Wong gok ka moon 1988

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: This sounds like a fairly standard debut. But Wong smothers the story with tremendous style. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Some of the editing has a giddy, overeager quality, the natural excess of a young prodigy, but when the action and the tempo align, the results are exhilarating: an early brawl in a pool hall fairly leaps off the screen. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: As Tears Go By doesn't measure up to Wong's later classics, such as In the Mood for Love (2000) and Chungking Express (1994), but it shows a master in the making. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: Long before Wong Kar-wai perfected his dreamy, ennui-infused aesthetic (or got hopelessly stuck in blueberry goo), he made a name for himself with this warhorse tale of small-time hoods on the road to ruin. Read more

Time Out: A cut above the usual HK action melodrama all the same. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Ostensibly a conventional tale of triad loyalty, As Tears Go By announced the presence of a genuine Hong Kong new wave -- as well as an ambitious cineaste. Read more