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Wong gok hak yau (One Night in Mongkok) (2004)

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A deadly car accident threatens to cause a violent gang war on the crowded streets on Hong Kong's Mongkok district in writer/director Derek Yee's thriller One Night in Mongkok. Officer Milo (Alex Fong)'s task force is assigned to the case when a gangster's son is accidentally killed during a drunken dispute with a rival gang. He soon learns that a hitman has been hired to take out the rival gang leader. While Milo and his crew desperately try to find and stop the hired gun, fearing all-out war

Unrated, 1 hr. 49 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Art House & International

Directed By: Tung-Shing Yee

In Theaters: May 20, 2004 Wide

On DVD: Feb 28, 2006

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Critic Reviews for Wong gok hak yau (One Night in Mongkok)

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This sharply edited, melodramatic and sometimes violent thriller shows a succulently seamy side of Hong Kong not often seen in movies.

August 26, 2005 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

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a taut crime thriller that moonlights as ensemble morality tale and allegory of Hong Kong's post-handover relationship with mainland China.

August 2, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Anton Bitel

Eye for Film

Sinks us into the muddied moral line between cops and criminals, beaten down by a callous, bottom-line system . . . holds a mirror up to the Hong Kong action thriller and asks us to look beyond the flash of violence.

March 15, 2007 Comment

Brian Gibson

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

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When street violence spirals out of control, a police unit attempts to cope with the situation and track down a hired killer who proves rather more resourceful than the double-crossing contractor who sells him out had counted on. One Night In Mongkok centres around the criminal underbelly of a district in one of the

April 19, 2007

xGary Xx

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well done cop drama...daniel, alex and cecilia all do first rate performing..interesting story..wil hold your interest..easy to follow..compelling frost start to finish..recommended

April 12, 2008