Flash Point (2007)

Donny Yen plays a no nonsense cop who basically beats up every bad guy in this film. The movie is about Donny Yen and his partner who is undercover trying arrest some drug smugglers. The plot is nothing special and you don't really care for the characters that much but you should't be here for the plot or the acting. The action/fighting in this movie is incredible. The last fight scene is one the the best fight scenes I have ever seen put on film. My recommendation would be to watch the first 10 minutes and then skip to the last 30 minutes of the movie because nothing really happens in between. His partner falls in love and there is a car chase that's nothing special. Watch it for the great fights, not for the acting or plot.Rating: 10 for the fights, 5 for everything else = 7

Donnie is a cop who is pursuing a gang of brothers. His partner has gone undercover to find out what the gang has planned, but when the undercover cop's identity is found...things go horribly wrong! My first Donnie Yen movie was 'Dragon Tiger Gate and then the Ip Man films and finally the disastrous Chen Zhen'...After Chen Zhen I was heartbroken that Donnie had failed in capturing the beauty of Ip Man....So I watched a trailer of 'Flashpoint', what I saw was spectacular...So what do I think after watching Flashpoint....EPIC.I understand Flashpoint is old, and Chen Zhen is practically his new film right now...But, honestly Flashpoint is brilliant...The storyline is weak, I agree...But the fight scenes that incorporate MMA is just utterly spellbinding! Every punch that is thrown can be felt, every kick perfectly placed and the chase scene....Brilliant.On the edge of my seat, I expected the end fight scene to be a disappointment..But no....It's the best fight scene in the whole film! Collin Chou matches Donnie's speed and intensity equally, honestly one of the best Kung Fu films...Hopefully Yen's earlier films will be just as good.

I haven't watched as many action movies in the last 10 years as I used to.But this movie ("Flashpoint" in English) and S.P.L. have got me dying for more - awesome, eye-opening displays of what's going on in martial arts action movies these days.The final showdown in this movie has set the bar for both Hollywood and Asian action movies to try and live up to. It's so cool to see MMA fighting mixed in with more traditional Kung Fu (and guns!) In terms of action movies, I give this a 9/10 - if you are looking for a good action movie, you'll enjoy this one!

Donnie Yen and Wilson Yip re-team (previously they did SPL) for a a rip roaring police actioner. The plot has cop Donnie Yen trying to take down three Vietnamese gangster brothers who are not above doing really nasty things to get their way. Funny, thrilling, with great action and a visual sense that lifts everything up from the routine. Don't get me wrong this is a a pure macho action film that would be a B movie that you've seen a dozen times before under normal circumstances, but there is something about the film that makes it all seem new or if not new, it will make it so you don't care that you have. I think the film knows its nothing special but goes for it anyway and so becomes the little film that could.Forgive me I feel like I should say more but I really can't think of anything other than just see this movie. Its one of the very few films that have come out of Hong Kong with a good reputation that lives up to it. If I have to say anything else its that I wanted to stop the film to watch it at a later time with my Dad, but found that I couldn't do so, I just wanted to keep watching.