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Review Fatal Contact a.k.a. Hak kuen (2006): Wu Jing shines! Too bad that director Dennis Law suffers from delusions of grandeur.

genre: martial arts, action, drama






This is a martial arts film with a story that for the most part isn't compelling. Only the ending is a bit crude and brutal and come to think of it completely ridiculous. 

I think the director wanted to add some drama to make this film more interesting. What the director seems to have forgotten that he doesn't need the drama, because he has Jacky Wu / Wu Jing (known from Tai Chi Boxer). When he does his thing, you are in for a treat. The man has some skill, and he shows it whenever he can. The martial arts in this film is great and that alone is the reason to watch this film. The pace however is a bit slow. This due to the story. If they really wanted to make a interesting story, they should have used "The Captain" more, since he was a great character. Instead, we are confronted with some abstract, fatalistic love story that does not make any sense. Who is to blame for that? Dennis Law , ladies and gentlemen. If you want more proof of his incompetence, then go watch Fatal Move, which was meant as a sequel to S.P.L. with Donnie Yen. Director Dennis Law is an example of a filmmaker who really shouldn't be in the business, since he lacks vision and creativity. He basically copies and pastes stories and themes and combines them without adding something fresh or original, and then thinks he is finished. Most of the time he is lucky that he is surrounded by competent people who more than once improve the film considerably. But it does beg the question of why talented people like Sammo Hung, Simon Yam and Wu Jing would be involved with his productions at all.

In any case try to ignore the story and focus on the action. It's hard hitting and exhilarating. 




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