Rating: IIB The story is about action and family conflict, Julian hatin Daniel is half bro. Triad moviemaker Andrew Lau turns his free-floating camera on the SDU, HK?s own SWAT team. After a pitched battle with Vietnamese refugees cripples HK?s SDU forces, they form a replacement called the BOB, the ?Best of the Best? (and a shameless plug for BoB, the new production company run by Andrew Lau, Wong Jing, and Manfred Wong).
Chan Hiu-Tung (played by Daniel Chan Hiu-Tung) is the young recruit whose dad (Damian Lau) runs the whole show. Also in the BOB are top trainer Roy Chueng and wacky chef Blacky Ko, as well as Karen Mok, who?s somewhat sexy as the shooting instructor. Julian Cheung is Coolman, a former SDU member who?s angry at the Vietnamese for the death of his comrades and angry at Chan Hiu-Tung for personal reasons. The Young and Dangerous crew (Michael Tse, Jason Chu, and Jerry Lamb) are along for the ride.
The acting, while passable, suffers in the casting of Julian Cheung, who?s just isn?t that cool as Coolman. Daniel Chan fares better, but he?s starting to look like the male equivalent of cute and wooden Gigi Leung Wing-Kei. Andrew Lau continues his streak of capably directed films. This unoriginal film is far from earth-shattering, but it?s passable HK entertainment that doesn?t offend or embarrass. Instead, it bores us with its sheer mediocrity. The catchy end credit song is performed by Karen Mok.
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Best of The Best[DVD] (DVD 3 for HK$99(US$12.8) promotion product) (Date: 2000-11-18)
Price($):
HK$85(US$)
Publisher:City Laser & Video Company Ltd.
No of Disk: 1
Screen: 1.33:1
Duration: 103 Mins
Region Code: All
Languages: Cantonese,Mandarin
Subtitle: Chinese(Traditional), English
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Rating: IIB
Video: NTSC
Best of The Best[VCD] (Date: 2003-05-20)
Price($):
HK$45(US$)
Publisher:City Laser & Video Company Ltd.
Screen: 1.33:1
No of Disk: 2
Region Code: All
Languages: Cantonese,Mandarin
Subtitle: Chinese(Traditional), English
Rating: IIB
Audio: Mono
Video: NTSC
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