Chuen jik sat sau
Palm Pictures | Release Date: March 21, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Underworld opera of the bravura kind, this is driven, like most Hong Kong action, more by emotion than logic. Read full review
80
Film ThreatEric Campos
Exciting, but not completely original. Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
In keeping with Hong Kong's style-as-substance tradition, Fulltime Killers is beyond reproach. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The story won't win any prizes for coherence, but that doesn't much matter. As in most Hong Kong thrillers, it's the visuals - love those boldly choreographed shootouts! -- and moments of absurdity that count. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyHenry Sheehan
Fulfills all the conventions of raw Cantonese gun opera. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Filmed with panache, wit, chic amorality, and an inexhaustible supply of Micro Uzi ammunition, ''Killer'' nevertheless represents a baroque dead end for the Hong Kong action genre. Read full review
60
Village VoiceDennis Lim
There's plenty to enjoy -- in no small part thanks to Lau. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The film is filled with the kind of choreographed carnage that became synonymous with Hong Kong action during the genre's heyday, but there's an elegiac self-consciousness to it all that acknowledges that while the best is behind us, there's still something to be said about its passing. Read full review
60
VarietyDerek Elley
High-octane plunge into pop gangster psychology. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The story matters less than the style, full of swooping camera movements, rapid-fire editing, and color-drenched displays of violence the Hong Kong school is famous for. Read full review
50
Film ThreatTim Merrill
On the whole this is pretty standard shoot-‘em-up fare. Bang, crash, boom -- yawn. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Too scattershot to take hold. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesManohla Dargis
Style is content in action movies, but when all the style originates elsewhere, it's just plain lazy. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
A flashy homage to a dozen better movies, this self-conscious Hong Kong action flick is so packed with visual thrills, you may not notice that there's absolutely nothing beneath its impressively slick surface. Read full review
30
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Perhaps the directors are under the delusion that the dodging and leaping can make up for an ending that leaves the cast members of "Killer" adrift and nearly scratching their heads in puzzlement. Read full review
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