Dou fo sin (2007)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Wilson Yip

Writers:

Kam-Yuen Szeto (written by) and
Lik-Kei Tang (written by)

Release Date:

2 August 2007 (Singapore)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

They made it personal... He'll make them pay.

Plot:

An agent battles against three brothers of a powerful Vietnamese gang.

Plot Keywords:

Hong Kong | Sniper Rifle | Shootings | Murder | Explosion

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Donnie Yen	...	Det. Sgt. Ma Jun
Louis Koo	...	Wilson
Collin Chou	...	Tony
Ray Lui	...	Archer Sin (as Lui Leung Wai)
Bingbing Fan	...	Julie (as Fan Bing Bing)
Kent Cheng	...	Inspector Wong
Yu Xing	...	Tiger (as Xing Yu)
Qing Xu	...	Madam Lau (as Xu Qing)
Ben Lam	...	Sam
Lan Law	...	Madam Ma (as Law Lan)
Ping Ha	...	Tony's Mum (as Ha Ping)
Irene Wang	...	Cindy
Austin Wai	...	Four Eyes
Wai Ai	...	Hero (as Al Wai)
Chi Wai Wong	...	Baldy (as Wong Chi Wai)

Also Known As:

Flash Point (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title)
City Without Mercy (International: English title) (working title)
City with No Mercy (International: English title)
Dao huo xian (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Flashpoint (UK) (DVD box title)
Fuse (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Po jun (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence and brutal martial arts action.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin | Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Canada:14A | USA:R | Malaysia:18PL | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | South Korea:15 (cable rating)

Company:

Mandarin Films Distribution Co.

Trivia:

Due to the intensity and complexity of the sequence, both Donnie Yen and Collin Chou agreed that their fight sequence at the end of the film was the hardest shoot they had ever done in their respective careers

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When the man is shot on the roof of the parking structure, even though the movie depicts events in 1997, there is a modern silver BMW 5-series parked next to the victim’s car. It is a 2004-2007 (pre January 2007 facelift) model.

Movie Connections:

Follows Saat po long (2005)

Action

If you're an avid Donnie Yen fan, than no one has to sell this movie to you. If you like Asian action movies in general, than you'll be watching this too. What about the others, who are not that familiar with those types of movies? There's not that much back-story to hinder the action too much, neither are there real character developments, this shouldn't be a problem with you (if it is, don't watch the movie)

What should be considered, is the action, that is spot on here. Mixing many styles, Donnie Yen has created some extraordinary fight scenes for this movie. And although I'm for a little bit more character and story driven movies, I liked this one, because it was straight forward. And the action holds up to the promise it gives you ... That's all I can say, now it's up to you, to decide whether you want to watch it or not