Chatverock Takes itself way too seriously

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

christopher-underwood I had not even heard of this film when I bought it, the director Johnny To, neither despite his have a considerable output. I don't know about 'mad' but certainly crazy is a word that comes to mind. I was completely at sea for the first quarter of an hour or so and then in some difficulty for most of the remainder of the film. I still enjoyed it, however, and knew there was a key to unlocking the complete sense that I had every confidence was there. By the end I am grinning madly at the arranging and re-arranging of the bodies and the guns so that the final shoot out will make the right sort of 'sense' to the senior police. Basically our ex-cop, helping out with a new case is able to see people's inner personalities. This results in more than one person representing them on screen. There is also some confusion as to the whereabouts of the guy's wife who may or may not be there, or elsewhere, most of the time. I hope I haven't made this too easy to follow because having watched this open-mouthed and my brain struggling to make sense of the action, I recommend the same to anyone else.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU When one detective is crazy and the other one is a greedy gangster in the disguise of a detective and the third one is a bitch that does not want to be dominated by her crazy man and the fourth one is a frightened little boy in the disguise of a courageous crime solver, you can be sure nothing is simple and everything is definitely twisted, distorted, warped and a few other limping true menaces. And only one will have to survive to clean up the snake nest, and only one will survive. Then the rest is anecdotic. But I like this detective clairvoyant when you bury him alive. I must admit it is funny to follow the intricate and completely messed up chase after an Indian criminal who will be the first one to be killed though he probably never killed anyone. You need eggs to break if you want to make an omelet, don't you? The eggs are of course always innocent even if they come from the rear end of some chicken or rather hen. A film that is more funny than frightening but maybe that is due to the fact that we do not have a dubbed version, only a subtitled one.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines

dbborroughs Johnnie To and Ka-Fai Wai have reinvented the detective genre and things will probably never be the same.Inspector Ho is stumped by the disappearance of a detective 18 months earlier.Desperate for a break he looks to Bun, a genius profiler with whom he briefly worked years before...when Bun went crazy and was thrown off the force. A funny, tense un-nerving cop drama where nothing is certain. Is Bun a genius or crazy? Has Ho lost his mind? Where will it all end? Its a trip. I'd tell you more but I'm still trying to process what I saw since things shift from our reality to Bun's, often so its not clear. Its a trip and then some. Actually I'd be very surprised if this film doesn't end up with a cult following, an American remake and lots of articles written about it. Its just a nifty little thriller.Definitely worth a viewing or two.

Igor Muller Very well built film, i've seen it almost by accident - just got an opportunity and decided to use it.I've never seen any films of Mr Ka-Fai Wai and Mr Johnnie To before, so i was a bit skeptical at start. my skepticism was pretty quickly driven away by the movie, and at the end I was really satisfied. May be because this movies message is somehow close to me, but still, acting was very good, directing and editing are awesome. some scenes put a huge smile on my face with a really great warm feeling inside, like the one with rain sent by god, or when he is shouting "She don't see you!". I agree with some previous comments that Hollywood can mostly reproduce some ideas like this - its worth a million alone, without huge budget spent on stars and visuals.Should add that soundtrack was a very nice one. Overall i would recommend this almost to anyone except hardcore mainstream fans.ps i am rating this 10 to compensate some downrates. this movie deserves 8+ no doubt, i would score it 8.5/10.