| It's nothing to take much pride in all honesty as Teddy Chan's brought in Western influences for Downtown Torpedoes filmmaking style. A choice that spawned silly efforts such as the semi sequel to this movie, Skyline Cruisers and China Strike Force. Definitely more for the worse than good even if slight or very slight entertainment could be found if looking hard at those movies.
Same with Downtown Torpedoes, taking most of its cues from Mission: Impossible and just like most blockbusters of its kind, it comes with zero heart and character but at least action director Stephen Tung makes his sequences somewhat worthwhile. Stunts are generally good and without choreographing much ballistic set pieces, energy and good sense of pace comes through. With Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jordan Chan, Charlie Yeoung, Ken Wong, Teresa Lee and Alex Fong.. |
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