Drug War (Johnnie To, Louis Koo)

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Originally Posted by onetet

thanks for the feedback, I'll give it a shot--especially since it's at such a reasonably price for a new release.

I generally love To, but every once in a while he puts out a film (including the waaaaay-broad slapstick comedy Blind Detective, which I saw recently at TIFF) that veers wildly away from my taste.

Well, he has to appeal to widely divergent local audiences. Hong Kongers love the "nonsense" movies (most notably characterized by Stephen Chow), but those are essentially incomprehensible outside of Hong Kong, even by other Chinese people.