Fulltime Killer 2001

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: So what is the point? Lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland, basically. Read more

Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: This picture is murder by numbers, and as easy to be bored by as your ABC's, despite a few whopping shootouts. Read more

Ted Shen, Chicago Reader: Full of visual and verbal references to action and noir favorites, but burdened by a knotty story line and existential dialogue about fateful coincidences, it has trouble locating its own emotional core. Read more

Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times: There's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references, but the fun wears thin -- then out -- when there's nothing else happening. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The tale of Tok (Andy Lau), a sleek sociopath on the trail of O (Takashi Sorimachi), the most legendary of Asian hitmen, is too scattershot to take hold. Read more

Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News: Manages to be original, even though it rips off many of its ideas. Read more

Henry Sheehan, L.A. Weekly: For those who like their Hong Kong movies to come at them straight from the shoulder ... Fulltime Killer fulfills all the conventions of raw Cantonese gun opera. Read more

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Dennis Lim, Village Voice: There's plenty to enjoy -- in no small part thanks to Lau. Read more