Stars: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Shawn Yue, Xiaodong Guo, Barbie Hsu, Josie Ho | Written by Joey O’Bryan, Kam-Yuen Szeto | Directed by Pou-Soi Cheang
I don’t know what it is about cars in movies but they can be very entertaining. Be it The Fast and The Furious in its various forms, Driver or even The Italian Job the non-stop action of high-speed racing and chases has always been popular. Motorway (aka Che Sau) is a film that taps into this popularity and comfortably sites between Fast and Furious and Driver as a understatedly cool “cops and robbers” film that brings some brains to the car chase sub-genre.
When an overconfident rookie is confronted by a getaway driver who appears to be able to do impossible turns through the use of a unique drifting technique he seems to have found his match. Taking him under his wing his veteran partner teaches...
I don’t know what it is about cars in movies but they can be very entertaining. Be it The Fast and The Furious in its various forms, Driver or even The Italian Job the non-stop action of high-speed racing and chases has always been popular. Motorway (aka Che Sau) is a film that taps into this popularity and comfortably sites between Fast and Furious and Driver as a understatedly cool “cops and robbers” film that brings some brains to the car chase sub-genre.
When an overconfident rookie is confronted by a getaway driver who appears to be able to do impossible turns through the use of a unique drifting technique he seems to have found his match. Taking him under his wing his veteran partner teaches...
- 3/7/2014
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
The Fast, the Furious and the Motorway
You know the “first scene” formula: if it’s an action movie, make them jump out of their seats in the first scene; if it’s a comedy, make them laugh their asses off in the first scene; and if it’s a drama, then you have to stun them in the first scene. The problem is if your first scene is a lackluster one then you’ve just set the bar for your film pretty low. In “Motorway”, you will be treated to a car chase ( of sorts ) as the opening credits roll by. The cops are undercover, patrolling in a slick Audi A4 2.5, and hot on the heels of our villain, Jiang ( Xiaodong Guo ), in his pimped out BMW Z4. Even though the cars look “real” ( as in going as fast as they are pretending to be ), you’ll get an...
You know the “first scene” formula: if it’s an action movie, make them jump out of their seats in the first scene; if it’s a comedy, make them laugh their asses off in the first scene; and if it’s a drama, then you have to stun them in the first scene. The problem is if your first scene is a lackluster one then you’ve just set the bar for your film pretty low. In “Motorway”, you will be treated to a car chase ( of sorts ) as the opening credits roll by. The cops are undercover, patrolling in a slick Audi A4 2.5, and hot on the heels of our villain, Jiang ( Xiaodong Guo ), in his pimped out BMW Z4. Even though the cars look “real” ( as in going as fast as they are pretending to be ), you’ll get an...
- 10/8/2012
- by The0racle
- AsianMoviePulse
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