Chameleon Films
Original title:大事件 / Dai si gin
Year: 2004
Country: Hong Kong
Region code: B
Contents: Blu-ray
EAN: 9369998429479
Image: 2.35:1 (1080p)
HDR: -
Audio:
Cantonese - DTS-HD MA 5.1
Cantonese - LPCM 2.0
Subtitles: English
Rating: M
Genre: Action
Cast: Richie Jen, Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung, Eddie Cheung, Suet Lam, Simon Yam
Director: Johnnie To
Synopsis:
The premiere of Johnnie To's Breaking News at Cannes marks the moment when art cinema finally embraced the Hong Kong action genre. Here is a film as intelligent as it is tense as it is well-made. From the breathtaking intricacy of its seven-minute opening take, shot on location on a grungy side street in the New Territories, the complex oppositions that form Hong Kong society are subjected to ruthless scrutiny. The familiar opposition of cops and robbers (led by pop-star Richie Jen) is complicated by a further division between no-nonsense street cops (led by Nick Cheung) and the media-savvy inspector (Kelly Chen).
A stake-out goes wrong and a very public shoot-out leads to an official panic. When the violent, though quietly decent bandits are run to ground in a typically cramped apartment building, it sparks a half circus. Inspector Rebecca Fong (Chen) sees the whole thing as a show, as imagery to be manipulated to her advantage, but the outlaws armed with mobile phones and an internet connection, show that two can play that game. Hong Kong may be a city where media spin is king, but To delves beneath the imagery to the gritty realities that make HK truly unique.
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