Best movie ever!

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A Disappointing Continuation

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

"Beyond Hypothermia" is an excellent movie. The plot: An assassin (Wu Chen-Lien) just keeps on killing until she meets a lonely noodle shop owner, Long (Lau Ching Wan). She wants to change her ways, but her employer won't let her. On top of that, another hit-man is after her.What's great about this movie is that the romance and action fit perfectly. All the gunfights are well-staged and bloody, but it also has a heart. Lien and Wan put in outstanding performances.The climax is very powerful and the only problem I had with the movie is the dubbing, but who cares. You'll be pulled in instantly.I highly recommend this action-packed gem.For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com

If it weren't for the actors this movie would have failed! Jeff Lau and Wu Chien-Lien really save this movie! With their outstanding performances they breath life into a very boring story! Not much is happening other than a few killings and the relationship between the noodle shop owner and a woman who happens to be a professional killer! There are some decent action scenes! But that is the only thing I can say about it! The shootouts are nice but to me they were missing something very important! Excitement! I couldn't care about the action since it looks like they have been done on routine! The bloody and tragic ending at least is a big redeeming factor! The title "Beyond Hypothermia" refers to a condition the main character has! It never gets clear how the main character became so coldblooded! Is it because of her training or her condition? Since nothing is being done with the "hypothermia thing" the title is very misleading! In my opinion they use this title to make the movie sound more interesting than it is!

The description of Beyond Hypothermia really sounded a lot more interesting on the back of the movie box than the movie turned out to be. It is a very stylish thriller about a deadly assassin who constantly dreams of having a normal life with a husband and children, but it really doesn't do anything new in the genre. My favorite thing about the movie was the way it is cut together, especially many of the death scenes. The first assassination in the movie, for example, shows what you normally see in such a scene, the close up of the scope with the killer's eye behind it, the victim going about his business oblivious that he's in someone's crosshairs, the slow motion, etc. But the actual death avoids showing the man getting shot. Instead, we see the two guys behind him pouring wine out of a wine bottle that suddenly explodes (a curious occurrence that they mysteriously respond to with laughter). As I was watching the movie, I was reminded of the stylish originality of movies like The Way of the Gun, as well as a few other foreign films that I've seen recently in which massive numbers of people get shot, such as the disturbing but hugely impressive Battle Royale, and the equally disturbing and probably even more impressive Portuguese film City of God. One thing that I really liked about this movie, as well as the ones I just mentioned, is that even though an enormous number of people are shot dead, it is not done in such a relentless way that you completely stop caring. No, you're not going to jump out of your seat every time some extra gets shot, but watch a movie like John Woo's Killer and you'll see how large numbers of gunshot killings can be numbing to the point of boredom. Not exactly what you would expect from John Woo, who otherwise is a very skilled action director (except for that Windtalkers mess). Here's one thing I didn't understand, though. At one point in the movie there's a lot of bad guys chasing the god girl through oncoming traffic, and the bad guys keep getting hit by cars. Now, it is to be expected that people are going to be hit by cars when they're sprinting into oncoming traffic, but these guys are chasing after the woman that is supposed to be Japan's deadliest assassin, and they don't even have the sense not to run right in the middle of lanes of traffic when they're chasing her down the street! No wonder they can't catch her!It's true that the movie doesn't cover much new ground, but it is short enough to remain worth watching, if only for its style. Sadly, I made the mistake of renting the dubbed version, and I am fairly confident that the original film with subtitles is even more enjoyable. I don't know what it is about dubbed movies, they just seem so fake with someone so obviously voicing over the lines. Look for the original language version, because it's worth checking out.

One can't be convinced that Wu Chien-lien, a woman with a body temperature of only 32 degrees Celsius, is actually a merciless assassin! How unfortunate that the filmmakers missed their chance of exploring the interesting implications of a person with a body temperature five degrees lower than everyone else and who only has a one-in-a-million chance of survival. Superficial as it is, the film is both alienating and romantic. Its most intriguing parts are the romance between Wu, the female assassin, and Lau, the noodle-seller, conducted in the tradition of a "midnight love affair with a beautiful ghost", and Wu's persistence in finding her roots.