Johnny To's attempt at social commentary on the state of media in Hong Kong works best when it just focuses on the action. Some of the better set pieces of recent memory including a "one take" shootout to get things rolling.
When it slows down to "say something" is when it lost me.
This review of Breaking News (2004) was written by Jon T on 01 Feb 2012.
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