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Johnny To purtroppo non ho visto altro, ma avendone sentito sempre parlare un gran bene, mi sono deciso a guardare
Breaking News, che avevo registrato tempo fa.
Una spietata banda di rapinatori guadagna la fuga ingaggiando una furibonda sparatoria con la polizia - tutto viene ripreso dalle telecamere, e la credibilità delle forze dell'ordine precipita.
Per rimediare, identificato l'enorme condominio dove si nasconde la banda, viene organizzata un retata - il tutto sotto gli occhi dei media.
La banda non si farà però trovare impreparata, e presi degli ostaggi riuscirà a sfruttare abilmente i canali di informazione a proprio favore.
A complicare il tutto, il fatto che nello stesso edificio si nasconde anche un pericoloso killer, con un lavoro da compiere.
Un film non certo perfetto, eppure davvero notevole.
Ci sono dei tempi morti, alcuni attori ed attrici mi hanno francamente fatto accapponare la pelle (altri sono bravini), ed in generale gli eventi potevano trovare maggior coesione, così come alcuni personaggi - specie tra i poliziotti - potevano essere meglio delineati e meno tracciati con l'accetta.
Nonostante ciò, la visione resta più che godibile: molto buone le sparatorie (alcuni piani-sequenza notevoli), e davvero bello l'intreccio che si sviluppa nel finale. Il personaggio del killer è una bella trovata.
Voto: 7+.
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To, Johnny
Data di nascita: 22 April 1955
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:With over thirty directing and producing credits to his name, stretching from the height of the Hong Kong New Wave right up to today, über-filmmaker Johnny To could be considered an institution in the former British colony. In fact, his Milky Way production company, which he formed in partnership with frequent collaborator Wai Ka-fai in 1996, has become the de facto hallmark of quality filmmaking in Hong Kong since the Handover in 1997. His filmography is an eclectic collection of films from almost every genre and featuring almost every major Hong Kong film star, including classic films from the late Eighties and early Nineties including Heroic Trio (1993) & All About Ah-Long (1989), some ultra-cool crime-noir productions during the late Nineties; The Longest Night, Expect the Unexpected, and The Mission. Romances; Loving You (1995) & Needing You (2000). As well as a number of crowd-pleasing comedies; Wu Yen (2001) and Love on a Diet (2001). Unfortunately, the 'Jerry Bruckheimer of Hong Kong' has been in a creative and financial lull since 2001. In addition to facing diminishing box office returns stemming from the overall decline of the Hong Kong film industry, some of To's recent efforts have performed disappointingly, such as Fat Choi Spirit (2002), Full-Time Killer (2001), and Running Out of Time 2 (2001). However, in 2003, the veteran filmmaker was back in fine form with the release of PTU (2003), a crime-noir thriller, and Running on Karma (2003), about a body builder/exotic dancer with special visions that helps a cop track a vicious killer. These were both award winners at the Hong Kong Film Awards that year. These were followed closely by Breaking News (2004) & Throw Down (2004), then Election (2005) and follow-up Election 2 (2006), the award nominated companion piece. The Election films have both deservedly earned international acclaim and comparisons to The Godfather.
Trivia random: Established One Hundred Years of Film Co. Ltd. in 1999 alongside producer Charles Heung. A company dedicated to developing a huge library of content for Heung's company China Star Entertainment Group.
Citazione random: "When the British government ruled Hong Kong, there was no sense of democracy; the government leaders were British appointees. But they governed with an open hand, so whether in movies or other cultural events, they let creative people pretty much do what they wanted to do, so long as the films and events (like dragon dances, which could be fronts for protection money) weren't controversial or criminal in nature. Before the three-category film ratings system was introduced in 1988, it was impossible to feature any Triad-related language, gestures, or hand signs in movies. (John Woo's gangster movies, some of which were made before the system was introduced, didn't go into any specifics about Triad activity.) Once the ratings were in place the Hong Kong censorship board said that if a filmmaker wanted to depict any Triad-related rituals in a movie, that movie would automatically be rated Category III."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Daai si gin (2004)
Regista: Johnny To Scrittore: Hing-Ka Chan,
Tin-Shing Yip Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Action
Valutazione: 6.6/10 (1617 voti)
Durata: Philippines:88::(cut) min
Paese: Hong Kong, China
Lingua: Cantonese, Mandarin, English
Cast:Trama: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. While on a separate investigation in a run-down building, detective Cheung discovers the hideout of the robbers. Cheung and his men have also entered the building, getting ready to take their foes out any minute. Meanwhile, in order to beat the media at its own game, Inspector Rebecca decides to turn the stakeout into a breaking news show.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
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