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Sniper, The
aka: Sun cheung sau
Hong Kong 2009, 90 minutes
Dir. Dante Lam
In Cantonese
with English subtitles
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Action/Adventure
Topics: Gung-ho.
Feat. Edison Chen, Richie Ren, Xiaoming Huang, Jack Kao
Aroview: Macho, ADD shoot ‘em up follows an elite sniper unit from Hong Kong who, with the aid of a brash young rookie, must take down an ex-serviceman wanting revenge.
Perspiring in heavy-handed style and homoerotic overtones, this aggressively beefed-up action vehicle develops its thin premise as far as male one-upsmanship and bonding, with trigger happy shoots outs and gun fetishing its primary mission objective.
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3 stars (Good Enough) A typical example of style over substance, The Sniper sort-of wants to be Infernal Affairs, but mostly it just wants to blow giant holes in stuff. Featuring some great and ridiculous gunplay, in particular the unique shooting style. ~Tom H
2 stars (Good Try) It is about some photogenic snipers. ~Tubbs
Close Relatives
- Assassins (1995)
- Ballistic: Ecks Vs Sever (2003)
- Fire Of Conscience (2010)
- Shooter (2007)
- Sniper (1992)
- Viral Factor, The (2012)
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