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Old 2010-10-01, 17:59   Link #283
GreatTeacherKen
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Pom Pom and Hot Hot (yes that's really the English title of this movie though like a lot of Hong Kong movie titles it's not a direct translation of the Chinese title)

An okay 1992 buddy movie. My main issue with the movie is the pacing. It meanders a lot with scenes and subplots that are irrelevant to the plot and don't add anything interesting like the romance between the hero and the Mainland immigrant Cha Shi. For a short 1 hour 30 minute movie, it feels longer than it actually is at times.

On the other hand, it has some of the craziest and most awesome shootouts of any movie I've ever seen especially the climactic gunfight where the


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reaches astronomical levels.

Most of it involves the police chief Shooter Yin who is different from almost any other police chief character in a cop movie in that he's actually more badass than the main heroes and comes very close to completely stealing the heroes' thunder.

If you aren't insistent on realistic gun handling (this movie runs on rule of cool) you'll be in for a treat.

And here's a clip from one of the crazy shootouts:

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