Too many fans seem to be blown away

Sadly Over-hyped

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Version: Cantonese, with English subtitles (by SBS).'Time and Tide' is easily one of the best action movies I've ever seen. Nic Tse plays a regular guy trying to make money for his child, and is way out of his element as a bartender when he joins a protection service. Tse is the hero of the story, but it is Wu Bai who rules most of the action.Despite other comments about the movie's plot, I thought it was pretty good. Simply put, we have an everyday guy just trying to help someone out, and befriends a bad guy, the action hero, who is working for similar reasons.However, the action is where its at, and 'Time and Tide' delivers. There are some great, kinetic action scenes, including one inside/on a building, which I think is one of the best action scenes ever made.9/10 - Great action movie, but may not appeal to fans of the genre. The awesome genre.

A mix of adrenaline-pumping action, drama and humor. This movie features great characters played by a cast of (mostly) attractive people, action the way we have learned to love it (hong kong style) and love-stories. All in a perfect blend. A lovely movie that I will see many times more.

"Time and Tide" does have a plot but it's inconsequential and soon buried in shell casings. However, what the film lacks in budget and drama it makes up for with a intensity, verve, and a creative edge which is excessive but fresh enough to prevent the usual numbing that goes with hyperkinetic action flicks. The focus in "T'NT" is the firefight with stunts galore while the more costly car chases/crashes are kept to a minimum and the still more costly big pyro blowups artificially produced. "TNT" also has a pervasive sense of humor manifested in one scene where a woman gives birth while shooting or visa-versa and another in which a man avoids the effects of tear gas by wearing a plastic bag over his head (duh). Fun stuff with flying-fu, rappelling, a army-sized SWAT team, endless heavies, and a couple of protagonists who are always in the thick of it. For action junkies only. (B-)Note: The version I Tivo'd was dubbed and there were big discrepancies between the dubbing and the closed captions. For example: The dubbed "This is no flea market" translated in CC to "This is like buying vegetables".

The effect of music videos over the past two decades on the film industry has been phenomenal. Directors such as Spike Jonze ("Being John Malcovich") & Tarsem ("The Cell") started their careers in the music video game. Soundtracks and their accompanying videos are as much part of the advertising of a movie as the trailers themselves. Most importantly, techniques used in popular music videos are often mimicked in feature films. Economy has played a large part too, and now with the popularity and relative low-cost of digital cameras and effects almost anyone can create a visually alluring piece of eye-candy.David Fincher upped the ante of digital effects with "Fight Club". A original storyline with an even more original script, it initially received a lukewarm response before becoming a cult favourite. Mr. Fincher is an example of a director using a new medium with a combination of precise care and wonderful abandon.And then there is Guy Ritchie. A mostly talentless hack who in "Snatch" proved that fancy camera effects and funny accents will wear themselves out if there is nothing to support it."Time & Tide" by Tsui Hark is both a homage to the films that helped popularize a new visual style and it raises the bar a few more (large) notches. It is by turns brilliant, relentless, and breathtaking. "Time & Tide" follows the interweaving lives of a pregnant lesbian cop, two mercenary friends and their underworld dealings, and a pregnant surrogate woman drawn into their world. Thematically it delves into issues ranging from mafia-like loyalty to Peckinpah-esuqe themes of man entering manhood through violence. But what is most impressive in "Time & Tide" is the delicate balance of tension and release. Something that flashy directors like Guy Ritchie should be paying attention too. The last two action sequences are phenomenal and take up a good half of the movie, but with Mr. Hark's careful direction you hardly notice. The first sequence is simply unequaled, taking place in three apartment towers in the tenements of Hong Kong. The second in a train station and stadium downtown. It is in these sequences that requires characters to hold back their flaring emotions in order to survive that Mr. Hark clearly flexes his directorial muscles. In a sequence which involves a young man trapped in an apartment slowly filling with gas, its conclusion is one of the most clever bits of action in recent memory."Time & Tide" is the real deal. An action film that delivers from beginning to end and doesn't blow its load halfway through. It is also truly cares about its characters and valiantly tries to delve into large issues. However, it never takes itself too seriously and for any action fan this is a must.Highly recommended. Do not pass this up.