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Breaking News (2006)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:13

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.7/10

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: When an ambulatory TV news unit live broadcasts the embarrassing defeat of a police battalion by five bank robbers in a ballistic showdown, the credibility of the police force drops to a nadir. ... When an ambulatory TV news unit live broadcasts the embarrassing defeat of a police battalion by five bank robbers in a ballistic showdown, the credibility of the police force drops to a nadir. Vowing to capture the robbers at all costs, the policemen in the whole city, some thirty thousand of them, are mobilized to patrol every possible exit route and city border. While on a separate investigation in a run-down building, detective Heng (Nick Cheung) of the Organized Crime And Triad Bureau accidentally discovers the hideout of the robbers. Led by the ultra-cool Yuan (Richie Jen), the five-man gang soon find the building besieged by thousands of policemen. Heng and his men have also entered the building, getting ready to take out their foes at any minute. Meanwhile, in order to beat the media at its own game, Inspector Rebecca (Kelly Chen) decides to turn the stakeout into a breaking news show. Entering the building accompanied by officers with wireless cameras atop their helmets, she promises to feed live footages of their operation to the media. The whole of Hong Kong is glued to their TV sets, eager to devout the latest action in real time. Oblivious to them all, the building is occupied by yet another gang. Attacked from both sides, Heng's team suffer from serious casualties but Rebecca doctors her footage, reporting nothing but good news. Only when Yuan has taken some residents hostage and releases the close-circuit TV footage to the news stations is she forced to release the true footage to the public in all its gory details. As time drags on, the two gangs are considering forging an alliance, while Rebecca keeps negotiating with Yuan, urging him to capitulate. But all along she has no idea how Yuan or Heng looks like. When she mistakes Yuan for Heng after the latter successfully rescues the hostages, Yuan decides to use his news identity not only to escape but to romance the beautiful cop as well... --© Official Site [More]

Starring: Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung

Starring: Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung

Director: Johnny To

Director: Johnny To
Studio: Palm Pictures

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02/09/06
Time Out
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This is a film Michael Bay would green light in a heartbeat.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
07/11/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A brainless but harmless display of senseless slaughter!

Full Review Source: DallasBlack.com | comment Comment
05/02/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
DallasBlack.com

[Breaking News] is one of [director] To's typically tangled meditations on the smearing of good and evil, in moments where instinct overcomes morality.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
11/27/06
Noel Murray
Noel Murray
AV Club

Starts with an astonishing tracking shot lasting nearly seven minutes that could rank with Orson Welles' much-admired Touch of Evil opener.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
02/16/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Prolific Hong Kong lenser Johnnie To delivers another solid action picture with this latest effort.

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02/13/06
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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To, Hong Kong's best action auteur since John Woo left for Hollywood, doesn't disappoint.

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02/10/06
G. Allen Johnson
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle

Veteran Hong Kong director Johnny To (Fulltime Killer) has turned out yet another slick, expertly shot action thriller.

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02/10/06
E! Online
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...another in a long line of expertly made Johnnie To films. While it may not be the director's best work, it has some knockout sequences.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/29/06
Daniel Eagan
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International

To takes on the relationship between the media and the police in this taut, cynical thriller.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/27/06
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Smart and sly, Breaking News shows that genre doesn't have to mean predictable.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/26/06
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

Generally good performances from the Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Mainland cast, plus kinetic widescreen photography, deliver solid enough entertainment.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
01/26/06
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
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A film filled with terrifically choreographed action and very little on its mind.

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01/26/06
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
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Well executed but ultimately unsatisfying ...

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
01/25/06
Ed Halter
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01/17/06
Sydney Morning Herald
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The story's unrefined point about media one-upmanship is crudely spaced out across the film's terse 90 minutes.

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06/24/05
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

Inventive action film from Hong Kong looks at how modern media and electronic communications changes everything in the old game of cops and robbers.

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01/31/05
Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

A strong police drama, so long as you can get past the fact that nobody -- cop or criminal -- can hit the side of a barn.

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09/17/04
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

To took a shot at a big fat bull's-eye and, for the most part, missed.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
08/28/04
Mark Keizer
Mark Keizer
Boxoffice Magazine
 
 
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