Review of Full Contact (1993) by Anthony W — 16 Dec 2007

Great Hong Kong action movie directed by arguably HK's answer to Sam Peckinpah - Ringo Lam. Chow Yun-Fat's performance is as great as ever even though he's a much colder character in this compared to the characters he played in his John Woo-directed films.

Anthony Wong also puts in a great performance, as does Simon Yam as the lead villain. The nightclub shoot-out uses some then-innovative tricks, and the gunplay is effective albeit less stylised than in Woo movies.

The UK version is now completely uncut after losses to some horrific violence and all scenes depicting the balisong knife were made to versions released prior to 1999. Not a hit in HK, but did very well overseas.