Load of rubbish!!

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Lai-fu (Daniel Wu) is a hit-man hired to kill a Triad boss but on his arrival the man who is supposed to be his guide, Milo; is arrested by the police and now Lai-fu must find a way to complete his mission without his guide and the help of a greedy but friendly prostitute.I found this film very thrilling and just like Infernal Affairs I found myself jumping at times, especially the chase scene; Daniel Wu captures the audience as he tries to adapt to his surroundings...A bustling city with more then one criminal. A long the way he becomes friends with the most unlikely of people a prostitute who helps him complete his objective, while the police hunt him down.One Night in Mongkok is actually three days but still it keeps you entertained, the ending is especially sad and shocking but thats what makes a great film, a film should have you staring at the screen with your mouth open in shock and sadness...And Mongkok does not disappoint.Truly a contender against the great Infernal Affairs Trilogy.

A simple street fight over a girl turns into a car chase which leaves one of the drivers dead. The dead driver is none other than Tiger, son of criminal gang boss Tim. Tim sits down with rival gang leader Carl, who's men caused the accident that killed Tiger. However a parley turns violent as Tim strikes out in revenge – killing Carl's man but letting him escape in the confusion. The police are called into the middle of the investigation as a dangerous standoff between the two gangs commences. Meanwhile Tim calls in fixer Liu to bring in a hit-man (Lai Fu) to take out Carl. The police get word and it is a race against the clock to stop Lai Fu as they know that another death will spill the standoff over into all out gang war.Although it benefits from praise and high voting from users who have mostly probably sought it out and thus have likely voted with the air of "everything foreign and little seen is cool", this thriller is still a solid proposition that is worth a look. The plot is a little messy perhaps but the layers of action are interesting as we follow hit-man, cops and criminals all living out slightly different parts of the same story. This creates a strong foundation as I found each character interesting and I was as taken by Lai Fu as I was by Milo. Likewise the film keeps a relative tension as the clock ticks down and the net tightens around Mongkok and Lai Fu.The downside is that both aspects take away from one another. It is not totally a character driven film because it is making sure that it remains a cop thriller; but conversely it isn't as tight a thriller as it could have been because it has the characters forming part of the narrative and does break up the flow and the urgency. This means it is not as good as it could have been but the two aspects do still work well together and it is engaging enough even if it does occasionally fall short of the mark. Director Tung-Shing does a great job in the delivery, shooting everything in a stylish fashion as well as using music (and silence) to good effect. The cast are mostly strong as well with Fong, Wu and Cheung tending to be the strongest turns. Lam's Liu is amusing while Milo's men are mostly well played.Overall then, perhaps not as strong as the praise here would have you believe but I suspect that the nature of it being foreign and not that well known has bought it some good will and forgiveness from those that have seen it. The mix of thriller and characters give it a good balance but one does detract slightly from the other, preventing the film from reaching its full potential in either aspect. Still good as a whole though and I found it a solid, if not brilliant, thriller.

While long-time Hong Kong residents dismiss Dan Dan & Lai Fu as mainland country bumpkins, Dan Dan portrays herself as being a tough & sophisticated pro to Lai Fu. She mocks Lai Fu's sweetheart as a prostitute and at the restaurant she also brags about her own earning power where she claims she has already made $8,000 in 3 weeks. Of course all the while she is showing what a gold digger she is too. However after the purse snatching incident when Lai Fu says that he will pay Dan Dan for her trouble and time as his guide in Mongkok, she asks for $3,500 and is promptly paid. Dan Dan later suffers cramps during that fateful night and asks Lai Fu to buy Panadol at the drugstore and to get some smaller bills in her purse, Lai Fu goes to get the money and sees that she doesn't have a huge wad of $8,000, only the small bills and what money he had previously paid her. At the end of the movie when she departs HK territory, she looks in her purse and realizes that Lai Fu had given her all the money that he had. It basically raises the possibility that Dan Dan had never even turned a trick while in Mongkok, that she was exaggerating her own past history, or that at the very least she may have prostituted herself but never made any substantive profit to take home to her village.

yeah i watch a lot of foreign films here in Canada and this one caught my eye, the beginning was slow and boring but it really got the suspense and had a lot of scary truth to it... i loved this movie and i wish i could own it...i think i would die if i could. Too bad Kong Kong can't make more of these awesome movies. It starts off in Black in white, they could of done this better because the lighting was atrocious. The Camera angles were what got me going , they were gritty and down to earth and not a lot of directors know how to use a camera besides point and shoot. Cecilia's performance was breathtaking and well done, but she doesn't sound like she is from south china. Her naivety does well as the good hearted prostitute. I wish i could see this movie again well done... one actually has sympathy for the bad guys...well sometimes.