Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

chaos-rampant I appreciate Johnnie To as much as anyone with a taste for slow-burn, contemplative cinema, but Fulltime Killer is among his lesser efforts. It is very sub-par compared to what he's capable of when he fires on all cylinders (see Exiled or Election) and just not a very good movie. Granted the action scenes are all good (not great) in that heroic bloodshed slo-mo kind of way, but the rest of the movie is all over the place. It tries to be many things and it doesn't really succeed in any. Themes and characters are picked then abandoned without being fully fleshed out in favour of the next one while narration comes and goes with no connection to a central premise. In the end it feels disjointed, confused and a bit derivative, but it's certainly not without its moments. There are also lots of references to other movies (T2, El Mariachi, Leon, Point Break, an Allain Delon film I couldn't pinpoint) which might tickle your film buff bone. For To fans only...

el_nickster So you have read the plot synopses people have left. This film is about two hit men. O is Japanese, and he has a samurai approach to life. He is disciplined, clean, detached, and efficient. He kills without remorse and he kills without relish. Tok is an up-and-coming hit-man of a very different sort. He is wildly showy. He has style. He loves overkill. He loves his work, and he hates his rival, O. O is the top hit-man on the East side of the Pacific Rim, and Tok wants his title.Some have commented that this is the same old hum-drum from the Hong Kong studios. I have to disagree. "Full Time Killer" is slick and polished in a way that most of the New Wave of HK action films are not. "Full Time Killer" does follow the common formula of two rivals hunting each other and hunting the same girl, but it is not the story that I thought set this film above others of the genre. Andy Lau gives a memorable flamboyant performance as Tok, a joker and a devil at the same time. O's repression and sense of honor make him the sympathetic rival, particularly when it becomes clear that he isn't restrained from engaging his enemy, but rather he doesn't know how to act on his own behalf.Plus, you have to love how the lead flies in those gunfights.I hope I didn't read too much into this film, but I recommend it to everybody. For 102 minutes I had a 10/10 experience.

xanitra I have discarded Hollywood for a while, and turned my eyes on to the East. Here in Scandinavia, a company called Asion Vision has released a bunch of DVDs from Asia. This movie is from Hong Kong. Fulltime Killer is one of them. Fulltime Killer is the best action movie I've ever seen.It's got all the action you'd come to expect from movies like Resorvoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Assassins but doesn't underestimate the audience with bland script, and terrible plot. This movie really is something else, where you don't get the "aha" sensation, before the very end.For us guys, plenty of action with +100 IQ points inserted, and for the girls there is a, well, a bit twisted lovestory. But a lovestory it is.See this movie!!! If I could write a letter to the guys that made this, and say "thank you" in Hong Kong'ish, I would... But this review will have to do. Ah, I am going to see this with my wife soon who hasn't seen it yet. I can't wait! YeehaA!!

SWEETSILENCE18 Saw this movie on the Sundance channel at about 3AM and it was awesome!! I always try to catch it if it's on, totally forgetting that I was watching something else--even if I notice it's on and it's half-way through, I still watch it, it's that good. I'm really into foreign films and this is definitely worth your time even if you DON'T like foreign films! At times funny and always exciting you won't be disappointed! Try to find it on cable, or go to the video store. It's even worth it to buy, 'cause at least then you can watch whenever you want. I finally managed to tape it and have just about wore it out. Sure to become a classic. Don't want to ruin it for you, so just go and see it!!!