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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisBoth newcomers to Mr. To and longtime admirers should be prepared for a master class in directing.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA formula thriller done as an elegant genre exercise. Johnny Hallyday was brought in by To as a last-minute sub for Alain Delon, and could have been the first choice: He is tall, weathered, grim and taciturn.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleTo's smooth, balletic style, noirish lighting schemes and compositions are made for the big screen, and because his work is (sadly) not distributed well in the United States, take this opportunity to see it in a theater.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoFew directors make action movies with the pizazz of Hong Kong's Johnnie To, although his films rarely get runs in New York. That's all the more reason to see his Vengeance.
- 50Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonMore than once does To's grandiose imagism miraculously grant this rote thriller a gleam of the sublime, as in a trash-dump face-off staged as an epic field maneuver, or a campground shoot-out timed to the fickle light of the moon.