...the movie doesn't entirely go off the rails until the first major shoot-out rolls around...
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09/16/09
Vengeance (2009)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:4
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.5/10
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Starring: Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Testud, Anthony Wong, Ka Tung Lam
Director: Johnnie To
Reviews for Vengeance
1 - 5 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
If indeed there is anything surprising about this cliché-packed genre fare, it’s the degree to which To and his screenwriter Wai Ka-Fai are prepared to indulge their flair for the ludicrous.
05/18/09
To’s visual style and soundscapes and the choreography of the film’s bullet ballet provide reasons to watch, but the contrived plot, some wooden English dialogue and Hallyday’s stilted perfomance derail proceedings well before the final showdown.
05/17/09
Rational behavior takes a backseat to genre requirements, though few if any will care when the killers stalk each other with such a tongue-in-cheek sense of destiny and deliver deadpan dialogue that makes fun of their own absurdity.
05/17/09
Johnnie To and Johnny Hallyday have a bloody good time in "Vengeance," a smoothly executed revenge thriller that finds one of Hong Kong's genre masters in assured action-movie form.
05/17/09
Top Critic1 - 5 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Latest News for Vengeance
May 18, 2009:
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