This is a action movie with a good enough budget for a Hong Kong action flick. But the primary focus of this movie is the action. When it comes down to it, it's basically one of those trademark Hong Kong cop movie with one brother who is a cop and the other who is on the other side of the law but because of the situation they are in. They end up teaming up although they have different reasons for fighting, even if the villains they are against is the same. The two brothers are played by Jay Chou and Nicholas Tse. Nicholas Tse who tries way too hard to show off his acting chops in this and goes over the top to the point I couldn't take it seriously. The thing is the main slow down of this movie is when it tries to throw a bunch of cliché Hong Kong action flick elements into the story. Which I just couldn't take seriously at all. Sometimes this works but not this time around. This flick started out kinda promising but it just started to go all over the place without it being immersive or all that entertaining. This flick basically tries uber hard to be super cool with characters trying super cool and that includes the villains as well. The thing is this movie has a lot of action in it, even if some of the action sequences and character decisions don't make much sense. It's a action movie that has no memorable action scenes and vapid for the most part. Despite all the shootouts and explosions I was bored with this one.
4/10
4/10