Metacritic reviews

Score it big-time inane but a load of fun.

One of the funniest movies to come along in awhile.

Unquestionably a slick piece of goods. The training and experience of Wong and his crew --- culled largely from such action series as "La Femme Nikita" and "Once a Thief" --- keep the film lively and vivid.

This movie isn't afraid of venturing into the realm of bad taste -- in fact, it revels in it.

This isn't a movie so much as a marketing strategy -- a moving poster loosely disguised as a motion picture.

That rarest of all genre hybrids, the screwball-romantic-action-situation-black comedy. Rare for good reason. Who'd want to see a thing like that?

A high-concept, low-reward hodgepodge that mingles elaborate stunts and shootouts with stereotypical ethnic humor.

The Big Hit goes beyond the call of duty in terms of hateful, crass exploitation.

The hyperactive Hong Kong action stuff is getting old.

Though R-rated, its real target audience is under 18 -- either in years or IQ points.