Feng bao (2013)

Feng bao: Directed by Alan Yuen. With Andy Lau, Chen Yao, Ka Tung Lam, Jun Hu. A storm is heading to the city, and with it comes another occurrence so destructive, it vows to bring down everything it touches. A crew of seasoned criminals led by the notorious Nam (Hu Jun), armed with high-powered weapons, pulls off another smooth and violent armored car heist in broad daylight in a crowded street. Whoever tries to get in their way, they will show no mercy. This puts the police force to shame and humiliation. A hardboiled senior police inspector Lui (Andy Lau), hot on the trails of Nam and his tight crew, determines to put an end to this madness that causes the lives of innocent people. But he soon comes face to face with the cruel reality that the usual police tactics are too futile to send these armed thieves behind bars. Extreme crime requires extreme justice, even if it means crossing his moral line. Tou (Lam Ka Tung), an ex-con desperate to leave his criminal past behind, volunteers to be Lui’s snitch in exchange for a fresh start with his girlfriend Bing (Yao Chen). But little does he know what hellish situation he’s getting himself into.

“the prior reviewer wrote u0026quot; a noteworthy lead role performance from andy lau u0026quot;, or something of the sort. …uhhhh, iu0026#39;m sorry but, nottt! there was actually a very noteworthy performance but it didnu0026#39;t come from andy, i think he tried( he also produced ) but just wasnu0026#39;t up for a above average performance. unfortunately, he was just average and that was one of two things that kill a potentially great action genre movie. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003emy other gripe with the movie is that even though every action scene was performed in top-notch form, a couple of them were just way way over the top to the point that it make me snicker. on top of that there were another couple of action scenes that were very very hard to believe. the tracer bullets i think were more for the viewers of the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e…now, for the good. lam ka tung in a break-out leading man role finally. if lam wasnu0026#39;t in this movie, it wouldu0026#39;ve been a disaster. he was a joy to watch and hes been a little better in other movies but never in the leading role.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eeven though i mentioned before that some of the action was too unbelievable, there were two that were very very memorable. there were a lot of action scenes and every one was well done, as campy as some of them were.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ethere was a very pretty leading lady who didnu0026#39;t get much screen time, a couple of big time actors in the leading villain roles ( ray lui and hu jun ), plus a whole slew of solid character actors. the cinematography was decent and if andy lau had turned in a grittier performance it still wouldu0026#39;ve been a great action movie, even with some campy action scenes.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eeven with all its faults u0026quot; firestorm u0026quot;, is still a good action movie and there was some tension and gripping scenes in the movie. still too bad though…, it couldu0026#39;ve been a special one.”