Ni zhan
逆战
Directed by:
Dante LamComposer:
Peter Kam Pui-tatCast:
Jay Chou, Nicholas Tse, Peng Lin, Andy Tien, Elaine Yin-Ling Kam, Michelle Bai, Jawed El Berni, Dick Liu, Crystal Lee, Ron Smoorenburg, Philip Keung, Alan Ng (more)Plots(1)
International Security Affairs agent Jon is on a dangerous mission to escort a criminal scientist to another country. En route, a member of his team turns out to be a traitor and shoots Jon in the head while kidnapping the scientist. When Jon wakes up in the hospital, a doctor tells him that within weeks, the bullet in his brain will cause complete paralysis. Jon returns to Beijing to see his mother, who confesses that Jon has a brother in Malaysia who was raised by his father, a gambler. Jon takes a flight to Malaysia to find his brother, Yeung. On the plane he forms a bond with Dr. Kan, who promises to look into possible treatments for his condition. However, when they arrive, Yeung tries to kidnap the doctor and when Jon intervenes, he's also taken hostage. The two soon realize they're brothers, and decide to work together in order to keep the criminals behind the kidnappings from reinfecting the world of a disease long thought cured. (official distributor synopsis)
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A decent actioner from Dante Lam with an excellent Andy On in a villain role. What I wasn't too pleased with was the story, which I found either strangely overdone or not interesting enough to draw me in, but it's all made up for by the high budget and numerous action scenes, mostly shootouts and explosions, but the occasional close-quarters fight is also nice, so in terms of action, actors and pacing I'm satisfied. The slow motion bullet shot was over the top. 70%.
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