Member Charuto Posted February 16, 2009 Member Share Posted February 16, 2009 I thought it was lousy. Then again, it was another movie for HK pretty boys to play "Kung Fu." Why wouldn't it be lousy? Jaycee has all of his dad's corniness without any of the credentials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lillippa328 Posted February 16, 2009 Member Share Posted February 16, 2009 i think the last fight was supposed 2 be dominated by Wu Jing....it wasnt supposed to be him getting beat physically i believe.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Alex Posted February 17, 2009 Member Share Posted February 17, 2009 i think the last fight was supposed 2 be dominated by Wu Jing....it wasnt supposed to be him getting beat physically i believe.... that's what i got out of it too, Wu Jing was supposed to be so badass that it took 3 pretty boys just and some fortuitous coincidence to take him down. I was actually rooting for him throughout the whole movie, he was the most entertaining part imo. I was clapping when he exploded from the roof of the minivan and fed the cop his own bullets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lillippa328 Posted February 18, 2009 Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 ^^ hell yea and i was touched when jaycee chan handcuffed his leg and got beat 2 death....that was a very good part in the film imo...i dun understand why people didnt like it but o well...i loved it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Dragon Ma Posted February 18, 2009 Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 It was a HK version of a Michael Bay film, the fight in the bar was good but that's about it, the rest was mainly explosions and Wu Jing being unstoppably badass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member HyperDrive Posted February 18, 2009 Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 I haven't seen this movie but if it's just to show how badass Wu Jing is, then what's the point of Legendary Assassin, which I also heard is all about showing how badass Wu Jing is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lillippa328 Posted February 18, 2009 Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 ^Wu Jing is badass in Legendary Assassin, Invisible Target, Fatal Move, and SPL.... I loved all those exept LA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DeathShrike Posted February 18, 2009 Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 Not a great film, but I really enjoyed it. Looks great on Blu-ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member masterofoneinchpunch Posted February 19, 2009 Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 Here's something I quickly wrote on my feelings on the film: Invisible Target (2007: HK: **½/**** maybe ***/****): Benny Chan has always been the sort of director that has mixed results when he is in the helm. I liked Rob-B-Hood (2006), though that might have had to do more with Jackie Chan, I did not like New Police Story (2004) while I still have Divergence (2005) to see (and his Heroic Duo (2003) and before directorial work). There is much to like in this movie, but everything seems OK to good with not enough inventiveness, excitement, unique story development to make this truly a good film. The characterizations are somewhat stereotypical with the young hellbent officer Chan Chun (Nicholas Tse, Gen-X-Cops, New Police Story) who has lost his fiancée to an explosion six months earlier, an angry young officer Carson Fong (Shawn Yu, Infernal Affairs II) and a straight arrow very young police officer Wai King Ho (played by Jacky Chan's son Jaycee) who's brother has disappeared under undercover assignment. All three of these officers are after Tien Yeng Seng (Wu Jing, SPL, Fatal Contact) who has returned to Hong Kong to retrieve money and exact revenge on those who interfered with his and his gang's robbery six month's earlier. The action is good, without being great. The lead bad guy played by amazing martial artist Wu Jing is quite fun to watch, though his skills are definitely better than anyone else in this film. The stuntwork is good with some painful stunts by the lead actors (some painful scenes not doubled, though wire work is used; like when Tse gets kicked off a building, hits the branches of a tree, bounces off a truck corner and then hits the ground; he really is hurt during that scene even though wirework was used). I like the way Benny Chan has incorporated humor into his newer work (definitely thanks to his involvement in Rob-B-Hood) which works as a counterbalance (situational humor not slapstick) to the drama. The movie is a bit overlong for what it tries to accomplish, but it is still interesting without brining anything new to the cop/triad genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Solid Ronin Posted February 23, 2009 Member Share Posted February 23, 2009 It was a HK version of a Michael Bay film, the fight in the bar was good but that's about it, the rest was mainly explosions and Wu Jing being unstoppably badass. Dude, Ya can't say Invisible Target was as bad as Transformers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member emacs Posted February 26, 2009 Member Share Posted February 26, 2009 i thought the film was okay; passable entertainment though nothing special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Charuto Posted February 26, 2009 Member Share Posted February 26, 2009 Dude, Ya can't say Invisible Target was as bad as Transformers. You can't say The Rock is as bad as Invisible Target! