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- Mike Logan, a New York police detective, was working in Manhattan. He was sent to Staten Island following an incident in which he publicly assaulted someone he thought got away with something illegal. While on his way to work, he comes across a body floating in the river. He decides to assert jurisdiction, which doesn't make his boss happy.
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Roger Ebert September 06, 2007. Tweet. Wo (Nick Cheung) tries to fend off assassins in Johnnie To s action film Exiled. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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.
Two of the gangsters, Blaze (Anthony Wong) and Fat (Lam Suet), are out to kill the new occupant Wo (Nick Cheung) - an exiled former hitman who has had a contract on his head ever since he tried, unsuccessfully, to take out the man at the top of the tree, Boss Fay (Simon Yam).
Plot. In 1998 Macau, former mobster Wo ( Nick Cheung) lives quietly with his wife, Jin ( Josie Ho ), and his newborn child in a nondescript apartment, having turned over a new leaf. But vengeful mob boss Fay ( Simon Yam )—whom Wo once tried to assassinate—has dispatched a pair of ageing hitmen to cut that peaceful existence short.
- Dave Klotz, Guy Zerafa
- Johnnie To
- Johnnie To
Aug 31, 2007 · “Exiled” portrays the gunmen as masterless knights who are fated to be crushed by power, and it emphasizes the sheer, what-the-hell randomness of their existence. Several key decisions —...
- Matt Zoller Seitz
- Johnnie To
Mar 28, 2024 · Synopsis: Three years after punching a corrupt politician and being demoted to investigating domestic dispute claims in Staten Island, Det. Mike Logan is present when a murdered prostitute's body is found and he is eventually given an opportunity to help find her killer.
‘Exiled’ is a striped down action film and gangster drama, where style and mounting tension are just as important as the complexities and inevitable fates of those who kill for a living. There is not a scene, glance or camera movement wasted as To intricately crafts a tightly wound plot that bursts with frequent bouts of gun blazing action.
Summary. 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...
