All the way from the beginning of the film up to the point of the taking over of power from the 2 brass cops were fairly well done. Then the movie tries to get smart. Too smart.
*spoilers ahead*
The story is about an incident that triggers an internal power struggle between the .. shall we say... brains and bronze side of the HK police force. So that's setup, very fast pace, so fast that in the opening credit they distinctively shows you an org chart dividing left and right to make sure you see the split.
Then the story twists into who is the behind it all and the resolution. But there are so many holes to this story it isn't funny. And the open ending asks for an sequel is pitiful.
Holes: - the commish can't be reach in such an emergency? really? - how did the plotter know Aaron will override the case? - if they want to kill Aaron on the highway why bother with the plot? - if they have the guts to kill head of Treasury with car bomb, why not kill Aaron in the process as well? - why did Albert (a top brass himself) goes up with 1 hand gun, to the roof when there's a SDU gun fight with explosive ? - if Aaron don't want to blow this up, why all the cops near the end to capture the son?
Man, the rooftop explosive sequence is sooooooooooooo unnecessary and badly filmed and choreography that it took me right out of the movie.
It is more logical Albert is the devil behind the scene. Save him for the sequel for a second attack or revisit the
Sigh. Maybe 2 more draft of the script.
*spoilers ahead*
The story is about an incident that triggers an internal power struggle between the .. shall we say... brains and bronze side of the HK police force. So that's setup, very fast pace, so fast that in the opening credit they distinctively shows you an org chart dividing left and right to make sure you see the split.
Then the story twists into who is the behind it all and the resolution. But there are so many holes to this story it isn't funny. And the open ending asks for an sequel is pitiful.
Holes: - the commish can't be reach in such an emergency? really? - how did the plotter know Aaron will override the case? - if they want to kill Aaron on the highway why bother with the plot? - if they have the guts to kill head of Treasury with car bomb, why not kill Aaron in the process as well? - why did Albert (a top brass himself) goes up with 1 hand gun, to the roof when there's a SDU gun fight with explosive ? - if Aaron don't want to blow this up, why all the cops near the end to capture the son?
Man, the rooftop explosive sequence is sooooooooooooo unnecessary and badly filmed and choreography that it took me right out of the movie.
It is more logical Albert is the devil behind the scene. Save him for the sequel for a second attack or revisit the
Sigh. Maybe 2 more draft of the script.