2006 · crime · action
Exiled (2006)
Directed by Johnnie To1h 48m2006
A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
Our read: Exiled (2006) (2006) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · action entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme crime / action, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
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How Exiled feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want Johnnie To's elegiac hitman brotherhood saga with operatic Macau gunplay.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if triad bloodshed, Cantonese subtitles, or a fatal last stand feel too heavy.
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