Shu dan long wei (1995)

Note Générale:

5,8/10   

Réalisateurs:

Jing Wong
Lun Ah

Scénaristes:

Domonic Muir (dubbed version)
Jing Wong (writer)

Date de sortie:

1 juillet 1995 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Comedie | Crime

Accroche:

He Redefines Revenge

Intrigue:

After failing to save his wife from 'The Doctor', Kit Li is working as a bodyguard and secret stunt...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Hand Grenade | Poisoned Blade | Obscene Finger Gesture | Animal Attack

Avis des utilisateurs:

Good story and great action

Ensemble

Jet Li	...	Kit Li
Jacky Cheung	...	Frankie Lone
Chingmy Yau	...	Helen
Charlie Yeung	...	Joyce
Kelvin Wong	...	The Doctor / David Wang
Valerie Chow	...	Fai-Fai
Billy Chow	...	Kong
Ma Wu	...	Frankie's Father
Charlie Cho	...	Charlie
Ben Lam	...	Rabbit (English dubbed)
Chung-Hsien Yang	...	Detective Chow Kam (Joyce's Boyfriend)
Suki Kwan	...	Li's Wife
Bobby Yip	...	Ugly Extra
Tak Yuen	...	Salvage-Corps Man
Corey Yuen	...	Wai

Autre(s) titre(s):

High Risk (Hong Kong: English title)
Meltdown (USA) (video title (dubbed version))
Sue daam lung wei (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and some language.

Durée:

USA:101 min | Hong Kong:101 min

Pays:

Hong Kong

Langue:

Cantonais | Mandarin | Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Finland:K-15 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Netherlands:16 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | UK:18 | USA:R

Lieux de tournage:

Hong Kong, China

Société:

Golden Sun Entertainment

Anecdotes:

Jacky Cheung's character Frankie Lone was originally intended for 'Jackie Chan'. Before production began on High Risk, Chan was starring in Jing Wong's movie, Sing si lip yan (1993) (a.k.a. City Hunter). They didn't get along during the filming, and the experience of working with Jackie was so bad that Wong Jing chose to make the character of Frankie Lone a mockery of Chan. Jackie Chan was understandably offended and Jet Li personally apologized to Jackie for his involvement with the movie.

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: Several scenes of people pointed automatic pistols at each other revealed that the pistols they were using were uncocked.

Guillemet:

The Doctor: The red one or the blue one?
Kit Li: You sick bastard!
The Doctor: C'mon, I know you can solve this problem. Red or blue? You've got about... 30 seconds...
[insanely]
The Doctor: Ha! Ha! Hah!

Connexions:

Références Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Good story and great action

Some people might think that this is a Jet Li film. Well, it is not. Jet Li IS there, and he kills a bunch of bad guys and causes trouble for the bad guy (The Doctor). But he is not the head character. He is in the movie from time to time, but not enough to be called a main character.

It starts out with Kit Li (Jet Li) as a army officer. His wife and some school children are trapped in a bus and Jet Li needs to disarm the bomb beneath the bus. He cuts the wrong wire and the bus goes boom.

We fast forward 2 years and now Kit Li acts as bodyguard for the Kung-Fu superstar Frankie Lone. Frankie Lone is known for making all of his own stunts (when infact, Kit Li, or some stunt double, is the one who makes the stunts).

One day Frankie Lone goes to see some Tzar jewels from Russia, displayed in a skyscraper. And then Terrorists run in, kill everyone on floor one and go up to the Tzar jewels and takes everyone hostage... But not Kit Li or Frankie Lone. While Frankie Lone runs around the building, avoiding terrorists all the time (he is to cowardly to fight them), Kit Li rushes the building with a cop and an uzi, and mows down enough terrorists to fill a football field with (well, almost. Its entertaining anyway).

Excellent writing and goofy acting and directing (intentionally) makes up for a superb action movie. I have seen people here complain about the Kung-Fu just being average in this movie, but I disagree. Its very good indeed. Might not be Jet Li's best, but at least it doesn't use CGI like so many movies today. its fast and entertaining. The final fight scene between Frankie Lone and that long haired terrorist dude is really awesome (and funny).

I give this movie a 9 out of 10 stars. Rent it, or even better, buy it!