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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.
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A simmering pot of blood and yucks, accented with guitar and harmonica on the soundtrack. Nov 2, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A simmering pot of blood and yucks, accented with guitar and harmonica on the soundtrack.
Wesley Morris
The finale is a slow-motion tour de force that blends style, elegance and nuance of character in showers of blood. Sep 14, 2007 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
The finale is a slow-motion tour de force that blends style, elegance and nuance of character in showers of blood.
Ted Fry
Exiled is creative and bizarre, maybe too bizarre, but since most action films adhere to a cookie-cutter formula, its quirkiness is most welcome. Sep 7, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Exiled is creative and bizarre, maybe too bizarre, but since most action films adhere to a cookie-cutter formula, its quirkiness is most welcome.
G. Allen Johnson
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. Sep 7, 2007 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
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.
Kevin Crust
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. Sep 7, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
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.
Roger Ebert
This 2006 Hong Kong-produced gangster film by director Johnnie To, set in Macao, is an entertaining product that presents a powerful artistic vision. Sep 7, 2007 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
This 2006 Hong Kong-produced gangster film by director Johnnie To, set in Macao, is an entertaining product that presents a powerful artistic vision.
Fred Camper
Exiled veers on the pretentious ...but the whole thing has such a humor about itself that it's hard to carp about it. Jul 30, 2009 | Rating: 4/5
Exiled veers on the pretentious ...but the whole thing has such a humor about itself that it's hard to carp about it.
Craig Phillips
An electric, inventive amalgam of gonzo violence and lyrical sentimentality. Dec 21, 2007 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
An electric, inventive amalgam of gonzo violence and lyrical sentimentality.
Nick Schager
Johnny To's direction is as smooth as a well-cut suit and the violence has a balletic intensity. Dec 7, 2007 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
Johnny To's direction is as smooth as a well-cut suit and the violence has a balletic intensity.
Amber Wilkinson
Less a movie than a phantasmagorical dream synthesised from Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah. Sep 14, 2007 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
Less a movie than a phantasmagorical dream synthesised from Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah.
Tim Brayton
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. Sep 13, 2007 | Full Review…
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.
Andrew Wright
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. Sep 13, 2007 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
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.
Sean Axmaker
the sequel to johnnie to's 'the mission' is like the bastard child of john woo and sergio leone, complete with it's own 'harmonica'. a bit thin on plot but with tons of style
Super Reviewer
Super-cool Hong Kong actioner about four hit-men who have a crisis of conscience aftre they are ordered by their ruthless boss to kill an ex-member of their gang who has decided to devote his life to his family. The story has heart, the action is stylishly violent and the cast are great. It all has a modern western feel to it all too. I wish it was longer, the film flew by very quickly.
Nostalgia trip to early 80's Hong Kong John Woo stylised shootouts. Mimics the pacing with long sections of thoughtful pondering interspersed with frenetic gun-ballets. Fortunately keeps the acting and soundtrack histrionics to a minimum. Guilty pleasure.
Exiled is a crime thriller follow up film to Johnnie To's own The Mission. This is long overdue.
This film is standalone and easy to pick up without having seen The Mission, however watching it is highly recommended. It isn't because the stories are continuous, although they are just a little, but because it is that d*** good of a film.
The story itself is straightforward, good, and while it isn't anything surprising, it is Johnnie To's directing that makes this picture as good as it is. The pacing is slow to moderate and the story does take a little bit of a dive in the middle. Once again, it is the spectacular cinematography and minimal dialogue that carry this film.
There are multiple shootouts and all have Johnnie To's signature all over them. The choreography is nicely done and the camera work just enhances them even more.
Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Roy Cheung, and Lam Suet all reprise their roles as the 4 hitmen from The Mission. Nick Cheung, Josie Ho, Richie Ren, Simon Yam, Ka Tung Lam, and Ellen Chan all round out the star studded supporting cast.
Exiled comes highly recommended to fans of The Mission. People that enjoy Hong Kong crime thrillers will also want to see this.
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