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01/26/06
Fulltime Killer (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 33 Fresh: 19 Rotten:14 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Synopsis: For many years O resides in an isolated world of killing and loneliness. He closes himself up even more after the death of his love NANCY. O owns a spotless apartment, but actually lives in a safe shelter across the street. His life begins to change as his feelings for the innocent CHIN... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Simon Yam, Cherrie Ying, Kelly Lin
Director: Johnny To, Wai Ka Fai
Screenwriter: Joey O'Bryan, Wai Ka Fai
Producer: Johnny To, Wai Ka Fai, Andy Lau
Screenwriter: Joey O'Bryan, Wai Ka Fai
Producer: Johnny To, Wai Ka Fai, Andy Lau
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The movie should be building to a stunning conclusion, but somehow it loses momentum.
07/27/03
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07/08/03
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09/15/07
Full of visual and verbal references to action and noir favorites, but burdened by a knotty story line and existential dialogue about fateful coincidences, it has trouble locating its own emotional core.
02/09/07
Top Critic
There's very little sense to what's going on here, but the makers serve up the cliches with considerable dash.
06/20/03
So what is the point? Lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland, basically.
06/06/03
The dreamy flow back and forth through time and memory and the shifting point of view across four narrators casts the sleek stylistics of 21st-century Hong Kong cinema between tortured existential heroics and tall tale.
06/06/03
Fans of the modern day Hong Kong action film finally have the worthy successor to A Better Tomorrow and The Killer which they have been patiently waiting for.
05/21/03
Killer has killer style, but it ain't worth killing two hours of your life on it.
04/04/03
Top Critic
There's a fine chemistry of contrasts between Lau's exuberance and the quiet, slow-burning intensity Takashi Sorimachi brings to his role.
04/02/03
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The movie’s something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving, well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan, thinly sketched story. Killing time, that’s all that’s going on here.
03/31/03
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