Review of So Close

So Close (2002)
7/10
Beautiful martial arts action
23 March 2008
Qi Shu (The Eye 2) appeared in six films in 2002, one of which was The Transporter. While we didn't get to see her in action in that film, we sure do in this one. She made me forget all about Jet Li with her moves. But, she wasn't the only one with moves, as her nemesis, Inspector Hong Yat Hong (Karen Mok) was equally good, and a battle they had in a parking garage really got the blood pumping as it was just about to get very interesting until the bad guys showed up and they had to join forces temporarily.

Qi Shu was the Computer Angel, as assassin, who finally was betrayed and killed. At that time was born an avenging angel in the form of her sister Sue (Wei Zhao), who had equally impressive abilities, including magnificent swordsmanship.

Wei Zhao and Karen Mok joined together to avenge Lynn and eliminate the bad guys. I have never seen such fantastic marital arts displayed. It was utterly amazing, mostly due to the choreography of Corey Yuen (War, Fist of Fury) and Jianyong Gao. Fortunately, we will get to see Corey Yuen's work again this year in John Woo's Red Cliff, starring Wei Zhao and Tony Leung.
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