FULL CONTACT (1992)
MORGAN'S RATING
Chow Yun Fat is Jeff, a bouncer at a nightclub who rescues his friend Sam from a beating by a gang led by Judge, a particularly stylish and viscous gangster. To pay back the money Sam owes, they agree to go in on a robbery with a couple of his gag members, a super-sexually charged vixen, ironically named Virgin, and her musclebound boyfriend, Deano. After Jeff is betrayed during the robbery and left for dead, he manages to escape to a Buddhist monastery, where he recovers until he's ready to return to settle the score with Judge. Both Chow Yun Fat and Simon Yam give terrific performances in this action drama that is perhaps most famous for the bullet-cam shot of a shoot-out from the bullet's point of view.
Chow Yun-Fat (Jeff), Simon Yam (Judge), Ann Bridgewater (Mona), Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (Sam), Bonnie Fu (Virgin), Frankie Chin (Deano), Victor Hon (Kau), Chris Lee (Chung).
BETRAYED. DOUBLE-CROSSED. LEFT FOR DEAD.
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
DIRECTOR: Ringo Lam (Twin Dragons).
WRITER: Yin Nam.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Teddy Robin Kwan.
DISTRIBUTOR: Buena Vista Home Video.
QUOTES
Jeff: Well! Masturbate in hell!
Virgin: Check if there's a hole in my underpants?
Jeff: No! I saw a vomiting crab.
FACTS
Virgin: See anything you like?
Jeff: Yeah, I saw a couple of lice puking.
DVD RELEASE DATE: May 13th, 2003 (USA)
Virgin: See anything you like?
Jeff: Nothing. Maybe just a few scraggly black hairs.
CRITICAL COMMENTS
"The action seldom lets up in this obsorbingly violent and mean-spirited thriller that pulls all the stops in sheer entertainment." -- Morgan Muscat, The Action Kings
"With Full Contact, Lam takes the action genre and proceeds to not merely transcent it but explode it." -- Beth Accomando, KPBS.Org
"Lots of mayhem and that's what's great about it. Chow is at his most charismatic." -- Dan Lybarger, Nitrate Online
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