• Mar 17
• Hong Kong thriller THE BEAST STALKER: Review
• Posted by Deljhp - 17/03/09 at 08:16 PM

Director: Dante Lam. Review Adam Wing.

One of the first Hong Kong movies I loved was Dante Lam’s extraordinarily entertaining Beast Cops, Lam and Chan directed one of the most intense and unforgettable cinematic experiences in recent history. That seems like a long time ago now. Since then Lam has gone on to direct a hybrid of movies which have never touched, or even attempted to reach the dizzy heights of Beast Cops hard hitting excess. Though to be fair he did direct Gillian and Charlene in the wonderfully fluffy Twins Effect (we all have our weaknesses). So it gives me great pleasure to announce Dante Lam’s return to hard hitting police drama and though it probably compares unfavourably to the pinnacle of his directorial career, Beast Stalker remains a highly effective thriller with enough spit and polish to keep even the most passionate of Hong Kong cinema fanatics happy.

Nicholas Tse stars as Sergeant Tong, an officer who inadvertently kills the eldest daughter of public prosecutor Ann Gao ( Jingchu Zhang) after an electrifying car chase. Eventually the wanted criminal in question, Cheung, is brought to justice and Ann makes it her sole purpose in life to convict him. Things take a drastic turn when Cheung hires a professional killer called Hung to kidnap Ann’s youngest daughter with the intension of returning her when the prosecutor drops all charges against him. Tong has been watching from the sidelines and Ann is forced, albeit reluctantly, to put her trust in the man who has all ready killed her other child, Ling’s older sister no less....Continue reading review here.

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