ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

morrison-dylan-fan Giving the house a massive spring clean,I started gathering up DVDs that I've been meaning to take into the local CEX for cash/credit for far too long. While getting the discs in order,I spotted a Hong Kong flick which I had completely forgotten about having purchased! With a Hong Kong Challenge taking place on ICM, I took advantage of this good luck and met the heroic duo.View on the film:Looking back towards the Heroic Bloodshed sub-genre of Hong Kong's last Action boom, the screenplay by Alan Yuen & Adrian Kwan welds the major bond/loyalty in blood theme of the genre with the slick complexities of the modern psychological Thriller. Peeling away in flashbacks at the final to what triggered the events, the writers give the movie a slippery, unpredictable atmosphere,lit by absurd slides into "mindhunting" and hypnotism,which are solidly held by Ken and Lai's exchange in mind-games. Running the action scenes with an earthy grit from being filmed on streets, director Benny Chan and cinematographer give the movie a glossy appearance,with darting whip-pans hitting the targeted mind-games of the heroic duo.

Leofwine_draca The hypnotism angle adds a fresh spin to this otherwise familiar Hong Kong-set story of cops 'n' robbers and one dedicated detective's fight for justice. The complex, nothing-is-what-it-seems storyline involves police collaborating with an imprisoned former colleague who has a talent for hypnotism; together they must track down a criminal mastermind who seems determined to get his hands on some ultra-valuable gemstones.What follows is an action-packed movie layered with an effective story and some finely-directed moments of mayhem and high-rise peril, all handled by genre maestro Benny Chan. HEROIC DUO is slightly cheesy and dated on occasion, with dollops of overladen melodrama thrown into the mix and lots of extra emoting, but in the end it proves to be a film that's never less than an enjoyable experience.Former popstar Ekin Cheng acquits himself well as the dogged detective, banishing memories of his overt posturing in the likes of TOKYO RAIDERS in favour of something a little more mature and mannered. Leon Lai is given a better role as the conflicted hypnotist, torn between family ties, pressure from an unwelcome source, and doing what's right; he does a decent job of it. Francis Ng's bad guy is extremely one dimensional but fun, while the female characters aren't given a great deal to do; still, you can't have everything. HEROIC DUO is an above average film for the genre with bags to energy to keep it flowing merrily along.

fireyhope the movies starts off with quit an interesting way. Then slowly and slowly they hit you with plot holes! The premise is interesting it's like a duel between hypnotists to see who can hypnotise people better. Thats what i liked about it, but the story was so executed weird and unrealistic there isn't really any credibility left for the movie except with exceptional actors, potential, and a interesting premise. Near the beginning you had some real interesting ideas, like where the hypnotist left clues for the police. I never suspected that and that was a great twist but right in the middle your bumped with this major plothole of why and how they can preform working together without any communication whatsoever.If only the story was better.anyways another great thing i found about the movie is that though the drama is cookiecuttered it's romantic and it's interesting and it had chemistry, especially the love story about the hypnotist and his wife.overall 5/10 rent it if you must watch it. i do not recommend this to anybody but people who are just bored and have nothing else to do but to watch a decent movie

NIXFLIX-DOT-COM HEROIC DUO is visually stunning. The film has the feel of a South Korean drama, which in this day and age is a very good thing. There's a slick quality to the movie, and the script is oftentimes clever and assured. The only bump in the road comes toward the ending, with a Third Act that gets thrown out the window in favor of contrived melodrama. Had the film remained clever and intelligent, it might have been another in a short list of Hong Kong revivals that have gone for brains rather than brain. DUO is in the vein of RUNNING OUT OF TIME, with an emphasis on being clever, but it doesn't have that movie's follow through. Even so, the leads are quite engaging, even Ekin Cheng, who I do not find to be very engaging. Leon Lai once again turns in an excellent performance.6 out of 10