| Tsui Hark's return to Hong Kong filmmaking, after his creativity clearly wasn't allowed to flourish in Hollywood, leaves us with a firmly cemented theme but Time And Tide really first and foremost is a highly, stylized ride into the crazy visual mind of our director. Mostly unpredictable and consciously disjointed, there is a narrative in there but some of Tsui's works are thoroughly able to be appreciated on an visual level, or in the case of this movie, a hyperactive visual level. Hung Yan Yan's action (with the highlight being the 40 plus minute, multi-location ending) is in tune with Tsui's sometimes absolutely crazy ideas and it's a fun ride because of it. |
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