DVD: Exiled

From the director of some great action films and a great gangster film Election and Election II, Johnny To comes Exiled (Fong Juk). For me this movie does not disappoint.

Two men come to a house looking for a man named Wo(played by Nick Cheung), seconds later two more comes looking for him too. The problem is two are there to kill him while the other are there to protect him. Wo then purposes to the four, one last job what would help his wife and child up before his execution. So the group sets off to pull of the biggest heist they have ever done. Other actors in Exiled are Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Roy Cheung, Josie Ho, Suet Lam and Simon Yam as Boss Fay.

From the opening scenes of Exiled is tense to say the least, All Four show up and sit and wait for Wo to appear. Watching them wait for him you don't know who's here to do what? Who here to kill him and who's here to protect him? So you automatically think the for are going to start fighting guns blazing. Nothing happens. Wo now shows up and the two of the assassins, one from each group, follow him into his house where Wo's wife and child are staying. As the three of them are standing in a empty room, with the wife and child in the other room, each person puts only five bullets in their guns. Then all hell breaks loose.

That was just the beginning and from there the action does not stop, with more all out gun blazing all out war. The soundtrack is very well placed, I just loved the music during scenes where we knew the group was about to get into a gun fight and the music leads the audience into those scenes well. Not one actor stole the show away from anyone, everyone did their job well. While I am a big fan of Anthony Wong, I though he was good through this movie. No one really shined.

Overall, if you want to see a movie with really good action and a story that will grab you and not let go then Exiled (Fong Juk) is the movie to see.

DVD

Magnolia brings Exiled to DVD. While the extras could have been a little bit more on the DVD it still does a good job, but the movie alone can make this a buy cause of the great film. The video is presented in 2:35:1 widescreen and the picture looks good. The audio in present in great 5.1 Cantonese sound and with both 5.1 and 2.0 English dubbed tracks. The features include:

• The Making of Exiled
• Behind the Scenes
• HDnet Films Sneak Peek: "Redacted"

The Making of Exiled is around a twelve minute (12:00) featurette that has some insight into the characters of the movie from interviews from the Director Johnny To and most of the cast members which is interesting to watch.

The Behind the Scenes feature is a six minute (6:19) look at the cast acting out the scenes and just having fun. From what it is, its fun to watch, nothing that can give you that much from the DVD but good non-the-less.

The HDnet Films sneak peek is a almost a five minute (4:55) look at the film Redacted with the film Director Brain D Palma. The Sneak Peek for me I really didn't care for I am not a person who wants to go see the movie Redacted but if someone else is then is is great Sneak Peek to watch.

While the extras on this DVD are good I would have loved to see some international trailer make its way over on this DVD. Still with the movie and the extras all on this DVD make it a good perchance. I Highly Recommend this DVD.