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Flash Point

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Flash Point reviews
38
8.0 User Score:

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Based on 7 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Action

Written by: Kam-Yuen Szeto
Lik-Kei Tang

Directed by: Wilson Yip

Release Date:
Theatrical: March 14, 2008
DVD: May 27, 2008

Running Time: 88 minutes, Color

Origin: Hong Kong

Language(s): Mandarin / Cantonese / English

Summary

RATING: R for strong bloody violence and brutal martial arts action

Starring Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, and Collin Chou

One man. One car. Tearing down the road like a flash of lightning. The man: Jun Ma, detective sergeant of the Serious Crimes Unit. Like the sports car he controls, Jun is fast, precise, and brutal, harnessing a horsepower that fears to be unleashed. Jun detests crime, and his lifelong nemeses are a gang of three brothers. The eldest brother is Archer, the bully; the second brother is Tony, the cool calculator; and the youngest brother is Tiger, the fighter. Their skills have seen them grow steadily in the criminal world. In order to further infiltrate the gang and fight them from within, Jun has planted a mole, Wilson, who has managed to gain the complete trust of the gang and has become their personal bodyguard. Over the years Wilson has become more and more unhappy with Jun's impulsive and unruly style. Their disagreements in their way of working have led to constant arguments and altercations, which will send their mission spiraling out of control. (Third Rail Releasing)

What The Critics Said

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub

Has a solid story, which keeps things interesting during the quiet moments when nobody is getting kicked in the head.

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63

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Donnie Yen is famous for combining martial arts traditions into his own unique fighting style and Collin Chou, who studied with Sammo Hung, is up to the task of holding his own.

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50

The Hollywood Reporter Maggie Lee

The plot development of Flash Point is purely utilitarian, like a shuttle bus that transports stock characters from one action set to another.

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40

Variety Robert Koehler

Plainly disappointing as a well-sustained kick-butt thriller, and politically toxic.

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40

The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

Flash Point”attaches coldly professional visuals to a narrative so baffling that it’s rarely clear who is pounding on whom or why.

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30

Village Voice Ed Gonzalez

Flash Point treats its audience like dogs, making us suffer through routine, almost inscrutable plot points and inconsequential characterizations to get to these episodes, and as such reveals itself as nothing more than a dumb action picture with delusions of Johnnie To–dom.

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25

New York Post Kyle Smith

Flash Point comes loaded with cliches and immediately starts blasting them in every direction.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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