Guy THE BIG BULLET is old school HK action -- right down to limbs getting blown off and a subplot featuring the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China. The hero is (surprise, surprise) an angry cop who gets busted to a unit used as a dumping ground after socking his boss when a hostage rescue goes bad. There he teams up with a bunch of stock characters (the old guy, the nerdy gun-nut, the computer- hacking chick and the stickler- for-rules whose brother is a Triad) in order to take down a bunch of armed robbers - who you can tell are total villains because they wear sunglasses indoors and one of them has an enormous mullet - who want to rob Interpol. It's all dumb fun with lots of HK style, from the cringeworthy dialogue and awful white (non) actors to the HEAT-influenced gunfights and dynamic camera-work, that clocks in at a pacey 90 minutes.

bettylewben Lau Ching-wan plays a detective demoted to being a street cop. He's put on a team with some strong characters, including one (Jordan Chan) who's determined to play by the book. Of course there is a big case and Lau is the only one able to figure it out. Clichés and stereotypes abound in the plot but the actors performances make these moments pass by smoothly. Notable are the performances of Rong Guang Yun and Anthony Wong as the villains. If a movie has Anthony Wong or Lau Ching-wan in it, you can be guaranteed good performances. **Spoiler Alert** The DVD transfer of the movie is in very poor quality so it was difficult to see the action on the cargo plane. **End spoiler**

SiuWing When you hear of dealing with international criminals, you may think of great detectives or whatever high competent police units. This film, therefore, can give you surprise that the emergency police unit, which is actually in relatively low level, was the main team to cope with the great organized criminals by some reasons.I found it is not only a great and brilliant action movie, but also a good drama. The team, consisted of several policemen and one policewoman who have different characteristics, showed many precious human relationships. There are brotherhood, conflict, collaborating as well as compromising. I love this film because I was touched by their team working spirit. I felt as if I were one of them.Moreover, I appreciate Benny Chan who was a director of this film so much. He has his own style to create action scenes, they are poetic instead of too violent. I especially love the shooting scene in Central(where is the most crowded place in Hong Kong), just see it and you'll know how intense the shooting was. If you've already watched all John Woo's films and hence you're hunger for seeing somthing great and stylish action scenes, Benny Chan can satisfy your needs.Besides the actors in the emergency unit, I was excited by the performance of Francis Ng. He did a short part of the film since he was killed in a busy road in Central at the quite beginning. I was impressed the way he presented his character.In short, good plot, good director and brilliant actors as well as great action scenes (though it still have rooms for improvement if there is higher budget ) you'll find in this film. I rate it 10 out of 10! Make Benny Chan's film as your first choice!

Rea-4 One of the two Best Films of the year. A well filmed, well written, well put together film with an outstanding cast. Lau Ching Wan and his friends (Dayo Wong Chi Wa, Anthony Wong Chau Sun, Francis Ng Chun Yu, Jordan Chan Siu Chun, Cheung Man Tat) had great chemistry before the film and their friendship shows in their performances. Theresa Lee plays her comedic role well (Though much like a female version of Michael Wong, her gag seems to be the foreign born Chinese surrounded by native HKers.), and I found myself cheering for innovative explosive scenes, something I haven't done since 1. the fan boys took over alt.asian-movies and 2. John woo's Hardboiled. Sure the ending was expected, but I feel better cheering for cops than a bunch of young gang members. Highly enjoyable.