Time and Tide

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Kinetic and kooky, with a climactic shoot-out at a rail station that's daring in its ridiculousness.

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

A lyrical, exciting adrenaline rush.

LA Weekly Paul Malcolm

Extraordinarily witty (nothing new for this director) while coming off as a taunt to anyone who'd dare to follow in his wake.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

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.

San Francisco Chronicle Wesley Morris

At its most compulsive, this is the only action flick you'll need this summer.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Essentially a hyperactive showcase for Tsui Hark's ability to pile one unbelievably complex action sequence on top of another.

Chicago Tribune John Petrakis

Gives you your money's worth and then some.

Village Voice J. Hoberman

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.

New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein

This is not Tsui's best film by a substantial margin, but it's immense fun.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

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.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

Ultimately feels hollow and slapdash.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

If only it had a plot mere humans could follow.

The New York Times A.O. Scott

A woozy, disconnected piece of filmmaking about drugs, rock 'n' roll and the aftermath of sex.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

So crammed with plot twists that it's hard to follow, simultaneously ludicrous, sappy and casually dismissive of all the things Hollywood holds dear.

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Makes for compulsive viewing even though its noirish plot doesn't make a lick of sense.

New York Magazine Peter Rainer

It's an opulent, if instantly disposable, kinetic joyride.

Variety David Stratton

An almost plotless effort that features charismatic stars and plentiful scenes of finely choreographed mayhem.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Flashy but uninvolving crime thriller.

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

The result is a cross between a hurricane and a tornado as run through a movieola dialed all the way up to 10.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Sometimes come together exquisitely.

Film.com Ernest Hardy

Unfortunately, whenever the story quiets down for exposition or to move the plot forward, it all becomes a grinding and often confusing bore.

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

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.

Boston Globe Chris Fujiwara

A desperate, cynical self-parody.