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member massa_yoda Posted February 27, 2009 Member Share Posted February 27, 2009 okay so Michael Bay vs. Benny Chan. who wins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DeathShrike Posted February 27, 2009 Member Share Posted February 27, 2009 okay so Michael Bay vs. Benny Chan. who wins? Benny Chan. I can think of a few movies by him I kind of like (Gen X Cops I genuinely love). With Michael Bay, I hate every movie of his, except for Transformers. Not that Transformers is a good movie, but I love it. If Michael Bay makes nothing but Transformers movies for the rest of his life, he may beat out Benny Chan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Alex Posted February 27, 2009 Member Share Posted February 27, 2009 Bay by miles. He's an idiot savant of this kind of thing, Benny Chan can never compare, if simply because he can never get a budget big enough to even try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member emacs Posted March 1, 2009 Member Share Posted March 1, 2009 okay so Michael Bay vs. Benny Chan. who wins? not too sure, although i do know that a Bay / Chan co-production would be very loud with many sweeping crane shots, colour filters and several edits for every minute of action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted March 1, 2009 Member Share Posted March 1, 2009 The mere mention of the name Michael Bay makes me wanna slap someone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Charuto Posted March 1, 2009 Member Share Posted March 1, 2009 In all honesty, they're about equal if you compare directing resumes. They both make entertaining stuff: Michael Bay Bad Boys Bad Boys II The Rock Benny Chan A Moment of Romance (yeah I know, but it's iconic HK cinema) Big Bullet Who Am I? and then they go ahead and drop some steamers: Michael Bay Armageddon - I guess if you want to make a girl cry... Pearl Harbour - So bad that there's a song about how much Bay and this movie suck. Transformers - Half the movie is a car commercial. Benny Chan Gen-X Cops - "You know man, it's people like you who fuck up the world..." LOL. HK stars coming from English speaking countries are always corny. Gen-Y Cops - If the concept wasn't any good the first time... New Police Story - Maybe I just hate movies aimed at HK youths? I don't think either one really rates higher than the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted March 1, 2009 Member Share Posted March 1, 2009 The only bad one you mentioned from BC, is Gen- Y Cops!! The others are not masterpieces, but hits their intended mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Charuto Posted March 1, 2009 Member Share Posted March 1, 2009 The only bad one you mentioned from BC, is Gen- Y Cops!! The others are not masterpieces, but hits their intended mark! What mark would that be? If you're referring to profitable mindlessness, I think the same applies to the Michael Bay movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted March 1, 2009 Member Share Posted March 1, 2009 Well, it is a matter of taste.... there's really no point in discussing personal taste... although we do, do our best here on KFC! Im just too tired and indifferent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Atherton Posted May 18, 2009 Member Share Posted May 18, 2009 Finally saw Invisible Target, Nic Tse does some pretty great stunts and the fight directors makes everyone look as good as they could get. Movie was a little long though. Bay vs Chan - Hollywood is lame, with all their money and resources it's disappointing when their movies suck. America is supposed to be the best right? The world looks up to what we have accomplished right? Then why does Hollywood with all their money and resources remake foreign films, borrowing ideas and still getting it wrong? HK have far lesser budgets and resources yet still pack a punch and have more balls than your average Hollywood action flick. Who in Hollywood would do that bus stunt that Nic did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member blue_skies Posted May 20, 2009 Member Share Posted May 20, 2009 Finally saw Invisible Target, Nic Tse does some pretty great stunts and the fight directors makes everyone look as good as they could get. Movie was a little long though. Bay vs Chan - Hollywood is lame, with all their money and resources it's disappointing when their movies suck. America is supposed to be the best right? The world looks up to what we have accomplished right? Then why does Hollywood with all their money and resources remake foreign films, borrowing ideas and still getting it wrong? HK have far lesser budgets and resources yet still pack a punch and have more balls than your average Hollywood action flick. Who in Hollywood would do that bus stunt that Nic did? I saw Invisible target in the last few weeks and even with Wu Jing in it it is a distinctly mediocre film. The action is not bad for Hong Kong pop stars but I wanted to see somebody capable of giving Wu Jing a decent fight. It's all well and good having a great villain but it's really awful when your hero/heroes aren't really good enough combined to beat him. In that sense it reminded me of my disappointment when Jet Li got beaten at the end of Lethal weapon 4. Michael Bay Vs Benny Chan - having not seen a great deal of Chan's work I would have to say Michael Bay is the victor . Atherton, that bus stunt was nothing special and I'm sure lots of Hollywood actors would do that nowadays. The stunt crews make sure everything is safe just as they did for Nic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member nectarsis Posted January 3, 2011 Member Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'm in the "fun but nothing spectacularly mind blowing" crowd. I will admit Jaycees end scene was well done IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member June Posted January 6, 2011 Member Share Posted January 6, 2011 hello all, one of my favorite films!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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