*SPOILERS*
Once a Thief (1991) is a true disappointment for me. I don't get the hype, this slapstick humor in this film and I don't get what is so good about this film?! I have a lot of problems with this comedy. I have never saw Yun Fat-Chow acting so awful in any movie. This movie is way overrated, the pacing is very slow and boring, the dialogue is dull and the ending is a mess. I mean how can people praise this film? Am I the only one who doesn't like it? Nice cover and nice tagline "They only stop to reload. " What reload? I haven't seen anything been reload in this stinker movie. The plot is confusing to me. 6.8 on IMDb Is way overrated, Hard Target, Broken Arrow and Paycheck get's thumbs down but this one get's thumbs up? low! This film isn't for me, I rather watch Hard Boiled and The Killer. I would rather watch Jackie Chan's Armor of God (1986) is way much better movie than this stupid film. What was John Woo thinking while trying to write a stupid action comedy, with less action, less shot outs and wow Chow Yun-Fat embarrassed him self on here. The music is awful is like more French than Chinese. The ending was awful, why did they have to show those three been parents to three kids was stupid! Chow Yun-Fat turned out a clown Jesus.
Like I said I would rather watch Jackie Chan's Armor of God (1986), Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) and Wheels on Meals (1984) which are far way better action comedy's than this stinker is. Well anyway the movie starts slow, I don't get who are those three people except they are professional art thieves: Are they lovers? or they are brothers and sisters because I thought they were all relatives brothers and sisters or they are just childhood friends? Trough half of movie Chow Yun-Fat is suddenly on a wheelchair and doesn't do anything trough whole movie. By the end of the film he jumps off the wheelchairs and starts kicking his father's face: honestly? that wasn't Chow Yun-Fat that was his stunt double, John Woo did not make a slow motion so that everyone wouldn't see Chow Yun-Fat's stunt double. Jesus this movie was horrible. What is Cherie Chung doing in this movie? What is her story? Trough whole movie she doesn't do anything, I honestly haven't saw her as an art thief, but I saw her as a fake lover mistress to those two guys Chow Yun-fat and Leslie Cheung. She had no action scene in this movie nothing, she did nothing.
I did like some few things in this movie that were really good, I like the action scenes on the opening scene when Chow Yun-Fat is robbing the truck and Leslie Cheung is under the track that was great scene. Leslie Cheung droves under the truck his motorcycle and he slides him self under truck, that was great scene and really dangerous stunt work. The scenes with flying destroying the car were great and it was really stunts used, the shootouts with Leslie Cheung where really entertaining and I like the explosion. I liked Kong Chu playing those trio adopted policeman father, Kong Chu also played Chow Yun-Fat's friend Fung Sei in The Killer (1989) which the actor right after The Killer when and made this movie with John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat. The last shout outs where also entertaining but that was all. Leslie Cheung saved a young boy a kid from shooting and he saved his life that was way decent from the character to do, I liked that.
This movie isn't for me, I rather watch Hard Target, Broken Arrow, Hard Boiled, Paycheck and The Killer those are my favorite John Woo movies. John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat favorite movies are Hard Boiled and The Killer which are far, far way better movies than this one, even acting is way better in The Killer than in here. I am giving this movie a 3 nothing more I don't get the hype for this film. I am very disappointed with the comedy and slapstick humor in here I wasn't excepting this from John Woo.
Once a Thief (Chinese: 縱橫四海; pinyin: Zong heng si hai; Literal Title: Criss-Cross Over Four Seas) is a 1991 Hong Kong crime film written and directed by John Woo,
3/10 Grade: E- Studio: Golden Princess Film Production Limited, Milestone Pictures Starring: Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Kenneth Tsang, Kong Chu Director: John Woo Producers: Terence Chang, Linda Kuk Screenplay: John Woo, Janet Chun, Clifton Ko Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hr. 48 Mins.
Once a Thief (1991) is a true disappointment for me. I don't get the hype, this slapstick humor in this film and I don't get what is so good about this film?! I have a lot of problems with this comedy. I have never saw Yun Fat-Chow acting so awful in any movie. This movie is way overrated, the pacing is very slow and boring, the dialogue is dull and the ending is a mess. I mean how can people praise this film? Am I the only one who doesn't like it? Nice cover and nice tagline "They only stop to reload. " What reload? I haven't seen anything been reload in this stinker movie. The plot is confusing to me. 6.8 on IMDb Is way overrated, Hard Target, Broken Arrow and Paycheck get's thumbs down but this one get's thumbs up? low! This film isn't for me, I rather watch Hard Boiled and The Killer. I would rather watch Jackie Chan's Armor of God (1986) is way much better movie than this stupid film. What was John Woo thinking while trying to write a stupid action comedy, with less action, less shot outs and wow Chow Yun-Fat embarrassed him self on here. The music is awful is like more French than Chinese. The ending was awful, why did they have to show those three been parents to three kids was stupid! Chow Yun-Fat turned out a clown Jesus.
Like I said I would rather watch Jackie Chan's Armor of God (1986), Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) and Wheels on Meals (1984) which are far way better action comedy's than this stinker is. Well anyway the movie starts slow, I don't get who are those three people except they are professional art thieves: Are they lovers? or they are brothers and sisters because I thought they were all relatives brothers and sisters or they are just childhood friends? Trough half of movie Chow Yun-Fat is suddenly on a wheelchair and doesn't do anything trough whole movie. By the end of the film he jumps off the wheelchairs and starts kicking his father's face: honestly? that wasn't Chow Yun-Fat that was his stunt double, John Woo did not make a slow motion so that everyone wouldn't see Chow Yun-Fat's stunt double. Jesus this movie was horrible. What is Cherie Chung doing in this movie? What is her story? Trough whole movie she doesn't do anything, I honestly haven't saw her as an art thief, but I saw her as a fake lover mistress to those two guys Chow Yun-fat and Leslie Cheung. She had no action scene in this movie nothing, she did nothing.
I did like some few things in this movie that were really good, I like the action scenes on the opening scene when Chow Yun-Fat is robbing the truck and Leslie Cheung is under the track that was great scene. Leslie Cheung droves under the truck his motorcycle and he slides him self under truck, that was great scene and really dangerous stunt work. The scenes with flying destroying the car were great and it was really stunts used, the shootouts with Leslie Cheung where really entertaining and I like the explosion. I liked Kong Chu playing those trio adopted policeman father, Kong Chu also played Chow Yun-Fat's friend Fung Sei in The Killer (1989) which the actor right after The Killer when and made this movie with John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat. The last shout outs where also entertaining but that was all. Leslie Cheung saved a young boy a kid from shooting and he saved his life that was way decent from the character to do, I liked that.
This movie isn't for me, I rather watch Hard Target, Broken Arrow, Hard Boiled, Paycheck and The Killer those are my favorite John Woo movies. John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat favorite movies are Hard Boiled and The Killer which are far, far way better movies than this one, even acting is way better in The Killer than in here. I am giving this movie a 3 nothing more I don't get the hype for this film. I am very disappointed with the comedy and slapstick humor in here I wasn't excepting this from John Woo.
Once a Thief (Chinese: 縱橫四海; pinyin: Zong heng si hai; Literal Title: Criss-Cross Over Four Seas) is a 1991 Hong Kong crime film written and directed by John Woo,
3/10 Grade: E- Studio: Golden Princess Film Production Limited, Milestone Pictures Starring: Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Kenneth Tsang, Kong Chu Director: John Woo Producers: Terence Chang, Linda Kuk Screenplay: John Woo, Janet Chun, Clifton Ko Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hr. 48 Mins.