Fuk sau 2009

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: Both newcomers to Mr. To and longtime admirers should be prepared for a master class in directing. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: You need to be one helluva director to pull off using kids' stickers as a climactic plot point; this auteur makes it look like child's play. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Few directors make ac tion movies with the pizazz of Hong Kong's Johnnie To... Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A formula thriller done as an elegant genre exercise. Read more

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: To's smooth, balletic style, noirish lighting schemes and compositions are made for the big screen... Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: If indeed there is anything surprising about this cliche-packed genre fare, it's the degree to which To and his screenwriter Wai Ka-Fai are prepared to indulge their flair for the ludicrous. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: Johnnie To and Johnny Hallyday have a bloody good time in "Vengeance," a smoothly executed revenge thriller that finds one of Hong Kong's genre masters in assured action-movie form. Read more

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: More than once does To's grandiose imagism miraculously grant this rote thriller a gleam of the sublime. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Vengeance tempers tough-guy sentimentality with schoolyard existentialism. Read more