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Sunday, November 24, 2019

SPL: Sha Po Lang A.K.A. Kill Zone, 殺破狼, 杀破狼 (2005)

A Chinese crime drama directed by Wilson Yip, starring Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung and Simon Yam.
A group of police detectives are in conflict with a crime boss. One of the cops was in a car accident 3 years before and the only survivors were him and a young relative. He then finds out that he has a brain tumor.
This was like 1970s American crime films with a "loose cannon cop", but everyone was Asian. The version I watched had an English dubbed audio track and the voices were way off. The voice acting was terrible and I don't think there were any Asian voice actors used. The plot was just total trash and the characters were unevenly developed. Thing that didn't matter were emphasized, but anything pertinent to the plot was not developed at all. For example, who is this guy? (image) He appears multiple times and kills lots of people, but he doesn't even have a name. The cinematography and camerawork looked alright, but there was too much slow motion that was too obvious. I really think this film took itself too seriously. If it had been meant to mock 1970s detective flicks, it would have been great. I rate it poor and would really advise against watching it.

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