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  1. DavidG.
    Feb 1, 2006
    10
    Such an awesme film - truly a present day "Dog Day Afternoon". Rent it, buy it!
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critics

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.