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	Moving Targets "I don't think that Moving Targets will be remembered for very long. Not because it was a bad movie, but because it didn't propose any fresh new cinematic ideas." - Equinox21 Moving Targets (2004) Director: Wong Jing Producer: Wong Jing Cast: Nicholas Tse (Ting Fung), Edison Chen (Koon Hei), Simon Yam Tat-Wah, Gillian Chung (Yan Tung), Lam Suet, Roy Chow (Wing Hang), Hu An, Grace Shu, Michelle Mei Suet, Ken Tong, Lee Sheung Yee, Wan Chi Keung, Lin Chun, Lin Chung Kei, Ng Wing Lun, Helen Poon Running Time: 94 min. Plot: Friends since the Police Training School, Kit and Fit are transferred to the C.I.D... Their mission is to destroy the Mongkok gang leaders, the Bryan Brothers. At the same time, the Bryan Brothers set up a trap to try and force Fit to join their gang... Availability: This title is available at HKflix.com Reviews EQUINOX21'S REVIEW: Wong Jing is nothing if not prolific. He seems to be one of those very polarizing directors. I've heard many folks either recounting his many masterpieces or lamenting his many lemons; sometimes both. Personally, I have nothing against him and have enjoyed many of his films, so I only feel it fair to give him a fair shake, especially for interesting looking films. Moving Targets was one that definitely crept in under the radar. I hadn't heard anything about it until I was doing some online shopping and saw the film that starred Simon Yam, Nic Tse and (ugh) Edison Chen. I picked it up and give it a watch. I was not disappointed. Though it was nothing new or ground breaking, it was still gratifying to see a film of this nature still being made in Hong Kong. It was a cop action/drama akin to early Milkyway films, perhaps with a bit more polish. The story wasn't completely riveting only because it didn't offer anything new and because they tried to move the story along quickly and make it more of an "epic" taking place in the span of a few years rather than just a few weeks, as most films might do. The plot, a rather simple one, is of Kit Cheung and his friend and partner Fung, both young and flashy cops, who get involved in trying to take down triad members, while trying to keep their families out of trouble at the same time. It works well for Kit, but not as well for Fung. Soon Fung finds himself in league with some of the triad members he was trying to take down and Kit finds himself on the opposite side of the law from his friend. They remain friends through it, however, and don't have to face each other at the end, which probably would have been the easy way out of the film (and an ending that would have been all too familiar in cop/triad movies). I don't think that Moving Targets will be remembered for very long. Not because it was a bad movie, but because it didn't propose any fresh new cinematic ideas. It's worth a watch, and since it can be gotten on the cheap it would probably be worth it. But, don't get your hopes up for a movie other than a conglomeration of plot elements you've seen a dozen times before. EQUINOX21'S RATING: 7/10

Moving Targets

"I don't think that Moving Targets will be remembered for very long. Not because it was a bad movie, but because it didn't propose any fresh new cinematic ideas."

- Equinox21

Moving Targets (2004)

Director: Wong Jing

Producer: Wong Jing

Cast: Nicholas Tse (Ting Fung), Edison Chen (Koon Hei), Simon Yam Tat-Wah, Gillian Chung (Yan Tung), Lam Suet, Roy Chow (Wing Hang), Hu An, Grace Shu, Michelle Mei Suet, Ken Tong, Lee Sheung Yee, Wan Chi Keung, Lin Chun, Lin Chung Kei, Ng Wing Lun, Helen Poon

Running Time: 94 min.

Plot: Friends since the Police Training School, Kit and Fit are transferred to the C.I.D... Their mission is to destroy the Mongkok gang leaders, the Bryan Brothers. At the same time, the Bryan Brothers set up a trap to try and force Fit to join their gang...

Availability: This title is available at HKflix.com

Reviews

EQUINOX21'S REVIEW: Wong Jing is nothing if not prolific. He seems to be one of those very polarizing directors. I've heard many folks either recounting his many masterpieces or lamenting his many lemons; sometimes both. Personally, I have nothing against him and have enjoyed many of his films, so I only feel it fair to give him a fair shake, especially for interesting looking films.

Moving Targets was one that definitely crept in under the radar. I hadn't heard anything about it until I was doing some online shopping and saw the film that starred Simon Yam, Nic Tse and (ugh) Edison Chen. I picked it up and give it a watch. I was not disappointed. Though it was nothing new or ground breaking, it was still gratifying to see a film of this nature still being made in Hong Kong. It was a cop action/drama akin to early Milkyway films, perhaps with a bit more polish. The story wasn't completely riveting only because it didn't offer anything new and because they tried to move the story along quickly and make it more of an "epic" taking place in the span of a few years rather than just a few weeks, as most films might do.

The plot, a rather simple one, is of Kit Cheung and his friend and partner Fung, both young and flashy cops, who get involved in trying to take down triad members, while trying to keep their families out of trouble at the same time. It works well for Kit, but not as well for Fung. Soon Fung finds himself in league with some of the triad members he was trying to take down and Kit finds himself on the opposite side of the law from his friend. They remain friends through it, however, and don't have to face each other at the end, which probably would have been the easy way out of the film (and an ending that would have been all too familiar in cop/triad movies).

I don't think that Moving Targets will be remembered for very long. Not because it was a bad movie, but because it didn't propose any fresh new cinematic ideas. It's worth a watch, and since it can be gotten on the cheap it would probably be worth it. But, don't get your hopes up for a movie other than a conglomeration of plot elements you've seen a dozen times before.

EQUINOX21'S RATING: 7/10