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.
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.
IMDB
Amazon
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.
6 comments:
This I have seen and loved, good movie.
Cool review, but I was kind of surprised to see Johnny Hallyday name on this, especially at his age...
Yeah, I think he was recommended by the French producers.
gotta love the revenge genre, i've noticed a foreign film pattern goin' here
im gonna get this one. havent seen it. foreign either sucks or its awesome...nice look
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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