Genre: Crime, Drama
Starring:
Nicholas Tse Ting Fung
Zhang Jing Chu
Nick Cheung Ka Fai
Sherman Chung Shu Man
Liu Kai Chi
Patrick Keung Hiu Man
Derek Kwok Jing Hung
Miao Pu
Release year: 2008
Language: Chinese - Cantonese
Subtitle: English
SYNOPSIS:
A traffic accident changed their lives forever. In capturing wanted criminal Cheung Yat Tung, Sergeant Tong Fei was involved in a gunfight and car accident that put the criminal in a coma. But in the process he also crippled an fellow officer, and mistakenly shot dead the elder daughter of public prosecutor and single mother Ann Ko. Unable to handle the guilt, Tong Fei succumbs to a fog of pain. Ann Ko, meanwhile, pours all her love and attention to her younger daughter Ling.
Three months later, the criminal Cheung Yat Tung awakens from his coma. Ann Ko, who had been working hard on bringing him to justice, insists he stand trial immediately. Professional killer Hung King completes his assignment of kidnapping Ann Ko's daughter Ling. Tong Fei attempts to cut him off, but fails to stop Hung King or to rescue the girl. Soon, Ann Ko gets a phone call, telling her that if she wants to see Ling again, she will drop all charges against Cheung Yat Tung. And if she goes to the police, they will kill Ling.
Tong Fei swears that he will rescue Ling, seeking to redeem himself from his past mistake. With assistance from a former colleague fondly known as Master Sun, Tong Fei gradually comes closer to locating Hung King's hideout, but the most important clue is the information in Ann Ko's cell phone. However, Ann Ko hates him so much that she refuses to let him have anything to do with the case. Tong Fei has no choice but to beg for help from former co-workers with whom he did not get along.
Ann Ko is backed into a corner, but she is determined to refuse help from Tong Fei. In a misguided attempt to save Ling's life, Ann Ko steals the case files.
RATING: 9.25/10
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REVIEW:
"The Beast Stalker is a standard genre picture, with a plot that's been seen before and characters that are only extensions of basic types. However, writers Dante Lam and Jack Ng manage to sneak in some decent character moments, making each of their characters more deeply felt. Tong's relentless do-gooder attitude makes him an effective cop, but he's humbled by the physical and emotional damage left in his wake. Hung is an efficient and ruthless criminal who's motivated by his love for his invalid wife (Miao Pu, whose Cantonese voice is dubbed by Nick Cheung's wife, Esther Kwan), but he also develops a sliver of affection for his young hostage Ling, a detail that sounds pandering but is actually handled quite effectively. Of the three main characters, Ann Gao probably is the least developed, though Zhang Jingchu inhabits the role well. Even the minor characters, including Liu Kai Chi's cop and Miao Pu's ailing wife, are given small moments that make them stand out. There's a decently-developed and felt humanity to this gritty cops-and-kidnappers thriller.
Director and co-writer Dante Lam doesn't even come close to matching his best genre work (that would be 1998's Beast Cops), but his execution here is worth nothing. The Beast Stalkers has a suitably gritty feel, with the handheld camera and overexposed lighting helping to create the film's grainy, wannabe realistic look. The action sequences employ bombastic music cues and an abundance of audience polarizing shaky-cam, but they're kinetic and tense, and the actors throw themselves into them with an appreciable physicality. Tung Wai's action choreography delivers solid impact, and Bruce Law's car chases are also exciting. Where the film surprises is in its ability to play with standard audience expectation. Any educated audience knows that certain things should or should not happen during the course of a commercial film, but The Beast Stalker effectively creates the illusion that those expectations may actually be subverted. There's tension and even fear in how Lam assembles his elements, and even when the film resorts to cliché (e.g., when knocked down, the bad guy always gets up), he creates the emotional tension required to keep the audience involved.
The actors help, though there are a few debits. Nicholas Tse has aged well, his youthful righteousness maturing into a more explosive adult anger. There are moments where he seemingly does go too far; at one key moment, he gets so weepy that he seems to be channeling Aaron Kwok's performance in Divergence. However, his acting isn't showy, and still works due to its lack of self-consciousness. Basically, Tse overacts, but he does so convincingly. Nick Cheung shows once again that he may be better when playing darker characters, giving his villain role suitable menace and also multiple levels that make his character plausible enough to be sympathetic. "
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