jimeneznitay

The only thing that I can stand about this film is the photography, which I really liked at the beginning. The rest is absolutely terrible. The plot is awful, there's no tension at all. We know who the killer is, and we just have to wait and go through a lot of hideous dialogue and horrible acting until he kills enough people to get caught. The kung-fu guy and the detectives are the most pathetic characters I've ever watched in a film, and the others are not different. The sub -plots are also terrible and even unnecessary at some points. This films tries SO hard to be cool that ends up being completely lame. Disgustingly pretentious and bad at so many levels that the only thing it made me feel was anger. AVOID IT.

This films is shot beautifully, the director definitely knows how to use color and angles. I wish the story was as engaging as the visuals though. As much as I tried, and even after reading the director's comments about the film, I don't get the message behind it, and it's not appealing to me for numerous reason. The character study is interesting, but not enough. It's a good film, just not my kind of film

I rather watch "hand held cameras with zoom lenses" cinema, which they criticize so much in this film, than this. The script kept switching from promising to awful, but never landed. Maybe with more convincing acting it could've done better, but overall; it just felt like a mediocre Hitchcock, outdated and dull. It had some fun moments though, and it kept me watching even if it was to see if it could get worse.5,5/10

If you're interested in old Hollywood... just watch an old Hollywood film. This one wanted to revive it but... did quite the opposite.