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A Hero Never Dies (1998)
Directed by Johnnie To
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Overview
Jack and Martin are gunmen who work for two rival kingpins. Jack and Martin have been fighting on their bosses behalf for close to a year. When a truce is made both Jack and Martin are cut loose. The two men then decide to join forces and take on the gangsters who used them.
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Leon Lai | Lau Ching-Wan | Fiona Leung | Yoyo Mung | Lam Suet | Keiji Sato | Yuen Bun | Henry Fong Ping | Yen Shi-Kwan | Michael Lam Wai-Leung | Wong Tin-Lam | Chi Ping Chang | Lu Ching-Ting | Law Wing-Cheong | Philip Keung | Chiu Chi-Shing
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/24/2021 | TV | Broadcast | TV | 8 stars |
| 07/12/2013 | TV | DVD | Rented | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.75 stars |
Viewing Notes
Broke my Johnnie To rewatch seal bc I saw this on the Cinephobe.tv schedule. Hard to pass up when this flick is OOP and might be hard to obtain now, even a foreign edition. Not sure what the source was for the Cinephobe broadcast but it was pretty damn murky, which isn’t good for a movie that’s already darkly lit for most of the runtime. Man, I wish one of these boutique labels would release all these To films. Guessing more than half aren’t available anymore.
This one has gotten better for me over time. Suppose it could be considered anti-heroic bloodshed. Some crazy setpieces that deserve to be seen by a wider audience.
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