One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

The first half is slow, with one good scene of parkour. The ending will round it up. Amazing fight scenes in the last 20 mins. This is an action flick done very well well by an action star for action fans. It has some of the most intense and bone crunching action specially the last fight sequence. The plot is not that great. We hav seen many times about cops n gangsters. But who cares. Its the action we action fans enjoy. Editing was a bit tedious. There was some good cinematography during the last fight scenes. Good guns n bullets scenes. The guy who puts his hand in the toilet to remove his cell phone looks like a poor man's shahrukh khan. Donnie yens choreography was amazing. The guy was good in Kill zone n Ip man trilogy. Action/martial arts movie fans shud definitely check this out. Directed by Wilson Yip (Ip man-1, 2 n 3, Kill zone).

Donny Yen plays a no nonsense cop who basically beats up every bad guy in this film. The movie is about Donny Yen and his partner who is undercover trying arrest some drug smugglers. The plot is nothing special and you don't really care for the characters that much but you should't be here for the plot or the acting. The action/fighting in this movie is incredible. The last fight scene is one the the best fight scenes I have ever seen put on film. My recommendation would be to watch the first 10 minutes and then skip to the last 30 minutes of the movie because nothing really happens in between. His partner falls in love and there is a car chase that's nothing special. Watch it for the great fights, not for the acting or plot.Rating: 10 for the fights, 5 for everything else = 7

I've been a fan of Donnie Yen for over twenty years now and had heard that the fight action in Flashpoint was amongst his best work. I hadn't heard wrong: the hard-hitting full-contact mixed martial arts scenes are as awesome as they say.It's a shame then that the plot for Flashpoint is so unremarkable, a routine Hong Kong police drama—cops vs triads—which introduces lots of indistinguishable characters in such quick succession that, for a while, it's hard to work out precisely who is good and who is bad.The dull plot trundles along, with the occasional brief spot of action or brutality to spice things up, and it gradually becomes clearer who is who: Archer Sin (Ray Lui), Tony (Collin Chou) and Tiger (Yu Xing) are Korean brothers who run a smuggling operation, Sam is a gangster who has ratted on his bosses, Wilson (Louis Koo) is a plucky young undercover cop working with tough police inspector Jun Ma (Yen), and Julie (Bingbing Fan) is Wilson's really hot girlfriend. So far so mediocre.The final third of the film, however, is a whole lot better. A non-stop, blood-soaked, showdown between Ma and the bad guys, with incredible gunplay and some of the most painful looking fight choreography I have ever seen, it is everything I had hoped for and more, leaving the viewer with a better impression of the film overall than it probably really deserves. Hence my more than reasonable rating of 7/10.

Donnie Yen more and more is becoming a favourite of mine, maybe due to his thorough fighting styles on film but also his acting in general. The more movies I see him in, the more of a fan I become of his. Flashpoint is one of Yen's best films to date, it has an interesting and appealing storyline. The fighting styles that Yen does in the film, are amazing to watch as he executes some bone-crunching attacks. Plus there is some great gun-action and shootouts, that would make John Woo seem amateur at times. The film goes on and in a good way, as you hope it doesn't end and you hope for another final fight scene. Donnie Yen even excels in his role, with some hard hitting scenes that invoke some emotions in his character. The supporting cast of Collin Chou and Louis Koo, really add to Yen's amazing performance as they all work together so well. What makes this film so good and another good title to add to the Asian cinema collection; Donnie Yen in general, plus his amazing action set scenes. Some great gunfights that make it one of the best Asian extreme films i've seen in a long time. Finally a great supporting cast, and a solid plot.Flashpoint is not just for Donnie Yen fans, but majority of those who see it are such fans. However if you want a solid gang plot, and lots of action its perfect companion to Kill Zone, another Donnie Yen gem.