2009 - VENGEANCE, a very good revenge thriller

Another film in  the oversaturated "seeking revenge for killing my family" genre, or Death Wish territory if you like.  What redeems this film is the very good direction from one of Hong Kong's best directors Johnnie To.  The action scenes are particularly well done and there are some interesting spins to the usual revenge plot lines found in these films.

The film has an interesting cast Johnny Hallyday a French performer is the man out for revenge., He has some issues to deal with in his own life.  Anthony Wong who I think was in about every Hong Kong action film is a hit man assisting Hallyday.  Gordon Lam from the Infernal Affairs films is another hit man, and Simon Yam yet another prolific performer is the chief bad guy.  The one thing you have to say about these Hong Kong performers is that they don't let the grass grow under their feet, these guys are always working.

 

To comment on the plot or some of the basic situations in the film would spoil a really great action film.   Johnnie To is one of Hong Kong's best filmmakers and has for the most part made consistently good films throughout his career.  Highly recommended

Written by Wai Ka-Fai, the running time is 109 minutes.