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Actors: Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung, Siu-Fai Cheung, Suet Lam, Simon Yam
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Breaking News |
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BREAKING NEWS (Daai si gin) was directed by Johnny To in 2004.
Eric Yeung and his accomplices are on the verge of committing a robbery when the Hong Kong police steps in. Unfortunately, journalists film the shooting and give to their audience a bad image of the police. Furthermore, the thieves manage to escape. A few days later, the police finds the thieves who were hiding in an anonymous building. The neighborhood is soon surrounded by dozens of policemen.
In order to restore the confidence of the population in the Hong Kong police forces, Commissioner Rebecca Fong decides to alert the medias and to give to the members of the antigang squad a camera so that every move of the police and of the bad guys will be seen by everybody. Eric locks himself in an apartment with three hostages and starts to dialog via the internet with Rebecca Fong. The policewoman proposes to him to surrender but Eric still hopes to find a way to leave the building unnoticed.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Breaking News |
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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 - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal kidnappers
Criminal enemy is...
- thief/con-artist
If this is a criminal POV story...
- bad criminals on the run
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
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...
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- China
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Chinese
Subtitles?
- Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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