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EYE IN THE SKY aka Gun Chung (HK)

 ABOUT THE MOVIE

Genre: Crime/Drama
Starring: Simon Yam, Kate Tsui, Tony Leung, Lam Suet, Maggie Siu
Director: Yau Nai Hoi
Rating: PG
Year Made: 2007

 

 


 SPECIAL FEATURES

- Trailers


 

 


 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Languages: Chinese/Cantonese
Subtitles: English/Chinese
Sound: Dolby Digital
Running Time: 1 hr 29 mins
Region Code: 3
Distributor: Scorpio East

 

 

SYNOPSIS:  

Criminal Intelligence Bureau ("CIB") is the most secretive branch of the Hong Kong Police. Its field agents use unassuming appearance and covert operations to conduct surveillance on targets like an "eye-in-the-sky". CIB unit leader Captain Huang (Simon Yam) leads rookie agent Bo (Kate Tsui) and teammates to conduct an extensive stakeout for suspects of a highly publicized robbery. However, heist mastermind Chen (Tony Leung) knows too well how to shake off the police. On the busy streets of Hong Kong, a game of hide-and-seek ensues...


MOVIE REVIEW

To the casual viewer who loves his cop drama explosive and violent, this movie may not meet his expectations. There isn’t much dramatic acting involved. Most of the time, you’d only be seeing the cast walking around the streets of Hong Kong, either following people or being followed by others. Suspicious and cautious looks are cast, and everyone just looks wary of the crowd around him.

The 89-minute film follows a surveillance unit of the Hong Kong Police Force which tracks down suspects to bring those crooks to justice. The plot sees a veteran officer leading a newbie in a case of a high-profile robbery.

With Simon Yam (Exiled, SPL) and Tony Leung (Everlasting Regret, Election) playing the lead roles of the veteran officer and the robbery gang leader, you can expect nothing less than a fine showcase of high-tension drama between the two actors. Add newcomer Kate Tsui who plays the rookie cop, and you’d have a fine mix of new and old talents in this Yau Nai Hoi-directed flick.

Yau has been a regular writer for Johnnie To’s works like PTU, Throwdown and the Election series. It is no wonder that this new filmmaker’s debut feature has To’s flavors all over it – the pressured strains, the high-adrenaline nervousness and the finely-written storyline.

Although the movie does not showcase any explosions and violent gunfights, the cat-and-mouse games played between the two parties play out like a sophisticated game of chess where the results can be dangerously deadly. Which is also why, when a simple moment where Yam tells the unit an unfunny joke about a dog which tried to apply for a job works brilliantly for a genre like this. You’d be touched by the human touch of the character and how the story is engagingly affective.

Couple fine moments like this with a complimentary cinematography by Tony Cheung (Dragon Squad) and an energized score by Dave Klotz (Fulltime Killer) and Guy Zerafa (Exiled), you’d be left impressed by another high-rate Hong Kong production.

SPECIAL FEATURES :

Other than a trailer of the movie, there is also a trailer for the much-talked about 881 directed by Roystan Tan in this Code 3 DVD.

AUDIO/VISUAL:

The disc’s visual transfer is pristine enough to make you feel the tension to keep at the edge of your seats, and is presented either 5.1 or 2.0 Dolby Digital Mandarin and Cantonese audio tracks.


MOVIE RATING:



DVD RATING :

Review by John Li

 
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This review is made possible with the kind support from Scorpio East

 


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