Kill Zone
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Movie Reviews of Kill Zone
Movie Review: Battle of the masters
Summary: 4 Stars
"Kill Zone" or "SPL" as it was called in China, is an action packed police drama starring the inimitable Donnie Yen, the tough guy extraordinaire Simon Yam, and of course the legendary Sammo Hung. It also stars, as a knife wielding henchman/hitman, the amazing Wu Jing, or Jacky Wu, whose career never really took off outside of mainland China, but whose incredible martial and acrobatic skill is almost unrivalled in cinema today.
The story of cops v. robbers is not exactly new. They've made it very modern with moles, plot twists, questions of loaylty, and questions about the main characters character, but in essence it is more or less 'only' what you'd expect from a modern police film. The action is top class, as you'd expect with names like these on the poster. Especially the fights between Yen and Wu, which was actually more or less improvised as they went along, and between Yen and Hung, the final fight, are worthy of notice. Here must be given praise to Donnie Yen for his ability to renew himself and stay modern in his choreography. His use of different styles of fighting, adding different feels to the scenes, is truely unique. Many choreographers try and fail, but Yen does it really well.
The feel of the entire film, the darkness, the gloom, the threat of impending violence is well acted out and well directed. Although this being a action film, it is still very much character driven. Not your run of the mill 'Hong Kong Film'. I use the term HK Film only reluctantly, because it usually connotates something second rate and unworthy, which films from Hong Kong seldomly are.
Highly recommendable.
Movie Review: worth it for the fight in the alley
Summary: 4 Stars
The alley fight is astounding in its economy, speed, skill and viciousness. And almost devoid of music. (no sub-Steve Vai guitar nonsense that seems to be used to represent excessive testosterone in these flicks)
The parking garage assault is a real wake-up-call with its intensity. Diminished somewhat by Donnie Yen's lack of emoting chops.
I just didn't care for the climactic fight. After the skill of the alley fight, it seemed like two guys slamming each other on the floor and not a heck of a lot more. (except for Donnie's wonderful slo-mo kick, complete with flying teeth). Sammo is a good fit here, those dead eyes of his really sell his character's more sadistic scenes. (and he somehow manages to be a force to be reckoned with while wielding a stuffed Pink Panther) The rest of by-the-numbers "we tough cop boys worship our captain" macho HK posturing with some truly embarassing attempts at emotional depth. Beautifully filmed, though, with some breathtaking camerawork which serves the story.
Movie Review: Exciting high kicking flick!
Summary: 4 Stars
No need to talk about this movie much, methinks. It's ACTIONZ!
Battle after battle, Donnie vs Wu-Jing, Donnie vs that Sammo! w00t!!!
And yet, this US version has huge scale of extras.
I own Hong Kong, Japan, China version of DVDs of this flick.
Kenji Tanigaki, who has been Donnie's most reliable person had handed a mountain of BTS video.
So you can enjoy how this awesome flick had been made.
Peoples who own not US version should buy this one for its' extras. It's worth for this price.
BTW, so why I'd rate only 4 stars?
Answer is simple. I couldn't understand why Ma Kuwan(Donnie) decided to help Simon Yam's cop team. :P
Movie Review: Damn that's a good movie!!!!!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
killzone was great. It could have had a little bit more action, but what fights there were, were very good. I did like how the build up between Yen and Sammo was handled. You knew at the end that they would tear the house down, and yes, i gasped whn i saw how the fight ended. Some of the scenes were really good, like the crazy hired gun guy killing the guy right after he got his fathers' day gift. that was great. I didn't see too many flaws with the film. I just wanted more of what i got. thsi si a definite buy. you won't be sorry. The Donnie Yen uppercut on the guy onto his car is worth the price of the dvd alone!Movie Review: Great Movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I really enjoyed this film. I was definitely impressed with Wu Jing as the cool hitman and the end fight with Sammo and Donnie is just great. When are you going to these two heavyweights ever duke it out besides this film so you need to check it out. You should also check out FlashPoint. It's because of these two films and Dragon Dynasty that I have started collecting more HK films. Buy this movie.