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Twist |
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1995 |
Suki Kwan and Simon Yam |
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Director: |
Danny
Lee Sau-Yin |
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Cast: |
Simon
Yam Tat-Wah, Danny Lee
Sau-Yin, Suki Kwan
Sau-Mei, Emily Kwan
Bo-Wai, Michael Chow
Man-Kin, Shing Fui-On,
Parkman
Wong Pak-Man, Tommy
Wong Kwong-Leung, Fan
Siu-Wong, Lau
Siu-Ming, Melvin
Wong Kam-Sum |
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The
Skinny: |
Director/star
Danny Lee's cinematic argument for fascism in the name of
justice. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Not one gun is fired in this cop drama/chase film that supposes
the question: is fascism in the service of justice an okay
thing? If Danny Lee would have his way, then the answer is
yes.
HK’s official Man who Plays Cops
is back, only this time he directs, too. Sporting a natty
perm, he stars as the leader of the Organized Crime Bureau,
who’s after an extremely crafty thief played with typical
smarm by Simon Yam. Simon makes off with 170 million HK dollars
in a well-planned heist, but then he goes crazy and decides
to flaunt said fact to the cops. It seems that besides being
a crafty thief, Simon is also an incredibly overconfident
and annoying one, as he spends a good forty-five minutes taunting
the police and basically saying, “Yeah, I did it! Try and
catch me you dirty coppers!” Along for the ride is his moll,
the buxom Suki Kwan Sau-Mei, who parades around in revealing
low-cut outfits in an effort to distract the cops.
When all seems lost, Danny orders
that Simon be detained for questioning. Then they use their
48 hours to do everything possible to get a confession. How
do they do it? Straight-up beating is out, but water torture
and sodomy are not as they try their damnedest to indict these
despicable thieves for the good of the world, the Queen, and
Canto-pop loving HK citizens everywhere. Danny Lee makes no
apologies as the “good guys” go medieval on the bad guys in
the interests of justice. Obviously, no one consulted the
Geneva convention before making this movie. As trashy entertainment
this film is a good fix, but if Danny Lee is making a political
statement (and he just might be), then I would have to give
him the finger. (Kozo
1996) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
City Connection
Full Screen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles |
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