| Faster than you can say "God of Hands" it turns out that the reason why the main dude is such a good driver is due to his former career as a boxer which gives him quick steering moves. The races and why he feels like he needs to race every black colored car is exciting until halfway when it becomes more repetitive than Shu Qi waking up in the hospital in "The Eye 2." Former boxer guy is too intense and his idea of revenge is too skewed towards racing which makes sense from his point of view but leaves the audience as confused as Halle Berry winning an Oscar. The flashback moments feel forced but yet are crucial to understanding the guy's struggles.
It doesn't succeed much as a racing movie, the beginning and last race contains the most heart pumping moments. The rest are so blah that you don't care that a girl is his mechanic and he seemingly has no day job besides brooding over his vengeance. Slightly more believable than gangsters playing soccer as an alternative to fighting in “Mongkok Story.”
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