Wild and Crazy
Added 9/16/2009
I saw the movie before I bought it, but I liked it so much that I knew I'd want to see it more than once. The movie will remind you of Assassins which I thought was a pretty good movie since I'm not a fan of either star. Fulltime Killer is about two assassins, one on top and the other struggling to out do him. One has finesse and the other--showmanship. Yes, the movies are very similar. Yes, there is also a girl. Why watch this over the American movie? I don't know. Watch both. Andy Lau gives a superb performance as Lok, the killer with showmanship who wants so badly to be on top of the game, to get the really good paying hits. I had never seen Japanese actor, Takashi Sorimachi before. After this, I wanted to see what else he could do. As O, the top rated assassin in Hong Kong, who lives in isolation, living for work and only watching his housekeeper clean his apartment from across the street, he keeps his cool even when things begin to go awry. The two personalities are fun to watch as they start to crack once they begin to come into contact with one another. Simon Yam also gives a good performance as the cop who is out to catch them--at any cost. There are really no surprises, but it's a fun story full of great actions sequences and literally fireworks. And, hey, it's Johnny To. He delivers.
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Exceeded Expectation
Added 5/13/2009
I love this film. It was just as good as I remembered from years ago. And then when I found it for such a great price I couldn't wait for it to show up in the mail. It took less than a week to get to Oregon from Cali, which was great since I was bouncing off the walls waiting for it to arrive.
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This movie is incerdible!!! It is typical "over the top" foriegn action film movie with other stories going on at the same time. You will not tire from watching this.
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It's not the best movie, but I like the style
Added 5/12/2007
Full Time Killer is the best kind of derivative, unrealistic, and violent action movie--a [..] derivative, unrealistic and violent movie. Charting the course of a personal and professional rivalry between two very different but equally deadly Asian hitmen--the reserved, accomplished O and the flashy, reckless up-and-comer Tok--it clearly owes a heavy debt to John Woo's now-legendary Hong Kong canon, with its heavily stylized shootouts and its focus on crime as an occupation and a way of life. At the same time, the film's stereotypically Hong Kong emphasis on style over substance is filtered through Quentin Tarantino's hipper-than-thou, pop-culture-referencing postmodernism to create a sort of best-of-both-worlds hybrid. Not only do you get all the imaginatively over-the-top bloodletting you'd expect from an HK action film (complete with an eye-gouging, an assassination by nicotine, and of course a few dozen shootings), you get clever dialogue and cinema references aplenty, none more enjoyably gratuitous than Tok's penchant for paying tribute to Patrick Swayze's character in Point Break by picking up women and doing hits in a Bill Clinton mask. The movie isn't all breakneck speed, as it does occasionally slow down and give those involved some opportunities for reflection, but when it gets going it hits with the momentum of a 250-pound, steroid-enhanced linebacker about to blindside an unsuspecting quarterback. The plot doesn't make a great deal of sense, but it is plenty busy, with a pair of relentless cops, a super-cute video-store clerk who moonlights working for O, and Tok's epileptic older brother all being dragged into the escalating shooting war between the two principals. Besides, as is usually the case with such films, the plot is largely incidental, mostly providing an excuse for a succession of lovingly staged action set pieces. The inevitable final shootout is actually a bit of a letdown (especially given that it's set in a fireworks warehouse, which provided limitless possibilities that were only partly delivered on), but given much of what preceded it that's not necessarily a bad thing. And at any rate, this movie is definitely worth a watch or two for all fans of hyper-violent cinema.
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Fulltime Killer...
Added 2/3/2007
Interesting Movie. It's definitely "out there," but I liked it! Four stars...
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Wild and Crazy
Added 9/16/2009
I saw the movie before I bought it, but I liked it so much that I knew I'd want to see it more than once. The movie will remind you of Assassins which I thought was a pretty good movie since I'm not a fan of either star. Fulltime Killer is about two assassins, one on top and the other struggling to out do him. One has finesse and the other--showmanship. Yes, the movies are very similar. Yes, there is also a girl. Why watch this over the American movie? I don't know. Watch both. Andy Lau gives a superb performance as Lok, the killer with showmanship who wants so badly to be on top of the game, to get the really good paying hits. I had never seen Japanese actor, Takashi Sorimachi before. After this, I wanted to see what else he could do. As O, the top rated assassin in Hong Kong, who lives in isolation, living for work and only watching his housekeeper clean his apartment from across the street, he keeps his cool even when things begin to go awry. The two personalities are fun to watch as they start to crack once they begin to come into contact with one another. Simon Yam also gives a good performance as the cop who is out to catch them--at any cost. There are really no surprises, but it's a fun story full of great actions sequences and literally fireworks. And, hey, it's Johnny To. He delivers.
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Exceeded Expectation
Added 5/13/2009
I love this film. It was just as good as I remembered from years ago. And then when I found it for such a great price I couldn't wait for it to show up in the mail. It took less than a week to get to Oregon from Cali, which was great since I was bouncing off the walls waiting for it to arrive.
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This movie is incerdible!!! It is typical "over the top" foriegn action film movie with other stories going on at the same time. You will not tire from watching this.
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