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Palm Pictures | Release Date: January 27, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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75
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The movie is one of To's typically tangled meditations on the smearing of good and evil, in moments where instinct overcomes morality. And ultimately, To cares less about the motivations of opposing forces than about the spectacular collisions they produce. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Taut, cynical thriller. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
It takes just the first shot to get sucked into Breaking News, the latest bit of destruction from mayhem master Johnnie To, and it's a doozy. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Prolific Hong Kong lenser Johnnie To delivers another solid action picture with this latest effort, a cops and robbers yarn with social commentary mixed in along the way. Read full review
60
VarietyDerek Elley
An interesting idea comes over only half-formed in Johnnie To's Breaking News, an effective Hong Kong crimer that partly returns to the realistic style of some of his late '90s dramas, but never properly knits its theme of media manipulation into pic's punchy thriller format. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
It's a slam-dunk of an opener in a film filled with terrifically choreographed action and very little on its mind. Read full review
50
Village VoiceEd Halter
Well executed but ultimately unsatisfying, Breaking News centers its cops-and-robbers plot around a clever meta-media twist that nevertheless fails to transcend gimmickry. Read full review
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