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Tung-shing YeeScénario:
Tung-shing YeePhotographie:
Kwok-man KeungMusique:
Peter Kam Pui-tatActeurs·trices:
Daniel Wu Yin-cho, Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi, Alex Fong, Kar-lok Chin, Anson Leung Chun-yat, Suet Lam, Hop-hi Wong, Na Tsui, Paul Che, Alexander Chan (plus)Résumés(1)
Le jour de Noël, une altercation éclate entre jeunes et tourne au drame. Quelques heures plus tard, l'un d'eux est trouvé mort. Le défunt est le fils de Tim, l'un des plus puissants criminels de Hong-Kong. Ce qui semblait au début comme un fait divers, prend des allures de crise sans précédent dans le monde du crime alors que Tim accuse Carl, son rival. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (3)
The beginning and the entire daytime part is so incredibly trivial. The creators don’t know what to focus on first, making this a rather boring genre movie that steals motifs from famous Western colleagues. But only up to the point when Christmas-time Hong Kong is hit by a black-out and the streets of Mongkok begin filling with people; then everything suddenly becomes different. Much better. The atmosphere in this part of the movie is simply splendid, and in places hypnotically captivating. Also, interesting things start actually happening and there is an all-over build up to the perfect ending where you will gladly forgive the filmmakers for using a few screenplay crutches that they shamelessly use to help things along. This creates a movie that first lulls you almost to sleep, only to awaken you rudely, suck you in and not let you go.
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Well, is somebody fucking kidding me 76%? For what? This movie almost gave me a heart attack, a stroke and an epileptic seizure all at once, what the hell was that all about? No action, no fights, no twists, unlikeable characters, no pacing, no sex, mediocre visuals and an uninteresting story, there was nothing in this movie that I expect and demand in movies! Absolutely no interest on my part, it is mostly a crime drama. If I showed this to a girl, she will break up with me immediately! Great for the intellectuals, torture for me! 30%
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One Nite in Mongkok is everything that its title promises. It is an intense ballad about a particular place and its atmosphere, essence and variable heartbeat. It contains everything that we would find in Mongkok itself, whether triads, prostitutes, young people, cops, immigrants, junkies, merchants or operators of small hotels. All of them have their own stories connected with Hong Kong and the present day. Their lives contain a mix of the cultures of the West and China, poverty and modern luxury, extreme capitalism and Chinese collectiveness, and incredible hecticness and moments of meditative peace. Derek Yee succeeded in packing all of this into a single suspenseful and pulsating thriller, thus creating one of the best works of contemporary Hong Kong cinema.
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