Vengeance (2009)
"Fuk sau" (original title)

A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.

Director:

Johnnie To

Writer:

Ka-Fai Wai (screenplay)

Stars:

Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Testud, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Johnny Hallyday	...	Costello
Sylvie Testud	...	Irene Thompson
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Kwai
Ka Tung Lam	...	Chu
Suet Lam	...	Fat Lok
Simon Yam	...	George Fung
Siu-Fai Cheung	...	Wolf
Felix Wong	...	Python
Ting Yip Ng	...	Crow
Maggie Siu	...	Madam Wong
Vincent Sze	...	Mr. Thompson
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Conroy Chan Chi-Chung	...	Fat Lok (voice)
Kim-Fai Che
Gwendolyn Chen	...	Mrs. Fung
Chi Ping Cheung

Storyline

A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.

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Plot Keywords:

revenge | hong kong | macau | exit wound | mexican standoff | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fr] Official site [hk]

Country:

Hong Kong France

Language:

English Cantonese French

Release Date:

20 May 2009 (France)

Also Known As:

Vengeance

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

ARP Sélection, Media Asia Films, Milky Way Image Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Third part of an informally established trilogy, with 'The Mission' (1999) and 'Exiled' (2006) being the previous installments. Among sharing a number of noted cast members (Anthony Wong, Simon Yam, Lam Suet) and locations (Macau), the films are primarily connected by certain ideas, such as - at times ironical - reflections on themes like brotherhood and loyalty; fatalism; and group dynamics. All three films also feature elaborate action sequences with a strong, almost geometrical sense of space.

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Quotes

Costello: What is revenge?

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Connections

References Le Samouraï (1967)

User Reviews

Simple To(ken of gratitude)

As a Johnnie To fan, I have to say, that this is one of his weaker works. But it sill has a standard that some others may never reach (in my opinion that is of course). While there are themes of some of his other movies here too (loyalty etc.) and there are some nice character beats, as a whole there seems something lacking. But not only that, even small details have been done better.

One scene for example, where our main character puts a gun together has been done with much more style and class in the Korean movie "A bittersweet life". Also the ending of that scene feels rushed and somehow wrong. The main actors sometimes have to speak English (although it seems that some of them have been dubbed, they still learned phonetically, so it doesn't appear as dubbed) and you can tell, they are not feeling good doing this.

While our main character has a flaw, there are still quite a few things that shouldn't have happened quite like they do in the movie (pictures for example, and you will know what I mean, if you watch the movie). And while the flaw is a nice touch, it also almost works against the movie.

Again, a good movie in my book, but still quite a bit off ... what I came to expect from Mr. To!