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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:57 pm
by Michael Kerpan
Rave review by Dave Kehr (on his wonderful blog).
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:36 am
by che-etienne
Just got back from seeing this. What a fabulous film. Dave Kehr is spot on in his review. Anthony Wong is also now one of my favorite HK actors (admittedly among the few that I know).
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:59 pm
by Lino
What a blast! Watched this the other day and I couldn't stop thinking:"This is the movie that Tarantino has been trying to make all through his career but just doesn't have the talents to pull it off!".
Great, great film and so effortless it's downright disarming. Check this one out now!
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 4:52 pm
by Michael Kerpan
It is supposedly "in the mail" -- along with "Host". I am expecting some real cinematic fun soon. ;~}
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:41 am
by fred
It's pure pleasure. One of To's best. I actually like this more than the Election films, which I think have been taken more seriously only because they announce themselves as "serious" films, while this one makes no bones about entertaining you. Which isn't to suggest that it's empty--it's not.
That's one hell of a double bill you have coming your way. Probably the two finest commercial film directors in the world today, at peak form.
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:43 pm
by Antoine Doinel
Magnolia has picked up the film for North American distribution. Here's the
trailer.
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:54 pm
by zombeaner
Antoine Doinel wrote:Magnolia has picked up the film for North American distribution. Here's the
trailer.
I saw it at AFI Dallas in March and it ran with a Magnolia logo in front, but no set release date. I have the HK DVD but would love to see it again! I thought it was awesome!
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:02 pm
by Michael Kerpan
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:35 pm
by mattkc
Finally,
someone writes intelligently and with understanding on To and
Exiled...
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:28 am
by Michael Kerpan
mattkc wrote:Finally,
someone writes intelligently and with understanding on To and
Exiled...
Fred Camper's review is indeed excellent.
I really do hope that this film does have at least a modestly successful run in the US.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:20 am
by Antoine Doinel
Saw this tonight and thought it was great. Some of the most elegant, yet over-the-top action sequences I've seen in ages. The film stumbles around a bit in the second act but the finale is a knockout, and has one of the most creative product placements you'll ever see.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:42 am
by a.khan
This film could have easily been called "A Homage to Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In The West." From the opening sequence right down the Harmonica character, "Exiled" seems to be not only Johnnie To's ode to the Italian master, but a tongue-in-check riff on the gangster genre, perhaps a parody of To's own serious "Election." I loved the carefully blocked set pieces, the John Woo-esque bullet ballet and the film's ability to cheerfully break some of the obvious thematic conventions. And it rarely lets up on the cruel undertone. But, "Exiled" is not impenetrable to moments of sentimentality -- especially the ending, complete with photo booth portraits of our 'heroes' making monkey faces. A suitable farewell? How sweeeeet.
