Member daisho2004 Posted July 15, 2010 Member Share Posted July 15, 2010 Has anyone seen this movie? It sounds really good. Written and produced by veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Jing and stylishly directed by cinematographer Keung Kwok Man, Black Ransom faces off Hong Kong old-school TVB actors Simon Yam (SPL) and Michael Miu (Brothers) in an exciting battle of wits. Along with explosive action scenes performed by Andy On (Invisible Target) and Xing Yu (Flash Point), Black Ransom is a classic example of Hong Kong commercial genre film at its entertaining best. A powerful triad boss has been kidnapped, and the new police superintendent Koo (Fala Chen) decides to recruit the help of Mann (Simon Yam), a former supercop who has since been relegated to back-up duty. Mann has his work cut out for him when he realizes his opponent is Sam (Michael Miu), a former cop with plenty of grudges. When Sam takes the fight to Mann's family, Mann is more than determined to bring down the dangerous kidnapper and his gang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted July 15, 2010 Member Share Posted July 15, 2010 Trailer... sG-sEphiKEs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Athena Posted July 15, 2010 Member Share Posted July 15, 2010 Stoically generic & gloriously weird were the comment I read before I watched it ... ( I only rented it unfortunately & have not bought it yet , but it is on the "TO GET " list ). But the 4 words kind of covers it ! + an great performance by Simon Yam!!! Andy On is not bad either just a bit over the top in the end ... It is not totally original but it comes with a TWIST ! So IMO better than a lot of modern assembly line stuff... Like a Jing Wong "redux of style" but with his usual flair ! Best Athena .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ekisha Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Not bad but it was boring from time to time. Which means not good either. Actionwise there wasn't anything new or groundbreaking, just some quickly choreographed fights, guns and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted July 15, 2010 Member Share Posted July 15, 2010 Alright movie but nothing to go back to. Xing Yu has a crucial part but he's wasted once again action-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member D1 Ma Posted July 16, 2010 Member Share Posted July 16, 2010 Pretty close to being really bad. Quite boring, pretentious, with very poorly done action. Some bits were good, but overall felt like a total waste of time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted July 16, 2010 Moderator Share Posted July 16, 2010 I also want to check out this movie after reading the review from lovehkfilm.com - http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/black_ransom.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member D1 Ma Posted July 16, 2010 Member Share Posted July 16, 2010 that's why I checked this movie out! And the movie turned out to be nothing special.Then the same guy reviewed Bad Blood and trashed it while Bad Blood was way more entertaining! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member David Rees Posted July 16, 2010 Member Share Posted July 16, 2010 I lost interst after half an hour, pretty boring and flat direction. Watch Bad Blood, similar cast much better film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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