San taam 2007

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: If the insanely inventive and entertaining Mad Detective weren't so weird -- and in Cantonese -- hordes of action geeks would be lining the block to see it. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: Fleeting confusion and bizarre literalization aside, Mad Detective is an effective mystery story, with an oddball hero -- like TV's Monk, but far crazier -- and some moments of visceral violence that raise the stakes. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: A stylishly funky Hong Kong thriller from cult director Johnnie To and co-writer/codirector Wai Ka Fai. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Mad Detective doesn't always make sense, and you cannot always tell what is real and what is imaginary, but viewers will be having too much zonked-out fun to care. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: Every moment in Mad Detective seems engineered for maximum oddity; it almost becomes overwhelming...Yet the movie feels adventuresome, too, a new bridge to Asiaa(TM)s soulful ghost canon. Ita(TM)s a metaphysical mystery masquerading as a doodle. Read more

Derek Elley, Variety: Direction lacks the strong hand of To's solo efforts, and pic shows some signs of rush, with abrupt transitions and lack of flow in the editing. Read more

Jim Ridley, Village Voice: Even if you lose track of who's shooting whom and why during the abstract climactic face-off, the clever last shot shows you're not alone. Read more