Naam yi boon sik (2007)

Three cops team up to bring down a criminal gang of seven, who have their own hidden agenda.

Director:

Benny Chan

Writers:

Benny Chan, Chi-man Ling,

Stars:

Nicholas Tse, Jaycee Chan, Shawn Yue

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicholas Tse	...	Detective Chan Chun
Jaycee Chan	...	Officer Wai King Ho
Shawn Yue	...	Inspector Carson Fong Yik Wei (as Shawn Yue Man Lok)
Jacky Wu	...	Tien Yeng Seng (as Wu Jing)
Lisa Lu	...	Ho's Grandma
Andy On	...	Ronin Tien Yeng-Yee
Candy Liu	...	Ho Ka Yee
Elanne Kwong	...	Leung Hoi Lam
Sam Lee	...	Ho Wing Keung (as Sam Li)
Ken Lo	...	Wong Kam Ming (as Ken Low)
Vincent Sze	...	Tien Yeng Chi
Mei Wang Xue	...	Tien Yeng Yan (as Xue Mei Wang)
Ka Wah Lam	...	Senior Superintendent Cheung Man Yiu (as Lam Ka Wah)
Tak-bun Wong	...	Sam Mok (as Kenny Wong)
Mark Cheng	...	Senior Superintendent Mark Law Pui Keung

Storyline

Three cops team up to bring down a criminal gang of seven, who have their own hidden agenda.

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Plot Keywords:

violence | martial arts | time bomb | bullet ballet | armored truck | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violent content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp]

Country:

Hong Kong China

Language:

Cantonese English Mandarin

Release Date:

19 July 2007 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Invisible Target

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universe Films Ltd., Sil-Metropole Organisation, Guangzhou Ying Ming Media Co.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min 128 min (theatrical)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Benny Chan requests that no doubles are to be used for the film's stunt sequences. The actors in the film performed their own stunts.

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Goofs

After discovering the unconscious man, officer PC 5299 fails to pinch the patient's nostrils closed while giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

User Reviews

Not very effectively dramatic, but the director definitely has something to say

Nan Er Ben Se is criticized for it being too typical, and the good guys too naive too stereotype, blah blah blah...... But in my opinion, it's uniquely valuable for being positive in information.

Basically it's a story about 3 cops after a gang of robbers, consequently got involved deeper and deeper, and inevitably dig out dirty secrets of the police station. One would definitely be reminded by its storyline of many crime classics, like L.A.Confidential. However, the director didn't invest everything in promoting this one as the HK version of L.A. Confidential, mainly because the sense of social responsibility motivates the makers to create a story of growing up in good directions instead of dirty cop stories.

The movie is very effective in editing the fighting sequences. All the fantastic actions are well paced and deserved a nod only for that. The scenes are very "Hollywood", but it's acceptable. HK movies need change. After all these years, the producers reflected on many mistakes the HK movies have made and all the unsuccessful productions. Although the completely westernized producing pattern may not be accepted, the industry has accepted many concepts of Hollywood. You can definitely sense that from Nan Er Ben Se.

Back to the most important point of the movie. Nan Er Ben Se doesn't enforce any unbelievable values or character relationships in the entire movie. The "good cop" is morally sound but physically incompetent to other ones, while the dirty cops are tough but without much credits to the society. When they mix together, this balance or imbalance has created a sense of social duty. And finally the dirty cops become clean, at the cost of the life of the good cop. Fair enough? Not really. But it's the right way to do. It's simple and not enforced.

Good information can make a bad movie a good one, except that Nan Er Ben Se is not bad at all.