Exiled

Name: Exiled
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: August 31, 2007
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Francis Ng, Nick Cheung

2007

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: August 31, 2007 | R

Starring: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Francis Ng, Nick Cheung

Summary: The time is 1998. The setting is Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. For the jaded hit men, they wonder where this journey will end. Against this background of fin-de-siècle malaise come two hit men from Hong Kong sent to take out aThe time is 1998. The setting is Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. For the jaded hit men, they wonder where this journey will end. Against this background of fin-de-siècle malaise come two hit men from Hong Kong sent to take out a renegade member trying to turn over a new leaf with his wife and newborn baby. They soon find themselves in the throes of a dilemma when two of their former associates also show up, intent on thwarting them at every cost. (Magnolia Pictures)… Expand

Director: Johnnie To

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 110 min

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TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

The final confrontation is a slow-motion, De Palma-esque massacre in a hotel lobby that begins and ends in the amount of time it takes for a high-flying can of Red Bull to hit the floor. Breathtaking. Read full review

Premiere Glenn Kenny

Exiled brings To back to lighter ground, and it’s one of his most assured, enjoyable pictures, refreshing fun that’s sure to satisfy anyone’s action jones. Read full review

Sean Axmaker

It's a fantasy of a crime epic, to be sure, but it's a glorious fantasy in which the unspoken bonds of brotherhood bathe every shootout and sacrifice in the light of myth. Read full review

Wesley Morris

This intriguing story, like many tales of mid-20th-century American art, is fueled by testosterone. Read full review

Michael Phillips

The more you like Leone's work the more you'll likely respond to To's latest. Which is odd, considering Exiled is a gangster picture by strict definition. Read full review

Derek Elley

Cast of regulars blends like those in a late-on Howard Hawks' movie. Read full review

Empire Kat Brown

With not enough balls to be fun, and not enough brain to be cerebral, there’s not much going on behind those pained Western expressions to entertain. Read full review

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JohnM.

Sep 4, 2007

This film is a masterpiece from one of film's true living masters, maddeningly following up his near-perfect Election dulogy with a near-perfect genre-blender. By the way, Metacritic has as their picture a still from Bong Joon-Ho's excellent THE HOST, not EXILED.

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SabrinaM.

Jul 10, 2008

This picture does boast great acting, impeccable fashion sense and a taste for cinematic aesthetics, but the plot is unfortunately quite weak. Anthony Wong may have been effective in his portrayal and delivery of the "hangdog" uneasiness that characterizes the person split between loyalty This picture does boast great acting, impeccable fashion sense and a taste for cinematic aesthetics, but the plot is unfortunately quite weak. Anthony Wong may have been effective in his portrayal and delivery of the "hangdog" uneasiness that characterizes the person split between loyalty to a brother and inevitable duty to perform a killing for his boss, but in general the brotherhood trail lacks a strong, coherent backbone. The exile into the sand dunes is symbolic of the film's title but sheds little contemplation on the tragedy of Wo's death, or the gangsters' inner turmoil.… Expand

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Broyax

Aug 29, 2017

Johnnie To est un réalisateur en dents de scie et manque de pot, avec Exilé, on est dans le creux de la vague. On est tellement bas en fait qu'on touche presque le fond et qu'on se demande quand ça va remonter !

Monsieur To fait donc des manières avec son polar maniéré et emprunté, sesJohnnie To est un réalisateur en dents de scie et manque de pot, avec Exilé, on est dans le creux de la vague. On est tellement bas en fait qu'on touche presque le fond et qu'on se demande quand ça va remonter !

Monsieur To fait donc des manières avec son polar maniéré et emprunté, ses lenteurs et ses tics ; avec ses acteurs préférés également (Lam Suet et Anthony Wong... et Simon Yam entre autres !) auxquels il demande de prendre la pose comme si le film se mettait en pause : il paraît que c'est un hommage à... Sergio Leone ?!...

Autant dire que ça ne fonctionne pas ici (alors que ça fonctionne ailleurs, dans "Vengeance" par exemple) parce que le scénario s'est surtout barré en vacances et que tout le film semble improvisé au jour le jour tandis que régulièrement l'un des tueurs de service demande à ses amis : "on va où ?"...

Effectivement, on va "où" dans ce film, on se le demande et on a le temps de se le demander : Exilé se traîne comme une tortue et toutes ses scènes d'action sont ridicules en plus d'être ratées et confuses : un désastre. Le "sang" est en images de synthèse à deux balles, nos tueurs vident leurs chargeurs à bout portant mais se ratent et lorsqu'ils sont touchés, ils se font rafistoler en un rien de temps par le rebouteux du coin.

On aura beau mettre tout ça sur une grosse dose de second degré, faudrait pas nous prendre pour des canards sauvages non plus... Exilé est terriblement bâclé, du début à la fin.… Expand

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AndreP.

Jan 4, 2008

Couldn't sit through it, don't know how the critics did.

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