Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Chik yeung tin si (2002)

English title: So Close.

Synopsis (spoilers): A female assassin, assisted by a sophisticated video surveillance scheme operated by her sister at their home, invades a huge company building and kills the company's president. The job was ordered by one of the company's top executives, who subsequently hires them to kill another top man in that company. An investigation is started after the first killing, led by a female cop. The assassin falls in love with a guy and decides to quit the profession; the other refuses to follow her sister's decision and decides to go solo, doing the killings herself.

Appraisal: The action is what sustains the interest here, and also the good looks of the two protagonists. Mildly creative choreographies and a fast pace disguise the abysmal inanity of the plot and dialogue (that is, its Portuguese-dubbed version, but I suppose not much was lost).

Rating: 35

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