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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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Exiled veers on the pretentious ...but the whole thing has such a humor about itself that it's hard to carp about it.

Full Review Source: GreenCine | comment Comment
07/30/09
Craig Phillips
Craig Phillips
GreenCine
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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/26/09
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
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Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
01/18/08
David Fear
David Fear
Time Out New York

To call Exiled Johnnie To's finest film would be an understatement.

Full Review Source: Mike Bracken's Horror Films | comment Comment
01/02/08
Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken's Horror Films

An electric, inventive amalgam of gonzo violence and lyrical sentimentality.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
12/21/07
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

Johnny To's direction is as smooth as a well-cut suit and the violence has a balletic intensity.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
12/07/07
Amber Wilkinson
Amber Wilkinson
Eye for Film

A simmering pot of blood and yucks, accented with guitar and harmonica on the soundtrack.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
11/02/07
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Less a movie than a phantasmagorical dream synthesised from Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
09/14/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

The finale is a slow-motion tour de force that blends style, elegance and nuance of character in showers of blood.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
09/14/07
Ted Fry
Ted Fry
Seattle Times

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.

Full Review Source: The Stranger (Seattle, WA) | comment Comment
09/13/07
Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

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.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
09/13/07
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

... 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.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
09/12/07
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

It looks slick, but without a little more steak beneath that sizzle, the pretense becomes intolerable.

Full Review Source: Flipside Movie Emporium | comment Comment
09/08/07
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

Exiled is creative and bizarre, maybe too bizarre, but since most action films adhere to a cookie-cutter formula, its quirkiness is most welcome.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
09/07/07
G. Allen Johnson
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle
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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.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
09/07/07
Kevin Crust
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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To is doing exquisite and exciting work at a mind-boggling rate.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
09/07/07
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
09/07/07
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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This 2006 Hong Kong-produced gangster film by director Johnnie To, set in Macao, is an entertaining product that presents a powerful artistic vision.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
09/07/07
Fred Camper
Fred Camper
Chicago Reader
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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.

Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics | comment Comment
09/07/07
Ron Wilkinson
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics

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.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
09/06/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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