Exiled veers on the pretentious ...but the whole thing has such a humor about itself that it's hard to carp about it.
Exiled (2007)
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Reviews Counted:60
Fresh:49
Rotten:11
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: Exiled has non-stop action, tension and style -- making it an excellent summer action movie. Johnnie To brings beautiful scenery and camerawork to the film, enhancing the action even more.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence and some sexual content.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:Aug 31, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: For the first time since The Mission in 1999, Anthony Wong (Infernal Affairs) and Francis Ng (Infernal Affairs 2) once again team up with Johnnie To and his regulars Roy Cheung (Infernal Affairs... For the first time since The Mission in 1999, Anthony Wong (Infernal Affairs) and Francis Ng (Infernal Affairs 2) once again team up with Johnnie To and his regulars Roy Cheung (Infernal Affairs 2), Lam Suet (PTU), and Simon Yam (Election) in another action-packed ensemble piece Exiled. Joining this virile cast are Richie Jen and Nick Cheung, both of whom worked previously with Johnnie To in Breaking News, as well as new collaborator Josie Ho (Butterfly). The time is 1998. The setting is Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. For the jaded hit men, they wonder where this journey will end. Against this background of fin-de-siècle malaise come two hit men from Hong Kong sent to take out a renegade member trying to turn over a new leaf with his wife and newborn baby. They soon find themselves in the throes of a dilemma when two of their former associates also show up, intent on thwarting them at every cost. --© Magnolia Films [More]
Starring: Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Roy Cheung, Lam Suet
Starring: Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Roy Cheung, Lam Suet, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Josie Ho
Director: Johnnie To, Cheng Siu Keung
Director: Johnnie To
Screenwriter: Szeto Kam Yuen, Yip Tin Shing
Producer: Johnnie To
Director: Cheng Siu Keung
Composer: Guy Zerafa
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
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Reviews for Exiled
An electric, inventive amalgam of gonzo violence and lyrical sentimentality.
Johnny To's direction is as smooth as a well-cut suit and the violence has a balletic intensity.
A simmering pot of blood and yucks, accented with guitar and harmonica on the soundtrack.
Less a movie than a phantasmagorical dream synthesised from Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah.
The finale is a slow-motion tour de force that blends style, elegance and nuance of character in showers of blood.
A brilliant reminder of the glory days of Heroic Bloodshed ... call it a flashback, a comeback, or the end of an era; all I know is that I want to see it again.
It's a fantasy of a crime epic, to be sure, but it's a glorious fantasy in which the unspoken bonds of brotherhood bathe every shootout and sacrifice in the light of myth.
... possibly the best work the prolific filmmaker has done. In addition to the masterful blend of humor and action ... Exiled is the most beautifully shot movie so far this year.
It looks slick, but without a little more steak beneath that sizzle, the pretense becomes intolerable.
Exiled is creative and bizarre, maybe too bizarre, but since most action films adhere to a cookie-cutter formula, its quirkiness is most welcome.
To packs the moments of contemplation with as much suspense as the action sequences and is a master of ratcheting up tension through small details.
Johnnie To, the director, is highly respected in this genre, and I suppose he does it about as well as you'd want it to be done, unless you wanted acting and more coherence.
This 2006 Hong Kong-produced gangster film by director Johnnie To, set in Macao, is an entertaining product that presents a powerful artistic vision.
Heroic redemption succeeding where several thousand rounds of 9 mm ammo fail, Exiled makes a mark with the last stand of pals doomed by fate and the changing hands of time.
The rest of the film can't possibly sustain the energy of the opening moments, but director To makes up for it with many beautifully understated scenes and performances.
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