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Directed by:
Kei-fung ToCinematography:
Siu-keung JengCast:
Anthony Wong, Francis Ng Chun-yu, Simon Yam, Ka-fai Cheung, Richie Ren, Roy Cheung Yiu-yeung, Josie Ho Chiu-yee, Suet Lam, Gordon Lam, Eddie Cheung (more)VOD (1)
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The time is 1998. The setting is Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. For the jaded hit men, they wonder where this journey will end. Against this background of fin-de-siècle malaise come two hit men from Hong Kong sent to take out a renegade member trying to turn over a new leaf with his wife and newborn baby. They soon find themselves in the throes of a dilemma when two of their former associates also show up, intent on thwarting them at every cost. (official distributor synopsis)
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Mr. Wo, a “fateful" coin, a man with a harmonica, four cool gangsters, dozens of weapons, gallons of blood and hundreds of bullet cartridges in a Hong Kong Eastern with frequent nods to various Spaghetti Westerns by Leone. Which could be a little lame, but this movie is aware of that and exploits it using pleasant hyperbole. Most movies try hard to be cool, but almost every frame of Exiled is cool without even trying. It’s not flawless, but in the action scenes at very least it approaches this state. Plus, we get probably the most stylish example of product placement ever seen in a movie. That’s right, I’m talking the scene with Red Bull, which gives you that kind of wings that you can only get from darn good movies.
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