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The Mission (1999)
Directed by Johnnie To
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Overview
Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis, James, Mike, Roy and Shin for his protection. Their grown solidarity is under compulsion when Lung orders Curtis to kill Shin in punishment for his affair with Mrs. Lung.
Length 84 minutes
Actors
Anthony Wong | Francis Ng | Jackie Lui Chung-Yin | Roy Cheung | Lam Suet | Simon Yam | Eddy Ko | Wong Tin-Lam | Elaine Eca Da Silva | Keiji Sato | Ai Wai | Yau Man-Shing | Wong Wa-Wo | Yee Tin-Hung | Frank Liu | Jerome Fung | Chi Ping Chang | Che Jan-Bong | Lu Ching-Ting | Lam Kwok-Kit | Jackson Ha Chak-San
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/21/2011 | TV | DVD | Rented | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
I got Cheung Fo (aka The Mission) on DVD from Netflix because it was a Johnnie To film I hadn’t seen and it had plenty of actors in it I like.
The movie itself is certainly enjoyable but the Netflix DVD is terrible. It’s hard scaled for older TVs, so it shows up as a small letterboxed window completely surrounded by black borders. As if that weren’t terrible enough, it also had a large, ghosted watermark in the middle of the movie the entire time!
I really should have turned it off but something made me push through and finish it. I’d love to watch a decent DVD or BluRay version of the movie to make up for this horrible experience.
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