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Eye in the Sky (2007)

Posted By: MirrorsMaker
Eye in the Sky (2007)

Eye in the Sky (2007)
DVDRip | MKV | 714 x 402 | x264 @ 2311 Kbps | 89 min | 1,80 Gb
Audio: Cantonese AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps | Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Action

A group of Milkyway regulars (Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Maggie Siu, Lam Suet, Eddie Cheung) welcomes a newcomer to their ranks: TVB star Kate Tsui, who plays Bo, a neophyte cop looking to join the ranks of the SU (Surveillance Unit), Hong Kong's own dedicated surveillance squad. We first meet her during an attention-grabbing opening sequence as she tails SU leader Wong Man-Chin (Simon Yam, who gained twenty pounds for his cop-with-a-gut role), who goes by the codename Dog Head. Or is she really tailing criminal mastermind Shan (Tony Leung Ka-Fai), who crosses paths with Dog Head and Bo while staking out the location of his latest jewelry heist?

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I'm finding that I like the Milkyway Image movies where Johnnie To is just a producer more than the ones where he is the director, though Breaking News was pretty good. Eye in the Sky starts off with Kate Tsui on a training mission to see if she is good enough to become a cop in a special surveillance unit. She has to study Simon Yam and be able to give every detail of what he did during the day. And just like every Milkyway movie I have seen, they connect a certain scene at the start of the movie with one that happens towards the end. So she gets the job, but just barely. Simon Yam thinks she has potential, so he decides to let her on the force. Tony Leung Ka Fei plays the leader of a gang of bank robbers. He sets everything up, and the rest of the guys do the roberies. So now of course this is where Kate Tsui and Simon Yam come in and try to catch him.

This is a pretty standard story, but well done. I enjoyed the movie a lot. Kate Tsui does a decent enough job in her role, Simon Yam is good just like he usually is, and Tony Leung gives a magnificent performance. I thought the last couple of scenes were kind of disappointing, but the scene towards the end with Tony Leung and Kate Tsui in the restauarant, and the scene where Simon Yam struggles to finish his joke makes up for it.

If you are looking for a good cop movie that has a couple of well done sudden violent moments, then there is a good chance you will like this. If you are looking for an action packed or highly stylized movie, look elsewhere.

And one more note. This movie is a tight 90 minutes (actually more like 85 if you don't include the beginning and opening credits), which is one of the many reasons why I liked it. And it doesn't feel like it should have been longer. Movies to me are just getting too long these days.
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Eye in the Sky (2007)

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