Stepping back and looking at the incredible amount of talent in this film, I can't help but be just a little bit disappointed, especially after numerous glowing reviews for the films here and on other sites. What drags the film down, in my opinion? Well, for starters, and the most blatant, the entire gay vendetta this movie seemed to carry. I'm not denouncing it, it was done in a humorous light for the most part and it wasn't a huge detraction, but still... I think it bogged the movie down, especially considering what prominent characters the clichéd gay guys are here. Even more so looking at what a contrast it is to the rest of this movie, which is very gritty and pretty serious. Extended scenes in gay bars with jokes about aids in the middle of a Cat III HK crime film? Not good, to say the least.
As mentioned in other reviews, this film rips off the Untouchables. Unmercifully. Constantly. It's not done in a bad way, so there's not much to complain about, but it's still there... Other original aspects of this film or no, there are still over a half dozen scenes directly pulled from the Untouchables.
The movie to boot just didn't seem to care much about being cohesive. Could of been a lot tighter. Though a good part of that might be to blame on the horrible, horrible subtitles. Very consistent misspelling of words, they ran off the screen basically making me miss good parts of entire sentences, and they were translated badly to begin with.
On the flip side, like I said earlier, this movie has talent up the friggin' wazoo and doesn't waste all of it. There's some solid fight scenes that are quite brutal... But on the whole I wasn't satisfied with them... I guess I felt there could of just been a little more, especially considering some of the martial arts talent involved.
And that's just about that. I enjoyed the movie, and I'm definitely not disappointed that I bought it, it's a solid entry into any fan of the genres collection... Just don't expect it to be a classic, I s'pose.
Oh, and one last quibble... The Bruce Lee fanatic. At one point, our crime fighting Bruce Lee lover even dresses up in the yellow Game of Death jumpsuit! His fight scenes (Hell, most of his scenes) have him making loud, high pitched Bruce Lee like sequels. Come on... Bruce Lee barely got away with that and the only reason he did it was because... Yup, you guessed it, he was Bruce Lee.
A 6.5 out of 10.
