Review of Motorway (2012) by William W — 18 Sep 2013

An enjoyable chase film but let down by lack of character development. You don't get to know much about the characters, the motivation of the criminals, and why they want to steal a diamond when one of his purpose is to spring his accomplice out of the police cell, not forgetting a pointless Barbie Hsu, who do nothing to the film other than to serve the film's eye candy and no, I am not expecting a romance between her and Shawn Yue's character, that will make the film even more clichà (C)d. It could had been improved with better character development.

A few other gripes (spoilers)...

The BMW Z4M driver: Rather than track him down and crash your car into his, causing thousands (in HK $) in repair costs to yourself, wouldn't it be more simpler to track the owner down via his registration plate (which Shawn Yue did) and issue him with an arrest warrant and charge him additionally for resisting arrest, certainly not in movie standards as paperwork is considered unglamorous.

The Nissan 180SX vs. police chase scene: as it is manoeuvring through a narrow alley that is inaccessible for most cars as it require them to doughnut around a 90 degree turn, as this is taking minutes, wouldn't it be wise to radio in another police car to block the other path.