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Good performances by two of HK's finest. Decent storyline for a cop action film.
A gritty chase and heist movie from Ringo Lam, where all the violence actually has an emotional impact on the characters! Awesome performances by Lau Ching Wan and the great Francis Ng!
Awesome is one word to describe this underrated masterpiece which in my humble opinion is Ringo Lam's finest. It may not be as fast with the action compared to Lam's other classics such as FULL CONTACT or THE AVENTURERS but it certainly belongs up there in the same league as THE KILLER, A BETTER TOMORROW etc. Excellent
Lam is back in top form. After having his American debut, the mediocre Maximum Risk, tampered with by the studio, director Ringo Lam returned to his native Hong Kong to film this dark, superbly written crime drama. Although a terrific car chase, which seems to cover half of Hong Kong, is prominent, action is almost beside the point. Instead, the viewer is treated to a screenplay that blends emotion and intelligence, accented by finely textured performances by two of the best character actors in the business (Lau Ching-wan and Francis Ng). Earning multiple nominations at the 1997 Hong Kong Film Awards, Full Alert certainly ranks as one of Lam's most accomplished efforts to date. Rating: 9/10
-SUPERCOP
Ringo Lam's best, IMHO. This was a SLICK cops-n-robbers, cat-n-mouse caper movie. Lau Ching-Wan is great as the standard cop with personal family problems up the ying-yang, but does his best to carry on the investigation to the best of his ability. The cop/robber relationship reminded me of Pacino/DeNiro in "Heat", but DeNiro was never this crazy. The one who truly stole the show was Francis Ng. I don't say this about many HK actors (except Anthony Wong in like 90% of his roles), but his performance in this movie CREEPED ME OUT. He definitely pulled off the "psychopathic criminal mastermind" to a T as he planned his proverbial last job. Some slick suspense scenes during the heist (underwater too!), realistically violent (I love John Woo, but...), and the end I thought was truly a heartbreaker. Ringo Lam's best film ever.
-resdog781
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