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...Takashi Sorimachi plays Junichi Mikami, a somber young man finishing a three-year prison sentence for a bar fight that resulted in manslaughter. Shortly before the end of his term, he is released on parole at the behest of prison official Shoji Nango (played by wizened screen icon Tsutomu Yamazaki). Nango wants Mikami's help in a private investigation commissioned by an enigmatic client. Their mission: to clear a convicted murderer slated to hang in three months. It is a chance for both men to unburden themselves of their guilt?Mikami for the bar killing, Nango for taking part...
...compared to Kurosawa's characters, these protagonists are less deftly rendered. Nango's fanatical devotion to the case makes him the personification of a guilty conscience rather than a flesh and blood character. And it's often hard to tell if Mikami is thoughtful, traumatized or just plain dumb?Sorimachi portrays him with a zombie-like flatness...
...time for the pendulum to swing again. Thus Fulltime Killer, with Lau battling Japanese actor-singer-heartthrob Takashi Sorimachi for the title of "gold medalist of assassins." For once, To and Wai have crafted a parable on the danger of liking your job too much. Tok (Lau) believes murder is an art; after a kill he gestures, hand raised like a matador. What's inside that spray of flowers he's carrying? His mini-Uzi. What does he do in the middle of a lunch date? Run outside, don a Bill Clinton mask, and gun down a half-dozen rivals...
...Fulltime Killer has all the To trademarks: a good woman (lovely Kelly Lin) drawn into a web of haunted men, an escalator scene (it's his favorite form of criminal transport) and an explosive climax. Literally: Lau and Sorimachi are in a fireworks warehouse. "We've got stuff exploding everywhere to the music of Mozart's Figaro," says To, for once enthusiastic. "It's fantastical, it's magical. I think this film will change a few minds in Hong Kong. It's the new look for Milkyway. It's amazing stuff...
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