Exiled
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73 out of 100

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6.6 out of 10

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  • Starring: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Francis Ng, Nick Cheung
  • Summary: 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 ttwo 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)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    100
    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.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Crust
    80
    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.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    80
    This is an accomplished suspense-action piece that touches on universal themes of brotherhood, exile, love and honor.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gregory Kirschling
    50
    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.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. JohnM.
    10
    This film is a masterpiece from one of film's true living masters, maddeningly following up his near-perfect Election dulogy with a near-perfect genre-blender. By the way, Metacritic has as their picture a still from Bong Joon-Ho's excellent THE HOST, not EXILED.… Expand
  2. SabrinaM.
    6
    This picture does boast great acting, impeccable fashion sense and a taste for cinematic aesthetics, but the plot is unfortunately quite weak. Anthony Wong may have been effective in his portrayal and delivery of the "hangdog" uneasiness that characterizes the person split between loyalty to a brother and inevitable duty to perform a killing for his boss, but in general the brotherhood trail lacks a strong, coherent backbone. The exile into the sand dunes is symbolic of the film's title but sheds little contemplation on the tragedy of Wo's death, or the gangsters' inner turmoil.… Expand
  3. AndreP.
    1
    Couldn't sit through it, don't know how the critics did.

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