This is simply a great flick. It's one of the Hong Kong action films that is more popular here than in Southeast Asia, quite possibly because it undercuts all expectations, especially with the screen image of Chow Yun Fat. Chow doesn't play his usual suave or debonair type of character. In this film, he plays Jeff, a bouncer at a nightclub recruited into a heist by a friend. During the heist there is a doublecross, and Jeff is left for dead. To a soundtrack of late 80s heavy metal, he recuperates and seeks vengeance. It sounds simple enough, but the style and acting carry it far above its story. Chow Yun Fat is relentlessly cool in this film, playing a guy who will not be stopped at any cost. Anthony Wong is great, as usual, playing Chow's cowardly friend. But the movie really belongs to Simon Yam, who plays Judge, a doublecrossing, psychopathic, homosexual mob boss. He's also quite handy with a knife, as several scenes show. This is one of the most entertaining films I have ever seen - a pure rush of energy, and an action film executed by a genius of the genre.
Review of Full Contact
