7cb1d79195 Professional hitman Long takes on an assignment in Japan. When things go awry, he has to flee. Badly injured, he takes refuge in a deserted part of a small town. A Taiwanese hit-man goes Japan to kill a man. But nothing turns out in the way he expected. He finds himself in a dumpster and with neighbors&#39; helps he gets his own stall where he cooks delicious noodles. But his past won&#39;t leave him alone. I was lucky to catch this film at Berlinale Film Festival and when the film ended, there was a sudden eruption of applause that went on for about a minute. Half the crowd stayed behind until the credits rolled and again another round of applause when the final curtain came down. It was THAT good.<br/><br/>The film was shocking at times of the brutality, heart warming, some really laugh-out loud moments mixed with gut wrenching sadness. All 3 leads playing Long, Jun and Lily were excellent in their portrayal of the characters and you do feel for each of their struggles. <br/><br/>When a movie really touches you it stays in your mind and I&#39;m still thinking about the film even now after I saw the movie several days ago. Mr. Long (Chen Chang) is a highly successful knife assassin working for a Taiwanese crime boss. A job in Japan goes sideways and he&#39;s forced to hide in the slums of the city to avoid capture by his would-be targets, psychotic criminals in their own right.<br/><br/>And from that we get one of the weirdest examples of the fact that it&#39;s not always a bad thing to straddle genre lines. Because this film goes from a straightforward Asian action blast to a nihilist drug drama to a sappy romantic comedy, and then all back again. And yes, it is jarring from time to time, but it&#39;s meant to be. Life goes from incredibly sappy to gut-wrenching sadness, and sometimes it does so with no warning whatsoever.<br/><br/>It also helps to have such a crew behind this genre hopping. SABU, the director, has a reputationa storyteller of the bizarre, this film being a fine example of that. Chen Chang also shinesthe silent main protagonist. Long is a man of few words, but this merely enhances his performance, affording him an aura of mystery, danger and solution.<br/><br/>Is the film for everyone? No, it&#39;s not. Is it a bit artsy? Kinda. Is it really good? Absolutely.
I can not believe this has been our for almost 3 years and I never heard about it. Mr.Long was freaking scary in itself. Cell Phone Extender It is one of the good crime movies that I have ever watched. Thank you.
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