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Daai si gin (Breaking News) (2004)

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Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 17
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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 1

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Hong Kong-based filmmaker Johnny To directed this fast-moving action drama that explores the role of the media in current events. The Hong Kong police force takes a beating in the court of public opinion after their unsuccessful attempt to foil a high-stakes robbery is broadcast on live television. Determined to turn the tables, detectives on the force discover where the five criminals who masterminded the job are lying low, and they stage a major siege at the hideout. The hundreds of police

Unrated, 1 hr. 29 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International

Directed By: Johnnie To

In Theaters: Jan 27, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Mar 7, 2006

Palm Pictures

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Critic Reviews for Daai si gin (Breaking News)

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Prolific Hong Kong lenser Johnnie To delivers another solid action picture with this latest effort.

February 13, 2006 Comment

Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

Top Critic

To, Hong Kong's best action auteur since John Woo left for Hollywood, doesn't disappoint.

February 10, 2006 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

Generally good performances from the Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Mainland cast, plus kinetic widescreen photography, deliver solid enough entertainment.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety

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Derek Elley

Variety

Top Critic

A film filled with terrifically choreographed action and very little on its mind.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

Top Critic

Well executed but ultimately unsatisfying ...

January 25, 2006 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Ed Halter

Village Voice

Top Critic

This is a film Michael Bay would green light in a heartbeat.

July 11, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A brainless but harmless display of senseless slaughter which ought to satiate the bloodthirst of fans of gratuitous gore.

May 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine

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Kam Williams

Upstage Magazine

A brainless but harmless display of senseless slaughter!

May 2, 2007 Full Review Source: DallasBlack.com

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Kam Williams

DallasBlack.com

[Breaking News] is one of [director] To's typically tangled meditations on the smearing of good and evil, in moments where instinct overcomes morality.

November 27, 2006 Full Review Source: AV Club

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Noel Murray

AV Club

Starts with an astonishing tracking shot lasting nearly seven minutes that could rank with Orson Welles' much-admired Touch of Evil opener.

February 16, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Veteran Hong Kong director Johnny To (Fulltime Killer) has turned out yet another slick, expertly shot action thriller.

February 10, 2006 Full Review Source: E! Online

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E! Online

...another in a long line of expertly made Johnnie To films. While it may not be the director's best work, it has some knockout sequences.

January 29, 2006 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

To takes on the relationship between the media and the police in this taut, cynical thriller.

January 27, 2006 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

Smart and sly, Breaking News shows that genre doesn't have to mean predictable.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Chris Barsanti

Filmcritic.com

The story's unrefined point about media one-upmanship is crudely spaced out across the film's terse 90 minutes.

June 24, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Inventive action film from Hong Kong looks at how modern media and electronic communications changes everything in the old game of cops and robbers.

January 31, 2005 Full Review | Comment

Mark R. Leeper

rec.arts.movies.reviews

A strong police drama, so long as you can get past the fact that nobody -- cop or criminal -- can hit the side of a barn.

September 17, 2004 Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy

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Jon Popick

Planet Sick-Boy

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With a highly impressive 7-minute opening scene done in a single take, it raised my expectation level on how enjoyable the rest of the film might be. It just fizzled from that point on.

July 11, 2009

El Hombre Invisible

Super Reviewer

If your a fan of Heat you may enjoy this. Typical cops and robbers type of movie with the addition of the media as another part of the story. There is only intermittent shootouts, but very well done in my opinion. The movie itself starts out with a ten minute introduction and shootout all done in one shot.

March 26, 2007