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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 26989
Category: DVD
Director: Tat-chi Yau
Publisher: Tai Seng Entertainme
Studio: Tai Seng Entertainme
Manufacturer: Tai Seng Entertainme
Label: Tai Seng Entertainme
Format: Color, Dolby, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: Cantonese Chinese (Original Language), Mandarin Chinese (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 85 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.2 x 0.6
UPC: 601643581842
EAN: 0601643581842
ASIN: B00000INCP
Release Date: February 6, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: November 30, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Blacker than night June 18, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Longest Nite is a very, VERY dark Hong Kong thriller starring Tony Leung as an extremely bad cop having an extremely bad night - you know, the usual round of smashing hoodlums' gun hands, torturing suspects and witnesses alike, finding a headless body in his apartment with a locker number written on its hand, being set up to kill the crimelord he works for: probably all in day's work in Macau.
While the first 20 minutes or so are very grim and exceptionally merciless, when the plot kicks in and the wheels start turning and the fingers start pointing, it actually becomes a gripping little number, with one quite superb sequence at a ferry station as the walls start to come crashing down on our anti-hero. Sadly the last 20 minutes are average shoot-em-up stuff that lacks the ingenuity of the central sting, but if you can stomach the violence it's well worth a look. Leung in particular is ideally cast - he has the perfect hangdog face for this kind of character, conveying world-weariness, confusion and desperation without seeming to need to make any effort.
 a lot of twists and turns September 9, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've know about Tont Leung for awhile now and know that he is a superb chinese actor. He was the undercover cop in the movie "Hardboiled" with Chow Yun Fat. In this movie he is cool, as other reviewers have noted, he plays a corrupt cop. You really have to pay attention watching this movie. The little details such as phone numbers of a restaurant and the number written on a hand of a headless corpse. My favorite part is where the assasin tells Sam that he'll know what will happen in an hour, talk about suspense. This movie was made in 1998 is I'am not mistaken. The languages that are only available for this movie are cantonese and mandarin. The pace that the subtitles appear is a bit fast, becomes even more important because there is no wasted dialog in this movie. Longest nite is a bit violent, Sam likes to snap off fingernails as a form of torture and he is generally sadistic.
what a good movie...... August 13, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Tony Leung is Sam, a bad cop who's caught in a gang war in Macao. he works for Brother K, who's in negotiations with rival triad boss Lung to join forces after a long-running feud. And then there's a word on the street that Lung's life is equal to five million. And the bold stranger( Lau Ching Wan) comes in thepicture then it gets worse....
Disturbingly violent, perfect pace, and very involving plot. There are more twist in this movie than L.A. Confidential, etc.
Lau Ching Wan rocks! December 20, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is Lau Ching Wan at his best. This film is another reason why he has proclaimed the acting crown of Chow Yun Fat once he left Hong Kong to do movies in the US. Many of Lau Ching Wan's movies have him characterized as the cool cop you would wanna hang with or the lovable hard-on-his-luck guy that girls can't help [but]feel something for. In the Longest Nite, he is just a pure bad-ass with a bald head. The taxi scene and his conversation in his holding cell with Tony Leung are worth the purchase of this movie alone! DO buy it!
Super cool Lau and Leung lead brilliantly in this film. November 7, 2001
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Longest Nite is by far one of my faviouite action films for it shear use of story, actors, characters, and shoot outs.
In the film Lau Ching Wan plays a cunning hitman that is hired as plan to destroy Tony Leung's career, Leung plays a ruthless and corrupt police officer who's helping the local Triad gangs in their turf war with other Triad criminals.
Lau Ching Wan and Tony Leung are superb in this film and oppose each other with an entertaining and riviting excellance of acting. Fans of films like 'Heroes Never Die' and 'Running Out of Time' will love this film. This is a well made film that excells against anything that the Americans could make as it gives great proformances through out the entire cast. A good film to add to an action collection as it as smart as it is action packed.
This film is for people with a fully loaded mind rather than an empy shell for a head that gets filled up with useless and mundane films. This is cinema at it's best.
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