Fatal Contact (2006)

I give it a 10.It's a movie full of soul.It starts pretty funny, gets into serious talking.But the ending and the characters make everything possible.It's about life, it's about priorities, it's about the human soul.If the soul is too damaged it will never survive happier times, it will crumble under it's own weight.Gives perspective on life....most people won't understand or appreciate it. The actors are playing a serious and simple act, they don't have fancy words or eccentric habits. The scenes are pretty simple and focus on the characters. I would not miss this movie if i like to see the unseen. The main characters are like children, they are in a pure form of existence, they are mortals, they are human.

Sure there where some rough spots but its a Kung fu movie after all. I would gladly choose this over any American Van Damme movie.Great Kung Fu that almost never got boring and did not have the same lame win win win loose build up again and win curve that all the other movies have. Plus The "captain" was a great character that added to the movie a lot.I don't see how martial arts lovers can look down on this movie, maybe I have missed something? I saw Flash Point yesterday (dubbed witch did not help) and that movie was a real kids movie compared to this one.A very sympathetic protagonist. Great action and some funny moments.

I am (of course) a huge fan of Jacky Wu Jing. He has been "the new Jet Li" to me since his earliest movies. What a shame that he had such a long hiatus from movie-making, and what a thrill that's he's back in a lot of new movies these last couple of years! Hope his career will really take off now!I really liked Fatal Contact. Note that, early in the movie, Kong (Wu) even mentions his intention to be the new Jet Li! This movie is sort of about what might have happened to Jet Li if he'd been led astray and had become an underground prize fighter instead of an action movie star.Hong Kong plot logic is not always easy to grasp, but I thought this movie did everything right. I think the ending was as it had to be. Tin had been using Kong, and she killed herself because she hated herself for betraying him so. Kong then goes on a gangster killing spree and gets himself shot by the police - exactly the kind of thing that would realistically happen. And not only is it realistic, it's also a moral lesson: don't get involved with organized crime, 'cos it'll surely lead to no good. In terms of poetic justice, getting shot was Kong's punishment for getting involved in illegal brawling in the first place. His big mistake was taking up with Tin, whose true nature he was too naive to see clearly. His sifu must have taught him skill, but not wisdom... :-/Anyway, very cool movie with very cool fight scenes and a good story; much better than what we usually see in kung fu movies. I rate Fatal Contact 8 out of 10.While we're waiting for Wu's next film (Legendary Assassin), let me express the hope that he will start doing period pieces again (like Tai-Chi Boxer and Drunken Monkey). I don't know why all the recent kung fu movies have to take place in the modern-day world. It's just not the same. The movies set in the past are much more atmospheric, and kung fu makes a hell of a lot more sense in a world without guns.

This movie is beautifully shot with some of the greatest fight scenes of any film in recent years. Anytime there is a fight, even the brief ones, the film shines. However, the rest of the film is awful despite the excellent photography. This movie is plagued by bad acting and bad story. This movie is extremely stupid. Every non-action scene is terrible.That being said it is still worth watching for the fight scenes. The fights go at a fast pace and are pretty believable. They are somewhat similar to Flashpoint and SPL.This is an absurdly silly movie that expects the audience to be morons but the fights are well-done.