![]() ![]() ![]() The final 20 minutes becomes a “ Heat on crack” action bonanza. And that is the best way to describe Firestorm, which is a pretty cool title by the way. Hell, three great scenes do not make a great movie. Then after you see it, rewind the damn thing and watch it again.īut a great scene does not make a great movie. Believe you me I am NOT doing the sequence any justice. Let me talk about that action sequence which involves an exploding building, two men fighting in the air, but before that, cop and criminal exchange blows on a gate barely supported. And just for the record, I still believe IA was a better flick than The Departed. But before you can say “Al Pacino in Heat,” the filmmakers sprinkle in some Infernal Affairs to spice things up. So Andy plays an obsessed cop on the trail of some pretty suave bank robbers. There is an action scene that arrives at the 30-minute mark that almost saves the entire movie. This was the one that would take the recent sour taste of Blind Detective and Special ID out of my mouth. Andy “ Infernal Affairs” Lau in a rock ’em, sock ’em thriller. Cast: Andy Lau, Yao Chen, Gordon Lam, Hu Jun, Ray Lui, Kenny Wong Tak Bun, Michael Tong, Terence Yin ![]()
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