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Final film for tonight ...

Vengeance from Hong Kong action director Johnnie To is another of his explorations of the darker side of Hong Kong. After his daughter’s family are gunned down in their Macau apartment, French chef Francis Costello commits to avenge their deaths. To fulfill his promise he enlists the aid of three Chinese hitmen to hunt down and execute the men responsible, a journey that takes him through the darker side of Macau and onto the fragrant harbour of Hong Kong.

Whilst much of the dialogue is in English the (very cheap) German blu-ray is unfortunately not English friendly, the French and Mandarin dialogue having only German sub-titles.

Vengeance cements Johnnie To’s position as on of the most interesting of the current crop of Chinese (Hong Kong) action directors providing both the balletic gun play of masters like John Woo together with an interesting exploration of the relationships between men of violence and the codes of honour that they live by.

Recommended.