Chow Yun Fat Double Bill
So, i recently watched 2 classic Chow Yun Fat movies. They don’t make movies like they used to.
City on Fire (1987) 6/10
Long before Infernal Affairs, Chow Yun Fat played the conflicted undercover agent with his charismatic comedic wit. Although the film feels dated and the plotline is fairly predictable, with cartoonish villians, it is still a guilty pleasure. Notable for the “brotherhood” bond between good guy Chow Yun Fat and bad guy Danny Lee, which would be reversed in The Killer, where Danny Lee plays the good cop trying to capture Chow Yun Fat the assasin.
The Killer (1989) 7/10
Chow Yun Fat as the assassin with the kind heart, Danny Lee as the good guy catching the bad guy and Sally Yeh as token female flower vase? All these and more, replete with gratuitous shots of white pigeons that has been the trademark of John Woo. Its predictable and a tad tacky, but the bromantic film is classic 80s HK and a whole lot of fun. This was back when John Woo was actually a good director.
