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Exiled
Magnolia Pictures
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FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for strong violence and some sexual content
Starring
Francis Ng,
Simon Yam,
Nick Cheung,
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang,
and
Richie Ren
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. (Magnolia Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Action
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Crime
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Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Tin-Shing Yip
Kam-Yuen Szeto
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Johnny To
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: August 31, 2007
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| RUNNING TIME: |
110 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Hong Kong |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
Cantonese |
Alternative Title: Fong juk

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
TV Guide
Ken Fox
The final confrontation is a slow-motion, De Palma-esque massacre in a hotel lobby that begins and ends in the amount of time it takes for a high-flying can of Red Bull to hit the floor. Breathtaking.

91
Portland Oregonian
M. E. Russell
Funny and weird and surprising and action-packed and genuinely beautiful.

88
Premiere
Glenn Kenny
Exiled brings To back to lighter ground, and it’s one of his most assured, enjoyable pictures, refreshing fun that’s sure to satisfy anyone’s action jones.

83
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Noel Murray
Nothing about Exiled is as resonant as To's best work, but it's a clever homage to Sam Peckinpah, right down to the clouds of bloody mist that fill the barroom as To's anti-heroes make their last stand.

83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
It's a fantasy of a crime epic, to be sure, but it's a glorious fantasy in which the unspoken bonds of brotherhood bathe every shootout and sacrifice in the light of myth.

80
The New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz
The movie is consistently engrossing and sometimes touching, thanks to its hard yet subtle characterizations and Mr. To’s refusal to condescend.

80
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
This is an accomplished suspense-action piece that touches on universal themes of brotherhood, exile, love and honor.

80
Newsweek
David Ansen
To blends sentimentality, shoot-outs and cool humor into a bewitchingly entertaining brew.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
To packs the moments of contemplation with as much suspense as the action sequences and is a master of ratcheting up tension through small details.

80
Chicago Reader
Fred Camper
An entertaining product that presents a powerful artistic vision.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
Creative and bizarre, maybe too bizarre, but since most action films adhere to a cookie-cutter formula, its quirkiness is most welcome.

75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
The more you like Leone's work the more you'll likely respond to To's latest. Which is odd, considering Exiled is a gangster picture by strict definition.

75
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
A grabber from start to finish that should win new fans for cult-favorite To.

75
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
This intriguing story, like many tales of mid-20th-century American art, is fueled by testosterone.

70
Variety
Derek Elley
Cast of regulars blends like those in a late-on Howard Hawks' movie.

70
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
By Hong Kong standards, To's policiers have been fairly down-to-earth, but Exiled--which begins with a tribute to Sergio Leone and ends by acknowledging Sam Peckinpah--exists solely in the world of the movies.

70
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
I'd put To's Exiled -- into the category of Hong Kong movies that even people who think they don't care about Hong Kong movies should see.

70
New York Magazine
David Edelstein
If you’ve never seen a Johnnie To crime picture, Exiled is a simple, stylish, and utterly delightful introduction.

63
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Johnnie To, the director, is highly respected in this genre, and I suppose he does it about as well as you'd want it to be done, unless you wanted acting and more coherence.

63
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
The Macao settings are beautifully rendered, and the dark humor is often very funny. But it is noisy.

50
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling
One of those wearisome Hong Kong action movies where characters engage in Mexican standoffs not so much to ratchet up excitement or generate tension but rather to look cool for as long as possible.

40
Empire
Kat Brown
With not enough balls to be fun, and not enough brain to be cerebral, there’s not much going on behind those pained Western expressions to entertain.


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