Friday, February 18, 2011

Vengeance (2009)


Vengeance / Fuk Sau (2009)
Vengeance / Fuk Sau / 復仇 (2009)

Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Johnny To
Starring: Johnny Hallyday, Anthony Wong, Lam Ka-Tung, Lam Suet, Simon Yam, Sylvie Testud
Duration: 109 min.
Rating: 7.1/10

Summary:
A retired assassin working as a French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.


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Vengeance by Hong Kong director Johnny To, premiered in competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.  It is a well executed action crime drama starring French rock-star/actor Johnny Hallyday and frequent To collaborators Anthony Wong, Suet Lam, and Siu-Fai Cheung.  Filled with some great twists, intense heroic bloodshed style action, and shot with a film noir like atmosphere, Vengeance is a must see for fans of Hong Kong cinema.             
Vengeance / Fuk Sau (2009)

Vengeance / Fuk Sau (2009)

Vengeance / Fuk Sau (2009)

Vengeance / Fuk Sau (2009)

Vengeance / Fuk Sau (2009)

Vengeance / Fuk Sau (2009)

Vengeance / Fuk Sau (2009)

Vengeance / Fuk Sau (2009)

6 comments:

The Angry Lurker. said...

This I have seen and loved, good movie.

Jack L said...

Cool review, but I was kind of surprised to see Johnny Hallyday name on this, especially at his age...

Bonjour Tristesse said...

Yeah, I think he was recommended by the French producers.

Dasauto said...

gotta love the revenge genre, i've noticed a foreign film pattern goin' here

major mack said...

im gonna get this one. havent seen it. foreign either sucks or its awesome...nice look

Bonjour Tristesse said...

I was wondering when someone would point that out. I do tend to go through phases with the movies I watch.

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