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Manufacturer: Dragon Dynasty
Starring: Lisa Lu, Mark Cheng, Wu Jing, Sam Lee, Nicholas Tse
Directed By: Benny Chan
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019811781
Format: Dubbed
Label: Dragon Dynasty
Manufacturer: Dragon Dynasty
Publisher: Dragon Dynasty
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-06-10
Running Time: 130
Studio: Dragon Dynasty
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Three renegade cops, driven by vengeance, must team up to bring down a gang of seven ruthless bank robbers.
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Summary: on target
Comment: This film hits the mark from the opening scene with explosions in a crowded part of the city. As the film's villians are out in force and wreak havoc on the town killing several people including the star's fiancee.
It only excels and continues throught out the picture and while it is over 2 hours the time goes by and the action continues. With several fights between the main characters and the villian who's a couple notches above the heroes and gives it to them on every occasion. It feels like the actors/actresses had a great time doing this movie as it shows throughout with all the energy and back story. You should also check the special features on the dvd for some deleted and extended scenes of note that didnt make it into the final product.
But overall this one is worth the price of admission and then some. It might not be the best out there. But the folks at Dragon Dynasty know how to make a slamfest, knockout action movie.
Invisible Target hits the mark!!
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Summary: BUY this!!
Comment: I own every Dragon Dynasty title, this is definielty one of my favorite ones, Jacky WU is unstoppable and the fight in the restaurant is crazy!!
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Summary: (2.5 STARS) Generic Cops: Decent Actions, Overblown Direction
Comment: In "Invisible Target" three cops (played by Nicholas Tse, Jaycee Chan and Shawn Yue) join forces to hunt down the criminals involved in a money truck robbery using a bomb. The robbers are also seeking the one who betrayed them and took the money. The story is too long and could have been more compact, but still acceptable. The three stars did good a good job, if not outstanding, as the characters with their own motives. The baddies by Wu Jing and Andy On, though a bit overacting, are not bad. And there are plenty of actions (I will come back to the topic later).
But I couldn't like the film very much. Not a total disaster, I admit, but watching the film became slightly painful after around the 60-minute mark. Maybe that is because of the bad jokes that should have been cut. Or maybe because of the film's tasteless way of depicting the villains who talk too much and point a gun to a little girl. The answer is simple, I think. It is Benny Chan, the director and his overblown direction. And unlike Michael Bay, his overblown style is not fun to see.
Obviously director Benny Chan thought his previous film "Rob-B-Hood" (starring Jackie Chan, Jaycee's father) needed more actions. "Invisible Target" provides action scenes including shoot-outs, explosions, rooftop chase and martial arts fighting. The actors did their own stunts which are impressive. In spite of their fine jobs, however, some actions are overlong and repetitious. You will see glasses smashed, cars exploded and people falling from upstairs again and again, some of which repeat the same patterns. Benny Chan needs the skills of Jackie Chan or Donnie Yen who can add variation to actions they do with props and weapons.
As I said before, this is not a terrible film. It is decent, but is also a kind of film that would make you think it could have been much better with a more skilled hand.
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Summary: Worthless movie
Comment: I don't know what else to say. This is a completely worthless movie. The bad guys seem like they are all great actors, but because of a bad script there is nothing interesting about them. Some of the fights are good, but there are no good 1 on 1 fights, and the fights that are good aren't nearly long enough. In the final fight Wu Jing gets to show off his amazing skills, but with 3 guys going against him and not even putting up a fight it gets very boring. And I didn't feel anything for any of the characters even though I think there was supposed to be a couple of those crying type moments. Shawn Yue does good in his role, and Jackie Chan's son Jaycee looks like he could be a great actor. The problem is Nicholas Tse, and more of a problem is director Benny Chan. Nicholas Tse can be good, but he needs the right role. He doesn't fit into the role of a super tough young cop who's face twitches when he gets mad. You can make him look as tough as you want but the guy is always going to look like a weakling. I've never liked Nic Tse as a screen fighter, and this movie doesn't change my opinion. He throws a few nice kicks, but nothing else caught my eye. The guy just looks weak as an actor and a fighter. He does do a nice fall down some stairs, so I have to give him credit for that. And it's not like I am totally against Nic Tse, it's that I rarely see a good acting performance from him, and I have never seen him give a good fighting performance. And as for Benny Chan, what can I say? His movies have gone downhill ever since his first 3 good movies, Big Bullet, Man Wanted and Who Am I.
Invisible Target does have a lot of action, just not the action I was looking for. I didn't like this movie in any way. I only got brief flashes of things I enjoyed, and then it was quickly ruined by bad wirework, glass that looks like it would break if you breathed on it, bad script, etc...
2/5
The DVD from Dragon Dynasty is overloaded with special features. There's long interviews with Benny Chan, Jaycee Chan, Shawn Yue, Wu Jing, Phillip Ng, Vincent Sze and Andy On, there's a couple of behind the scenes features, deleted scenes, and a commentary with Bey Logan, Shawn Yue, Jaycee Chan and Andy On.
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Summary: An Action Packed Martial Arts Movie
Comment: Invisible Target is one of the better martial arts movies I've watched in a long time especially nowadays where martial arts films don't appeal as much as they did before. The action is top notch quality, directed Benny Chan a veteran Hong Kong director who has done many films like this one. The difference with this film and other martial arts films is that the story is actually "decent". There is a good plot and good character development each having their own back stories and motives. The martial arts is great and the acting is good enough, this movie is good enough for a rent at least, don't miss this one.
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