PTU

johnnie to makes hong kong look almost like gotham city 😭 also does great in humanizing really morally gray characters

johnnie to makes hong kong look almost like gotham city 😭 also does great in humanizing really morally gray characters

Boy did I find this tiresome. I’m willing to give To the benefit of the doubt that all of this was intentional, but it just plays like a parody of bumbling police buffoonery. Nothing is ever tense. Each moment of police brutality is offset by a prominent score of silliness. A guy forced to rub his fake neck tattoo until it peels raw feels so trite. And then when another cop goes to kick a guy, he makes sure to remove his boot. Even something as silly as wiping off a dirt bootprint on a woman’s shirt after being kicked feels meaningless. When the cops are cautiously ascending a staircase, a confusing soft rock ballad plays which tempts to lull me to sleep. This felt like a straight comedy, and well, I don’t often like those.

Boy did I find this tiresome. I’m willing to give To the benefit of the doubt that all of this was intentional, but it just plays like a parody of bumbling police buffoonery. Nothing is ever tense. Each moment of police brutality is offset by a prominent score of silliness. A guy forced to rub his fake neck tattoo until it peels raw feels so trite. And then when another cop goes to kick a guy, he makes sure to remove his boot. Even something as silly as wiping off a dirt bootprint on a woman’s shirt after being kicked feels meaningless. When the cops are cautiously ascending a staircase, a confusing soft rock ballad plays which tempts to lull me to sleep. This felt like a straight comedy, and well, I don’t often like those.

cool fun movie

light 7/10

cool fun movie

light 7/10

In more ways than one I think Lam Suet is the HK John C. Reilly.

In more ways than one I think Lam Suet is the HK John C. Reilly.

I think this would’ve had some funny bits maybe if I was feeling less annoyed or something but dam
This felt a bit like being robbed of my time or something 
Somebody tell him not to put some shitass guitar riff in every scene 
It’s shit and ass and really bad 
It’s hard to listen to and sucks 
It’s so bad I felt like ripping my hair out oh my god it’s so bad it’s so so bad it’s like being tortured so slowly
It felt like going mouldy like mind was going mouldy 
Actually fuck it 
Minus half a star for how many times that happened and how long it went on for
Otherwise this was just boring and all over the place in a bad way and a good way 
If this clicks for you I can just about see it
Otherwise it’s just soulless 
It’s devoid of anything amazingly human or impressive and vacuous in its ability to interest
But some bits look good 
Or a chuckle here and there 
But for all the good there’s something that just got under my skin 
Feeling pessimistic on this one 
Not cool man

I think this would’ve had some funny bits maybe if I was feeling less annoyed or something but dam
This felt a bit like being robbed of my time or something 
Somebody tell him not to put some shitass guitar riff in every scene 
It’s shit and ass and really bad 
It’s hard to listen to and sucks 
It’s so bad I felt like ripping my hair out oh my god it’s so bad it’s so so bad it’s like being tortured so slowly
It felt like going mouldy like mind was going mouldy 
Actually fuck it 
Minus half a star for how many times that happened and how long it went on for
Otherwise this was just boring and all over the place in a bad way and a good way 
If this clicks for you I can just about see it
Otherwise it’s just soulless 
It’s devoid of anything amazingly human or impressive and vacuous in its ability to interest
But some bits look good 
Or a chuckle here and there 
But for all the good there’s something that just got under my skin 
Feeling pessimistic on this one 
Not cool man