Dou fo sin (2007)

Director:

Wilson Yip

Writers:

Kam-Yuen Szeto (written by) and
Lik-Kei Tang (written by)

Release Date:

2 August 2007 (Singapore)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

They made it personal... He'll make them pay.

Plot:

An agent battles against three brothers of a powerful Vietnamese gang.

Plot Keywords:

Hong Kong | Sniper Rifle | Shootings | Murder | Explosion

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Donnie Yen	...	Det. Sgt. Ma Jun
Louis Koo	...	Wilson
Collin Chou	...	Tony
Ray Lui	...	Archer Sin (as Lui Leung Wai)
Bingbing Fan	...	Julie (as Fan Bing Bing)
Kent Cheng	...	Inspector Wong
Yu Xing	...	Tiger (as Xing Yu)
Qing Xu	...	Madam Lau (as Xu Qing)
Ben Lam	...	Sam
Lan Law	...	Madam Ma (as Law Lan)
Ping Ha	...	Tony's Mum (as Ha Ping)
Irene Wang	...	Cindy
Austin Wai	...	Four Eyes
Wai Ai	...	Hero (as Al Wai)
Chi Wai Wong	...	Baldy (as Wong Chi Wai)

Also Known As:

Flash Point (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title)
City Without Mercy (International: English title) (working title)
City with No Mercy (International: English title)
Dao huo xian (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Flashpoint (UK) (DVD box title)
Fuse (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Po jun (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence and brutal martial arts action.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin | Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Canada:14A | USA:R | Malaysia:18PL | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | South Korea:15 (cable rating)

Company:

Mandarin Films Distribution Co.

Trivia:

Due to the intensity and complexity of the sequence, both Donnie Yen and Collin Chou agreed that their fight sequence at the end of the film was the hardest shoot they had ever done in their respective careers

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When the man is shot on the roof of the parking structure, even though the movie depicts events in 1997, there is a modern silver BMW 5-series parked next to the victim’s car. It is a 2004-2007 (pre January 2007 facelift) model.

Movie Connections:

Follows Saat po long (2005)

My take on "Flash Point"

Being a fan of Donnie Yen I eagerly anticipated "Flash Point". There was good and bad in it... first the good: The fight scenes are pretty awesome - in particular there is one which takes place at a driving range that lives up to what I was expecting. The introduction of grappling techniques (paying homage to MMA) is pretty cool. Cinematography & scenes of HK are at some times very stylish.

Now the bad: Kind of moves slow in the first half. In fact after the initial 5 minutes of action the next 20 minutes drags. The plot is not that great, and in the first half of the movie the action isn't enough to make up for this.

All in all, I've been a little disappointed with Donnie Yen's last two - this one and Dragon Tiger Gate. Neither raises the bar or comes close to the amazing SPL of 2005.