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Actors: Antony Wong, Francis NG, Roy Cheung
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Mission |
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THE MISSION (Cheong Feng) is a movie produced and directed by Johnny To in 1999. Six nominations for the Hong-Kong Academy awards; only Johnny To won the award in the Best Director category.
Mr. Lung, one of the main bosses of the Triad, is the target of killers. He decides to hire five men to protect him. Coming all from different backgrounds, these men will save several times the life of their boss. They will also unmask the man responsible for the hits and fulfill their mission before going back to their respective jobs.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Mission |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- bodyguarding VIP
Criminal enemy is...
- Asian crime gangs
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals killing each other
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- very skinny (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- China
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Chinese
Subtitles?
- Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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