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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 19 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9487
Category: DVD
Director: Johnny To
Publisher: Tai Seng
Studio: Tai Seng
Manufacturer: Tai Seng
Label: Tai Seng
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 88 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
ISBN: 6305821453
UPC: 601643786643
EAN: 0601643786643
ASIN: 6305821453
Release Date: April 25, 2000
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Disappointed. January 11, 2002
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
After reading the good reviews of this movie, I'm glad I rented it before I bought it. This movie was very surface and never got you in depth enough to know the characters or even care for them. The action was not over the top like I expected or wanted and though there was a couple of neat scenes, not enough for me. My number one problem would be the basic plot that appeared to take no time to write and the only big turn in it was the affair angle. I'd advise you to rent this before you consider buying it, I know I'm glad I did.
 Turning Japanese August 17, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Essentially the plot of The Mission is that after a failed attempt on his life, a Hong Kong triad (Chinese Mafia) boss orders his right hand man (Simon Yam) to create a special unit of bodyguards for himself. This group is commanded by Anthony Wong and contains, among others, Francis Ng. While the plot may be neither original nor immaginative, it's still one of the better Hong Kong Cinema efforts to have landed in American video stores in years. Sleek, stylish, and not without surprises, it's a superior bare bones gangster film that, even if it didn't say so right on the back of the video box, obviously is fashioned after the old Japanese gangster/yakuza films of the 60's and 70's. While the standard Hong Kong fare is constantly dynamic and played over the top, The Mission is often static and minimalistic. The actions scenes are the opposite of John Woos balletic mayhem and while it may require the viewer to psychologically shift gears due to the stylistic differences, it's well worth the trip. All of the actors give tough, full, realistic performances, especially Anthony Wong as "The Ice" Curtis, Simon Yam playing the flamboyant and erratically emotional and unpredictable lieutenant of triad boss Eddie Ko, and Francis Ng as the always simmering, more than a little scary, possibly psychotic Roy. Ng especially with his thousand yard stare makes an unforgettable impression, although even he can't eclipse Anthony Wong and Simon Yam. A good bet for entertainment value, even for someone who doesn't like Hong Kong Cinema.
 Its Good but..... July 31, 2001
I think the story is good. The action is a little lacking though. I thought the musical score was a bit unprofessional as well. Another problem is I don't speak Cantonese which made reading the subtitles a chore because they move really fast. Good movie though. I liked it.
Its Good but..... July 31, 2001
I think the story is good. The action is a little lacking though. I thought the musical score was a bit unprofessional as well. Another problem is I don't speak Cantonese which made reading the subtitles a chore because they move really fast. Good movie though. I liked it.
WOW! March 3, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Buy it! Sure it's not completely original; it has elements of La Femme Nikita, The Usual Suspects, and The Professional in it, but it will keep you in suspense from beginning to end. Best of the Hong Kong shoot'em up movies. It is clever, well written and thoughtfull. Visualy stylish without the glamorization of the killer profession. You may want to view some of the scenes twice to realize what just happened. The movie deserved a better musical score but the ending more than makes up for it. Highly recommended!
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