Bullets Over Summer

Some Hong Kong laid-back vibey stuff. Perfect for summer!

A Hong Kong action comedy, with great restoration and some nice special features. World cinema rules

you could call it an action movie but it's a lot more than that while being a lot less as well. there are action scenes but much of the movie is just a window into life, and one that im happy to own

A well acted and entertaining action film. The two cops have good chemistry. Very enjoyable.

A bullet ballet that resists easy categorisation and the very thing it advertises itself as being, with a long middle section focus on found family during a very westernised stakeout with visible influence from Midnight Run, 48 Hrs. , and yes, Stakeout.

You can also feel a lot of Bad Boys in the warm buddy-cop action with an emphasis on buddy; one's a pervert kid looking to have a good time, the other's a tender-hearted, brooding silent type with rage issues, and both are further contrasted by the happy-go-lucky tanned charms of Louis Koo and the anxious physicality of Francis Ng, a better on-screen eater than Brad Pitt.

This being 1999, I was really into the fact that both characters are dressed like the younger kids of Dawson's Creek, with a nod to turn-of-the-millennium raver culture in both the energy of the camera work and a pair of primo orange Oakleys.