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Acclaimed new-wave director Kirk Wong and Hong Kong mega-producer Tsui Hark team up for Gunmen, a hard-nosed action drama set in turbulent 1930s Shanghai. Versatile Tony Leung Ka Fai stars as Ding Chun Bee, an honorable, righteous cop in a time when honorable, righteous cops were in short supply. Finding corruption on all levels of the police force, he enlists his old war buddies (Waise Lee, Mark Cheng, and John Woo's award-winning film editor, David Wu!) to help him in his quest to bring solid justice to the streets of Shanghai. Opposing him is vicious opium smuggler Haye (Adam Cheng), who has an old score to settle with Ding, and will stop at nothing to exact his revenge. Co-starring Elizabeth Lee as a tragically doomed prostitute, and Carrie Ng as Ding's suffering wife. The highlight of Gunmen: tense shootouts reminiscent of Sam Peckinpah and John Woo, which comes as ultimate proof that Hong Kong heroic bloodshed isn't limited to eighties triad films!

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Product Title:	Gunmen (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version) 天羅地網 (DVD) (樂貿版) (香港版) 天罗地网 (DVD) (乐贸版) (香港版) Gunmen (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version) Gunmen (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s):	Adam Cheng (Actor) \| Tony Leung Ka Fai (Actor) \| Mark Cheng (Actor) \| Elizabeth Lee (Actor) \| Waise Lee (Actor) \| Carrie Ng (Actor) 鄭少秋 (Actor) \| 梁家輝 (Actor) \| 鄭浩南 (Actor) \| 李美鳳 (Actor) \| 李子雄 (Actor) \| 吳家麗 (Actor) 郑少秋 (Actor) \| 梁家辉 (Actor) \| 郑浩南 (Actor) \| 李美凤 (Actor) \| 李子雄 (Actor) \| 吴家丽 (Actor) アダム・チェン (Actor) \| 梁家輝（レオン・カーファイ） (Actor) \| 鄭浩南（マーク・チェン） (Actor) \| 李美鳳（エリザベス・リー） (Actor) \| 李子雄（レイ・チーホン） (Actor) \| 呉家麗（キャリー・ン） (Actor) Adam Cheng (Actor) \| Tony Leung Ka Fai (Actor) \| Mark Cheng (Actor) \| Elizabeth Lee (Actor) \| Waise Lee (Actor) \| Carrie Ng (Actor)
Director:	Kirk Wong 黃志強黄志强黄志強（カーク・ウォン） Kirk Wong
Producer:	Tsui Hark 徐克徐克徐克（ツイ・ハーク） 서극
Release Date:	2009-08-28
Language:	Cantonese, Mandarin
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Country of Origin:	Hong Kong
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	1.78 : 1
Widescreen Anamorphic:	Yes
Sound Information:	Dolby Digital 2.0
Disc Format(s):	DVD-5, DVD
Region Code:	All Region What is it?
Rating:	III
Duration:	84 (mins)
Publisher:	Joy Sales (HK)
Package Weight:	120 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1021156183

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Director : Wong Che Keung
Producer : Tsui Hark

Four friends fight together during the 1935 civil war in China. They go separate ways afterwards. Two years later, Ding becomes a member of the Shanghai Police Force and is assigned to clean up the drug trafficking. Then he invites the others to join the assignment. A series of capture and slaughter begins......

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Kevin Kennedy
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November 14, 2011

More bullets than story Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10

Many movies these days are far too long. Who needs to see a 140 minute movie when the same story could have been told much more grippingly in 100 minutes? "Gunmen" has the opposite problem; its 82 minute running length isn't nearly long enough for its dense story. Hence, its tale of heroic bloodshed is told in staccato bursts punctuated by extended sequences of ultra-violence, leaving little time for plot or character development.

In short (short seems appropriate), "Gunmen" tells of a group of buddies (Tony Leung Ka Fai, Waise Lee, Mark Cheng, and the miscast David Wu Dai Wai) who serve together during the early days of China's civil war between the Nationalists and Communists. After being brutalized by their captor, the buddies are released back into civilian life. Tony Leung becomes an honest Shanghai cop in a hopelessly corrupt police force, while his buddies become rickshaw pullers, then, after mistakenly beating up Leung, they also join the force. Their evil former captor (Adam Cheng) becomes an evil opium-smuggling gangland boss. Obviously, the stage is set for a renewal of their civil war conflict, this time played out on the mean streets of Shanghai.

Leung Ka Fai is a bit inconsistent here; he definitely makes a good righteous cop, but badly overplays a drunk scene. Adam Cheng effectively exudes nastiness. Elizabeth Lee practically steals the show as an impoverished woman forced into prostitution who turns to Leung for love and hope. Elvis Tsui has a nice turn as a police captain tasked with cleaning up the force.

Of course, no one watches "Gunmen" for its thespian brilliance; one watches it for its brutal bullet ballet. And the violence is darn impressive, culminating in surely one of the most audacious climaxes I've seen. Definitely worth a look.