Plot Summary
A disillusioned killer embarks on his last hit but first he has to overcome his affections for his cool, detached partner. Thinking it's dangerous and improper to become involved with a colleague he sets out to find a surrogate for his affections. Against the sordid and surreal urban nightscape (set in contemporary Hong Kong), he crosses path with a strange drifter looking for her mysterious ex-boyfriend and an amusing mute trying to get the world's attention in his own unconventional ways.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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95%- Reviews Counted: 19
- Fresh: 18
- Rotten: 1
- Average Rating: 7.9/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: A densely packed suite of zany vignettes that have the autonomy of pop songs or stand-up comic riffs.
Fresh: An exhilarating rush of a movie, with all manner of go-for-broke visual bravura that expresses perfectly the free spirits of [Wong's] bold young people.
Fresh: Wong brings tremendous vigor and audacity to the effort, asking us to question the most basic rules of storytelling and commercial filmmaking.
Fresh: I felt transported back to the 1960s films of Jean-Luc Godard. I was watching a film that was not afraid of its audience.
Customer Reviews
Freakin B.A.!
Great soundtrack, style, story lines..one of my favs.
Wong Genius
Everything you need... Last 2 minutes true quality...
Stylistic Hong Kong Film Noir
Feels like a modern Hong Kong "film noir" shot in a highly captivating way. There are two main stories, one of a killer and the other a mute, ex-con, silly, man child. The “film noir" part is the dangerously beautiful and strange women that encounter both of their lives.
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