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Exiled certainly is entertaining, but I do find it mediocre compared to some of To's other movies. The style is there, it does however run a bit low on heart. The camaraderie between the characters just feels forced. I also lost track of what was going on at times. This definitely isn't To's strongest movie from a narrative standpoint.
Sep 6, 2007 · The opening scene in "Exiled" lacks only a score by Ennio Morricone to be a spaghetti Western. A fistful of knuckles raps on a door. No answer. Again. Again. The door opens. The man knocking asks for "Mr. Wo." A woman replies, "Not here. Wrong house." The routine is repeated again, for this is indeed the house of Mr. Wo (Nick Cheung), and the woman is Jin, his wife (Josie Ho).
Exiled. A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him. 117 IMDb 7.2 1 h 49 min 2007. X-Ray 16+.
Aug 31, 2007 · The time is 1998. The setting is Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. For the jaded hit men, they wonder where this journey will end. Against this background of fin-de-siècle malaise come two hit men from Hong Kong sent to take out a renegade member trying to turn over a new leaf with his ...
In 1998 Macau, former mobster Wo lives quietly with his wife and newborn child in a nondescript apartment, having turned over a new leaf. But vengeful mob boss Fay -- who Wo once tried to assassinate -- has dispatched a pair of aging hitmen to cut that peaceful existence short. Once arrived, killers Blaze and Fat find a second pair of hitmen ...
The performance by the mother character in the film is outstanding and sets up a perfect conclusion. The unexpected twist at the end left me unsure of the outcome until the final scene. In conclusion, Exiled is a unique and worthwhile addition to the action genre. I would give it a 7.5-8/10 and strongly recommend it.
Well, it does in a Johnnie To movie, anyway. Exiled recalls the homoerotic gangster brotherhood of A Hero Never Dies, which featured Leon Lai and Lau Ching-Wan as dueling hitmen who drink together with the knowledge that the following day they'll be aiming for each other's heads with semi-automatic weapons. Both guys had girlfriends, but it was ...
