His temper is as quick as his reflexes, and he doesn’t tolerate bull from the top brass, which resulted in rather muted (or negligible) action for about three quarters of the movie because his behavior is reined in by order. Without a doubt, Ma Jun as a character overshadows them all with his motivations and drive. A simple romance tale is worked into for Wilson with Fan Bing Bing as love interest Julie, but as expected, action movies seldom have much time devoted for love scenes. Writer Szeto Kam Yuen (SPL, Exiled, Dog Eat Dog) weaves in yet another undercover story into Flashpoint, with Louis Koo’s Wilson as the mole within a gang of Vietnamese brothers Ja Ge (Ray Lui, in an over the top impersonation of Tony Leung’s Big D in Johnny To’s Election), Tony (Collin Chou) and Tiger (Xing Yu). Collin Chou (Seraph from the Matrix movies) stars as one of the chief baddies, and watching the two awesome gladiators duke it out is nothing short of edge of your seat material – you’ll feel their pain!īut as I mentioned, you’ll have to be patient during the story’s buildup. Flashpoint boasts some incredible action sequences with explosive hard hitting fight combinations, and the sole complaint I have is I can’t get enough of it! What more, as learnt from SPL having real martial arts exponents like Sammo Hung and Wu Jing fighting opposite himself, it made the sequences look more authentic, and the pace at which they can go at each other much more frantic. Having teamed with Wilson Yip in earlier action productions like SPL and Dragon Tiger Gate, Donnie Yen returns as action choreographer for Flashpoint, and the cast adopts the fighting style called MMA – Mixed Martial Arts, which is something of a blend of various martial arts techniques, that audiences probably haven’t seen before stylistically in close combat scenes. But in the movie, much time is devoted to attempts in building characterization, until the story realizes it better give what the audiences are here for, to see Donnie Yen kick ass. I’ve caught the trailer at this year’s Hong Kong Filmart, and it was one that had action and more action, with nary a line of dialogue.
For action junkies, your patience is severely tested, but the wait is well worth every minute you’re put on hold. However, you’ve got to wait until the hour mark for all that.
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