Kill Zone
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Movie Reviews of Kill Zone
Movie Review: Great fight scenes can't distract you from terrible acting and a bad, cliche'd story
Summary: 3 Stars
It sounded like a great idea at the time: A few good lookin' police officers, one ugly and mean mob boss, lots of fight scenes and great visuals. FUN!!!!! Let's go make this movie!
....not. There's one thing they're forgetting: A good storyline. A few minutes in, I was thinking "OK, did they accidentally place this under the Action genre instead of the Drama section?" But 10 minutes later: Time to switch to Action mode. A few cops in Hong Kong, one with a Tumor and is about to retire, raiding a drug house. Ooh, this is exciting!!!!!
Killzone is a thriller from the director of Flashpoint, which is a Martial Arts action flick that certainly had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. I knew this would have a little more meat in the bun for me since I liked Flashpoint a lot. And this movie did have SOME meat in the bun- a dark, complex action thriller that has good fight scenes and good blood and gore. But on the other hand, this movie just bores me to tears.
Had it not have been for the fight scenes, this would have been a one star review. It is too slow to be an action movie in general, too depressing to be a cop drama, and too over-the-top to be a drama in general. But if you look at it from an extremist's point of view, this might grow on you when watching it. I know I didn't enjoy watching a single minute of it (despite good intentions and good action).
Movie Review: Ok, but less than expected.
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought flashpoint and I wasn't disappointed, but I expected more. The same goes for this Donnie Yen flick. It's definitely not short of blood and violence. But to me it just didn't live up to the hype as a classic movie.
Donnie Yen seems to be like Steven Segal in a lot of his movies. Too untouchable and barely takes hits. That gets old after you've seen lots of his movies. Especially like Dragon Tiger Gate. I don't think anyone even touched Donnie Yen that movie. Which is why that earned a 3 as well.
It's worth a rental, and after that you have no use for it. Basically hand to hand is about two good fights. Donnie Yen vs Sammo Hung, and Donnie Yen vs Knife guy. Other than that it's all run and gun.Plus as I told you, Donnie Yen rarely takes a hit. You'd do a lot better with War with Jet Li and Jason S. who played in Transporter.
Movie Review: Looking forward to this!
Summary: 3 Stars
I always enjoy Donnie Yen, and this looks to not disappoint. I mainly want to correct the prior poster who said Yen debuted in North America in Shanghai Knights, this is incorrect, he was in both Highlander: Endgame and Blade II prior to Shanghai Knights.Movie Review: Not as much action as I expected.
Summary: 3 Stars
Pretty OK. But, there really wasn't as much action and martial arts as I thought--a bit of a let down. The ending was awkward as well. Afterward, I felt the need to watch a "good" movie.Movie Review: Great action! Bad story :(
Summary: 2 Stars
I happen to like Sammo and Donnie. They typically make great martial arts films. The choreography here is no different. The action scenes are one-of-a-kind. Unfortunately, that's not enough to make a great movie.
Let me first say that I like the premise, it's the details that don't make sense. You have multidimensional characters. All have flaws. You soon find that the good guys aren't really that good and the bad guys (although despicable) have some redeeming qualities. Sammo is the baddy this time, in a role reversal from the norm. Donnie is a good guy, replacing a dying, bulldog detective who has dedicated his life to destroying the big bad boss (Sammo). The cops are a little dirty, but for understandable, possibly noble reasons. Sammo is bad, but cares about his family.
So the problem is that the legal issues just don't add up. We've all watched enough Law and Order or CSI to know that you don't have to be the one pulling the trigger to be persecuted for murder. And here lies the critical flaw. The entire plot pivots on a murder (of one of the cops), ordered by Sammo but they can't bring him in. So the cops cheat and try to frame Sammo. Everything goes to crap over this majorly flawed plot device.
This confusing mess of a film almost has what it takes. Almost. Even the ending has an interesting twist, but I didn't care because the lead in didn't make logical sense. A good film should suspend disbelief. This one encouraged it. I bought it and I'll watch it again, but only for the fight scenes. It reminds me of "The Game of Death". I love the fights, but hate the rest. I spend my time skipping to the good stuff. I'm betting you'll do the same with this action crime thriller, that's heavy on the action, nonsense on the crime, and hardly a thriller.