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63 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    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. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    75
    Taut, cynical thriller.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    75
    The movie is one of To's typically tangled meditations on the smearing of good and evil, in moments where instinct overcomes morality. And ultimately, To cares less about the motivations of opposing forces than about the spectacular collisions they produce.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    70
    Prolific Hong Kong lenser Johnnie To delivers another solid action picture with this latest effort, a cops and robbers yarn with social commentary mixed in along the way.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    60
    It's a slam-dunk of an opener in a film filled with terrifically choreographed action and very little on its mind.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Derek Elley
    60
    An interesting idea comes over only half-formed in Johnnie To's Breaking News, an effective Hong Kong crimer that partly returns to the realistic style of some of his late '90s dramas, but never properly knits its theme of media manipulation into pic's punchy thriller format.
  7. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ed Halter
    50
    Well executed but ultimately unsatisfying, Breaking News centers its cops-and-robbers plot around a clever meta-media twist that nevertheless fails to transcend gimmickry.
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  1. DavidG.
    10
    Such an awesme film - truly a present day "Dog Day Afternoon". Rent it, buy it!