Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Nicolas F. Costoglou This movie is based on a comic book which i haven't read, but i understood the plot and characters surprisingly flawless through great storytelling.The cinematography and editing of this film is very stylish and fairly creative, especially with the interesting lighting of the settings.The stunts and fights are marvellously done, entertaining and, through great sound design, very impactful.The best part for me were (like i said) the characters. I understood the motivations of all of them, and never lost interest. A big part of this is the great storytelling, every time something is setup that seems to be little, or unimportant at first, it get's a big pay off.The actors all fit their roles very well, and it wasn't just a Donny Yen one-man-show like i expected, which was a big surprise.The visual effects are okay for the most part and not overdone (for the most part).The only real flaw is the pacing of the third act, which drags for a while and looses some of it's momentum before it get's to a big climactic fight, which is a good counter balance, but also fairly long.A heart-warming, investing story, full of great action and drama...

to_kill_better A few recent movies have raised the bar for Hong Kong action cinema. Aside from the obvious "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" which introduced a moving plot and quality acting to the genre, "Ong Bak" raised the stakes for action by replacing gracefully balletic Wu Shu fights with acrobatic but brutal, hard-hitting action. Similarly, the Korean movie "Fighter in the Wind" also followed the hard hitting formula but added stylish camera-work to the mix. Luckily, "Dragon Tiger Gate" shows that Hong Kong kung fu cinema does have the skills to match these foreign usurpers.The first thing that jumps out at the viewer is the rather contrived but undeniably stylish air of "cool" that surrounds the lead characters with their snappy streetwear and (quite amusing) emo haircuts. These guys are ass kicking metrosexuals! Luckily they ass-kick very well! Following the Ong Bak formula, the opening fight scene shows foot hitting face with real force and the fighting style replaces the graceful wu shu of traditional Hong Kong cinema with something that looks more like Japanese karate or one of the harder, external forms of kung fu - not much posing or flowery stances but lots of straight to the point slamming strikes.So the film looks great and the fights are cool - how about the plotting? Crouching Tiger standard? Of course not! It's a standard formula about estranged brothers on different sides of the tracks coming back together to defeat evil. But this really isn't the kind of movie where the plotting makes much difference (and, to be honest, when Hong Kong cinema tries intricate plotting you usually get an over-long and unfollowable movie, so fair play to them for keeping it simple!) - what you really want is quality fighting and stylish visuals and this movie more than delivers. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to kung fu movie fans.

lyrebird This movie is all about the famous ever-lasting theme, which is: Good Guys vs Bad Guys, with Good Guys winning in the end. I suppose it's a perfectly right, because not a lot of people want tragic finals - it's depressing.The script is uncomplicated and doesn't contain any deeply buried philosophical questions, so people who expect to finally discover answers to "Why are we here?" will probably walk away feeling deceived. However, while I liked the uncomplicated part, I suspect that some pieces of the story had gone missing during the making of the movie and occasionally I felt lost. That's why I'm rating it 9 instead of 10.But the rest was really good. The actors - all of them - fitted perfectly and Donnie Yen was even better than perfect if only it's possible. And since it was him who did the action choreography it's only to be expected. When he starts kicking Bad Guys' asses you understand very clearly that they don't stand a chance against him, poor dears. Donnie Yen is awesome.Overall, I must say that I liked all three main heroes and wanted them to win throughout all the movie, and that says something.So, if you want to watch something visually impressive, with martial arts performed really, really well and good acting - that movie is for you. I enjoyed it immensely.

sendoh15 I watched this expecting nothing, but man was I lucky to stumble on this one hell of a movie. Yes there is simplicity to the script and i felt as if it could have been better. The story could have been also lengthened to give it an extra kick to the whole concept. But it doesn't really matter because, the fight scenes just blew me away. I've seen tons of martial arts movies revolving around wire effects but, this one just truly impressed me.I guess the action just looked more natural in the movie as if their not on wires. The actors did a great job with the fight sequences. Think Ong bak and kung fu hustle mixed together. The actors fit their roles perfectly as well as producing incredible stunts, fights, action etc..Donnie Yen is always impressive and here he's exceptional. Kudos for choreography too.Truly one of the most impressive of its genre to me personally, up there with fearless,fist of legend, ong bak, shinobi(i love this film)etc... I recommend this to action and martial arts fans. Unmissable.. 10/10 just because i Love the theme of this and how it was made.