Genre: Crime, Action, Suspense
Starring: Tony Leung Ka Fai, Simon Yam, Kate Tsui
Release year: 2007
Language: Cantonese
Subtitle: English
SYNOPSIS:
Surveillance, translated as “eye in the sky” It means “to follow” and to “keep careful watch” as if you had “an eye in the sky”.
Team leader, Simon Yam (Wong Man Ching) and his men, including newcomer Kate Tsui (Ho Kai-bo), have a gang of jewelry shop robbers under close surveillance. Tony Leung (Chang Chong Shan), a seasoned criminal with the strong instinct of the hunted, escapes captures and sabotage police swoops umpteen times. It’s as if he too had an eye in the sky on his enemy’s movements.
But, the net is closing in and Chan is now under Wong’s surveillance. Chan, a master of concealment and Wong, an expert at camouflaging. A game of cat –and–mouse. Who can outsmart the enemy and gain final victory?
RATING: 8.5/10
REVIEW:
However, all the woes of Eye in the Sky were alleviated by the fine performance of the two Hong Kong veterans, Tony Leung and Simon Yam. Some of their cloak and dagger play against each other bear resemble of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino’s tension filled cat and mouse game in Michael Mann’s Heat. Once again, they prove that they could convince the audience easily that they are on the top of their expertise effortlessly and it’s definitely intriguing to watch how they try to outmatch each other.
Newcomer Kate Tsui’s performance on the other hand felt rather uneventful. Eye in the Sky marks her debut in movies and for most non Hong Kong residents, they might be wondering what her talents might be that helped her land such a meaty role among the veterans (fyi: She was a Miss Hong Kong back in 2004). Her appearance and on screen charisma felt that she was more suited to a supporting role, instead of a leading one but strategically placed, her weakness as a newbie is played to her advantage as her rawness both as an actress and character became effective in driving her “coming of age” story.
This feature also marks the directing debut of Johnny To’s writing partner Yau Nai Hoi. Perhaps it’s their partnership, the Johnny To’s trademark in films are evidently felt in this movie. If you are unaware of the fact that he didn’t direct this one, you might have assumed it was one of his films. As far as a first timer goes, to score a standard like this veteran, it’s pretty impressive and definitely one to watch out for.
If you enjoyed films like PTU (Police Tactical Unit, a Johnnie To film about the uniformed street walking cops) but preferred that it wasn’t overwhelming overdose with series of coincident events, Eye in the Sky will provide the right fix for a refreshing change to the tired cop genre film in Hong Kong while staying true to their subject.
Source: MovieXclusive
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