo and Norman Tsui. Chemistry? This movie is
so awful that it’s a joke to even consider thinking about
chemistry. (Kozo 1998) |
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