Very well executed

Simply A Masterpiece

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

So Close? Not Even Close is more like it, this showy but shallow action flick from the usually reliable Corey Yuen missing its mark by a mile. Shu Qi plays sexy assassin Lynn, Zhao Wei is her cute computer whizz sister Sue, and Karen Mok plays Yat Hong, the tough cop trying to track them down, but a trio of appealing female leads isn't nearly enough to compensate for the unexceptional plot and a glut of CGI and wire enhanced slow-motion action scenes that fail to get the adrenaline pumping.A dull romance between Lynn and an old flame drags things down even further, making it a long slog to the admittedly fun final showdown, which pits Wei and Mok against countless gun toting henchmen and a samurai sword wielding boss.I rate So Close a probably-too-generous 4/10 for the juicy squib work and the samurai sword fight, although I almost knocked off a point for all of the computer generated broken glass that isn't fooling anybody.

Qi Shu (The Eye 2) appeared in six films in 2002, one of which was The Transporter. While we didn't get to see her in action in that film, we sure do in this one. She made me forget all about Jet Li with her moves. But, she wasn't the only one with moves, as her nemesis, Inspector Hong Yat Hong (Karen Mok) was equally good, and a battle they had in a parking garage really got the blood pumping as it was just about to get very interesting until the bad guys showed up and they had to join forces temporarily.Qi Shu was the Computer Angel, as assassin, who finally was betrayed and killed. At that time was born an avenging angel in the form of her sister Sue (Wei Zhao), who had equally impressive abilities, including magnificent swordsmanship.Wei Zhao and Karen Mok joined together to avenge Lynn and eliminate the bad guys. I have never seen such fantastic marital arts displayed. It was utterly amazing, mostly due to the choreography of Corey Yuen (War, Fist of Fury) and Jianyong Gao. Fortunately, we will get to see Corey Yuen's work again this year in John Woo's Red Cliff, starring Wei Zhao and Tony Leung.

A very superior Chinese femme fatale entertainment. A great deal of progress has been made since the halycon days of the early 80s. Once Chinese action films were flawed by obligatory comedy scenes that fell flat unless you had the inside track on that species of humour. Now So Close has all the necessary ingredients of the genre without the heavy-handed slapstick of films such as Charlies Angels II and Bad Boys II.Production values are excellent, martial scenes are imaginatives, characterisation is appealing, and the villains are dourly resistant in the climax.This is the best Karen Mok film that I've seen. I discovered Qui Shu through Transporter. It's a shame she didn't get a chance to show her combatant qualities along with Jason Statham in that film.

I really enjoyed this movie. This time, it's not Chinese male who rule an action movie, but Chinese women. But above that I really enjoyed the relationship between the two sisters. How a movie is touching you depend of your life. I lost my parents I lost my daughter and may be this is why I was touched by this movie. I would like to have the version of close to you from this movie. I also liked the play with the camera. One of my favorite scene, is when Lynn (in the french version) jump out of the window (at the beginning) while her sister is asking her to not forget the cake.Martial