Genre: Crime, Drama
Starring: Shawn Yue, Sam Lee, Monie Tung, Ben Ng, Ken Tong
Release year: 2007
Language: Cantonese
Subtitle: English
SYNOPSIS:
Feng (Shawn Yue) is a former undercover cop whose post-assignment life has begun to rapidly disintegrate. Feng and former triad brother Fai (Sam Lee of Gen-X Cops) are caught using cocaine, and the ensuing melee leaves a police detective dead, with Fai fingered as the culprit. Fai must go on the run, but he no longer trusts Feng, who he believes may be leveraging their brotherhood for advancement in the police ranks. Feng has no desire to see Fai caught, and begins a desperate search for him, leading to a confrontation with his bloodthirsty former gang, as well as a reunion with club girl Sandy (Monie Tung of Whispers and Moans), his girlfriend while undercover. With the cops hot on the trail, Feng has to find Fai fast, or both of their lives will be forfeit. Meanwhile, the discovery of a months-old corpse may prove to have some connection to both Feng and Fai.
RATING: 7.5/10
REVIEW:
"...For the most part the proceedings are kept admirably gritty, and Chung wrings plenty of suspense out of Feng’s increasingly desperate attempts to stay one step ahead of his colleagues and the circling gangster-vultures. There is a constant air of mistrust, with most of the cast being engaged in one form of deception or another, and to an extent this forces the viewer to experience the growing paranoia of the protagonist. Needless to say, the film is all very macho, with plenty of brooding and regrets at brotherhood
turned sour, and with the sole female role predictably being that of a club girl / prostitute called Sandy (played by Monie Tung, recently in Herman Yau’s “Whispers and Moans”) who turns up only as another reminder of Feng’s past and to give the relationship between the male leads a not unexpected twist.
Undercover (2007) Movie ReviewThe film has a grainy look which gives it a gritty edge throughout, as does Chung’s oddly sinister use of colour and the discordant soundtrack. Although there is perhaps a little too much in the way of slow motion, the visuals are fairly impressive, with just about enough style to help distract from the lack of originality. Most importantly, Chung manages to keep things brief and brisk, and despite plenty of angst and shoe-gazing, with a running time of less than an hour and a half, the film never outstays its tenuous welcome. Although there isn’t really much action, there is an effective atmosphere of violence and a few moments of brutality, including an excruciating finger smashing scene (though this loses some of its impact when just a few minutes later the character seems strangely uninjured) and the usual assortment of beatings and stabbings.
To really make a mark in such an overcrowded field as this requires something special, and whilst “Undercover” doesn’t quite achieve this, it does manage to tick all the right boxes, and is on par with other similar recent releases such as Herman Yau’s “On the Edge”. Well directed and acted, the film benefits from a resolutely immoral and non-judgemental take on the subject matter which allows it to stand out from the crowd somewhat, enough so to make it entertaining viewing for fans of the form or anyone after a dark, edgy thriller. "
Source: BeyondHollywood
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