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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA romantic and action packed story of three best friends, a group of high end art thieves, who come into trouble when a love-triangle forms between them.A romantic and action packed story of three best friends, a group of high end art thieves, who come into trouble when a love-triangle forms between them.A romantic and action packed story of three best friends, a group of high end art thieves, who come into trouble when a love-triangle forms between them.
- Premi
- 4 candidature totali
Chow Yun-Fat
- Red Bean Puddin - Joe
- (as Chow Yun Fat)
Fung Woo
- Mr. Cheung
- (as Wu Fung)
Pierre-Yves Burton
- Mr. Le Bond
- (as Pierre Yves Burton)
Declan Wong
- Magician Henchman
- (as Declan Michael Wong)
Leila Tong
- Young Red Bean - Young Cherie
- (as Lina Kong)
Douglas Kung
- Chow's Henchman
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
John Woo
- Stanley Wu
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizThe time elapsed between the first day of shooting and the first public screening of the finished film was ten weeks.
- BlooperWhen Joe and Cherie are driving behind the truck, that is transporting the paintings (including their marked one), you can clearly see the rope holding the car of Joe and Cherie close to the truck during the stunt scene.
- Citazioni
Red Bean Pudding: Did I make you waste your tears over me?
- Versioni alternativeAll German versions, including the TV-Version, are cut.
- ConnessioniEdited from Red Scorpion - Scorpione rosso (1988)
Recensione in evidenza
So, John Woo, one of, if not the greatest Hong Kong action director, directed a comedy. An action comedy, this is still Woo after all, but still a comedy. The story going that there are these three orphans, who have two foster fathers. One of them a criminal overlord, one a police officer. Initially they lean more towards the former, being master art thieves, but the influence of the latter cannot be denied.
This is a peculiar movie to review. I mean, John Woo is John Woo. When you see one of his movies you expect iron tight action scenes, grim urban settings and tough antiheroes. And while this movie does have all of those, it doesn't feature them in a prominent role. It almost feels like a silly parody of a John Woo film, except that the man himself directed it. And yet at the same time it kinda works. Kinda sorta. I mean, it's silly beyond belief, but the action scenes, when they happen, are of the usual Woo goodness - though admittedly he doesn't bring in his A-game here.
The actors are also charismatic and talented - with Chow Yun-fat once again stealing the show. The silliness of the story means that there are no great character moments, but then again I'd say that there is enough substance here to please those that require three-dimensional characters in order to enjoy a movie.
Once a Thief is a barrel of laughs. Is it John Woo's best work? Not even close. Nevertheless, it's an enjoyable way to spend an hour or two and it certainly doesn't pale in comparison with Western action comedies.
This is a peculiar movie to review. I mean, John Woo is John Woo. When you see one of his movies you expect iron tight action scenes, grim urban settings and tough antiheroes. And while this movie does have all of those, it doesn't feature them in a prominent role. It almost feels like a silly parody of a John Woo film, except that the man himself directed it. And yet at the same time it kinda works. Kinda sorta. I mean, it's silly beyond belief, but the action scenes, when they happen, are of the usual Woo goodness - though admittedly he doesn't bring in his A-game here.
The actors are also charismatic and talented - with Chow Yun-fat once again stealing the show. The silliness of the story means that there are no great character moments, but then again I'd say that there is enough substance here to please those that require three-dimensional characters in order to enjoy a movie.
Once a Thief is a barrel of laughs. Is it John Woo's best work? Not even close. Nevertheless, it's an enjoyable way to spend an hour or two and it certainly doesn't pale in comparison with Western action comedies.
- Vartiainen
- 12 feb 2018
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- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 48 minuti
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