Andy Lau wielding a shotgun hidden in an oversized bouquet of flowers is cool, but Andy Lau in a Bill Clinton mask browsing Japanese import VHS' of Twin Peaks and asking women out is ice cold.

A fun but lesser Milkway.

(Also at that point in my HK journey that I immediately recognized the diner from PTU)

Andy Lau wielding a shotgun hidden in an oversized bouquet of flowers is cool, but Andy Lau in a Bill Clinton mask browsing Japanese import VHS' of Twin Peaks and asking women out is ice cold.

A fun but lesser Milkway.

(Also at that point in my HK journey that I immediately recognized the diner from PTU)

this movie is stupid but Johnnie To puts so much heart and soul into directing it that it doesn’t even matter

this movie is stupid but Johnnie To puts so much heart and soul into directing it that it doesn’t even matter

Johnnie To’s 90s video store movie, “Fulltime Killer” honestly is a product of its time and will not age as well as his masterworks such as “Breaking News”. Still I enjoyed it because I’m that old fart who actually did grow up in the tail end of the video store era of cinephilia, and therefore I find all of its meta jokes and cartoonish plotting really entertaining and nostalgic.

Johnnie To’s 90s video store movie, “Fulltime Killer” honestly is a product of its time and will not age as well as his masterworks such as “Breaking News”. Still I enjoyed it because I’m that old fart who actually did grow up in the tail end of the video store era of cinephilia, and therefore I find all of its meta jokes and cartoonish plotting really entertaining and nostalgic.