| 88 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
Kinetic and kooky, with a climactic shoot-out at a rail station that's daring in its ridiculousness.
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| 83 |
Portland Oregonian
A lyrical, exciting adrenaline rush.
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| 80 |
LA Weekly
Extraordinarily witty (nothing new for this director) while coming off as a taunt to anyone who'd dare to follow in his wake.
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| 78 |
Austin Chronicle
This single film beats every other Hollywood action film of the past five years, hands down. It's not even close. Welcome back, Mr. Tsui.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
At its most compulsive, this is the only action flick you'll need this summer.
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| 75 |
Chicago Sun-Times
Essentially a hyperactive showcase for Tsui Hark's ability to pile one unbelievably complex action sequence on top of another.
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| 75 |
Chicago Tribune
Gives you your money's worth and then some.
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| 70 |
Village Voice
Jagged and jokey, filled with glam young people, lyrical Canto-Pop, and narrative non sequiturs, Time and Tide is Tsui's version of neo-new wave.
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| 70 |
New Times (L.A.)
This is not Tsui's best film by a substantial margin, but it's immense fun.
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| 70 |
Los Angeles Times
Visually, the film is a stunner with its impossibly mobile camera work. It is also all but impossible to hold on to the story line.
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| 67 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ultimately feels hollow and slapdash.
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| 63 |
Baltimore Sun
If only it had a plot mere humans could follow.
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| 60 |
The New York Times
A woozy, disconnected piece of filmmaking about drugs, rock 'n' roll and the aftermath of sex.
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| 60 |
TV Guide
So crammed with plot twists that it's hard to follow, simultaneously ludicrous, sappy and casually dismissive of all the things Hollywood holds dear.
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| 60 |
Mr. Showbiz
Makes for compulsive viewing even though its noirish plot doesn't make a lick of sense.
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| 60 |
New York Magazine
It's an opulent, if instantly disposable, kinetic joyride.
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| 50 |
Variety
David Stratton
An almost plotless effort that features charismatic stars and plentiful scenes of finely choreographed mayhem.
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| 50 |
Christian Science Monitor
Flashy but uninvolving crime thriller.
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| 50 |
Washington Post
The result is a cross between a hurricane and a tornado as run through a movieola dialed all the way up to 10.
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| 40 |
Chicago Reader
Sometimes come together exquisitely.
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| 40 |
Film.com
Unfortunately, whenever the story quiets down for exposition or to move the plot forward, it all becomes a grinding and often confusing bore.
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| 38 |
New York Post
It proves once again that it doesn't matter if the camera is dancing a jig on the ceiling if the storytelling is no good.
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| 38 |
Boston Globe
Chris Fujiwara
A desperate, cynical self-parody.
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