This is a surprisingly great movie! Although quite heavy on dialogues, this movie is entertaining from start to finish. Strong acting makes this a pleasure to watch. The story is not something really noteworthy but it doesn't have to be. Not every new film has to raise the bar for complex and surprising storytelling. And this film has Michael Hui!! An absolute pleasure to see him again on the big screen, as he is one of my favorite comedians of all times. Here he shows (not surprisingly) that he is an all around great actor. This made his older movies so great, his ability to play characters who are funny and touching at the same time, a person to relate to, struggling through life but never giving up. All in all, this has a strong Japanese-movie feeling about it. This kind of movie is, what I typically would expect from Japan: great camera work, great actors, slow pacing and rare but violent action. It's a Yakuza flick from japan-loving Taiwan. Watch it!
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Bon Voyage
Genkinchan10 April 2022
Warning: Spoilers
It's hard to really write a review about this movie... I vividly remember not liking the movie when it first came out in 2016.... I only watch it once and did not bother to even rate it.
But after the second viewing of this film.. it's not as bad when I first saw it... but still not the best of the directors work which we saw earlier and A Sun 2019..
This movie is about two guys one a drug dispatcher taking goods from Taipei to somewhere southbound another is a rundown cab driver Michael Hui.. the two of them met with unfortunate events from attending a unknown wake for a free meal to sending off goods to the drug dealer which was betrayed and later on the culprit being assassinated through gun and machete which is quite gory and visual entertaining too
There is more to this on the final act but the finale song Subaru by Shinji Tanimura was touching and meaningful
It's not bad and deserves a viewing or two.
But after the second viewing of this film.. it's not as bad when I first saw it... but still not the best of the directors work which we saw earlier and A Sun 2019..
This movie is about two guys one a drug dispatcher taking goods from Taipei to somewhere southbound another is a rundown cab driver Michael Hui.. the two of them met with unfortunate events from attending a unknown wake for a free meal to sending off goods to the drug dealer which was betrayed and later on the culprit being assassinated through gun and machete which is quite gory and visual entertaining too
There is more to this on the final act but the finale song Subaru by Shinji Tanimura was touching and meaningful
It's not bad and deserves a viewing or two.
The narrative is too complicated to say anything thoroughly.
yoggwork18 February 2019
Another great one from Mong-Hong Chung
ecce-platypus23 August 2017
I can't spell his name but this director is absolutely fascinating. I have seen only two of his movies (Soul and Godspeed) and can't find the earlier ones, but the last two are magnificent works. This one, Godspeed, let's say this is my free interpretation, is an answer to Nicholas W. Refn's Only God Forgives.
It has the same Asian actor, and a couple of other things that made me think of Refn. But this is not in any way some copy of OGF. Quite the contrary, it seems like a critique, or at least a different perspective on life itself. A different "godspeed" and different forgiveness.
It is very contemplative but at the same time very funny. The dramatic parts are excellent, no cheap pathetic here, and God knows contemporary movies are full of them. Can't wait for Mong-Hong Chung's next film or at least to find the old ones!
To bad so little attention he gets, while some other Asian idiots are all over the place. Oh, well, it's not that much different in Europe, where people praise some Nymphomaniacs or something. Godspeed is real stuff.
It has the same Asian actor, and a couple of other things that made me think of Refn. But this is not in any way some copy of OGF. Quite the contrary, it seems like a critique, or at least a different perspective on life itself. A different "godspeed" and different forgiveness.
It is very contemplative but at the same time very funny. The dramatic parts are excellent, no cheap pathetic here, and God knows contemporary movies are full of them. Can't wait for Mong-Hong Chung's next film or at least to find the old ones!
To bad so little attention he gets, while some other Asian idiots are all over the place. Oh, well, it's not that much different in Europe, where people praise some Nymphomaniacs or something. Godspeed is real stuff.
So boring...
Eiriksterminator1 August 2020
Jesus christ this was so boring...There's barely anything happening for most of the movie...I don't know what the director was aiming for, but the little bit of plot that is there takes a backseat. Mostly it's just a lot of talking. Also, it's NOT funny.
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