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  • Summary: In this fast-moving action drama, a highly televised police bust of a Hong Kong bank heist end with the criminals getting away and a lot of cops getting killed. In an effort to save face with the public, the police arrange to broadcast the pursuit and capture of the crooks. However, things get more complicated when the bank robbers contact the media with their own version of events. (Palm Pictures) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    75
    It takes just the first shot to get sucked into Breaking News, the latest bit of destruction from mayhem master Johnnie To, and it's a doozy.
  2. 75
    Taut, cynical thriller.
  3. It's a slam-dunk of an opener in a film filled with terrifically choreographed action and very little on its mind.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. DavidG.
    10
    Such an awesme film - truly a present day "Dog Day Afternoon". Rent it, buy it!
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