Time and Tide

Starring:Albert (II), Wu Bai, Charles Fok, Jack Kao, Leung Tal Keung, Roderik Lam, Joe Li, Candy Lo, Robert Miller (XX), Chang Hung On, Fu Yeuk Pang, Wong Kam Pong, Couto Remotigue Jr., Antonio Represan, Roberto Rojas, Nicholas Tse, Cathy Tsui, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Paggie Wong
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

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Every time you think you've seen everything action movies have to offer, along comes one that makes your jaw drop. Tsui Hark's Time and Tide is one of those movies. The plot careens all over the place like a drunken driver: it starts out when a bartender in Hong Kong named Tyler (Nicholas Tse) sleeps with a lesbian undercover cop and gets her pregnant. To make money to give her to help support the baby, he takes a job with a bodyguard firm run by a loan shark--all of the other bodyguards are men who owe the loan shark money and are trying to work off their debt. The firm gets an assignment protecting a wealthy executive, who has a daughter who's married to a butcher named Juan (Wu Bai) who's actually a former mercenary--OK, this is where things really go off the rails, but never fear: you will not be bothered by the story. You will find yourself caring about these characters, even though you're not entirely sure who they are. You will not be bored for a single moment of this movie, and when you get to the sequence where the mercenary and the head of the heist gang (who are former partners--maybe) are having a shootout while rapelling down the walls of a gigantic Hong Kong tenement, time will suspend and you will gaze in rapt astonishment, unable to understand how anyone could have conceived of these astonishing action sequences, let alone brought them to delirious, stunningly graceful life. Time and Tide is amazing, and Tsui Hark (Peking Opera Blues, Once upon a Time in China, Green Snake) is one of the geniuses of contemporary cinema. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

Amazing!.......2007-07-03

Nicholas Tse works for Anthony Wong's bodyguard service and his life really stinks. He gets blamed for an assassination, but he knows the person that did it. He goes to look for him and realizes the assassin is on the run from his former crime family. The assassin has a girlfriend who is pregnant and he has to protect her and kill the people that are after him. This is where Nicholas Tse is a big help to him.

Wu Bei is amazing as the assassin, but Nicholas Tse really surprised me. This is definitely the best performance I have seen from him. I am not much of a fan of Tse, but he comes off as such a real person in this movie. I was very impressed.

A lot of people complain about the editing, but there is just a lot going on. I found it easy to follow, and it gets better every time I watch it. The ending is incredible.

The action is very good. Mainly guns, but there is also quite a bit of fighting. The fighting is interesting because Xin Xin Xiong tries to make it as real as possible by making his wire tricks look real, and he outdoes himself. I liked all the fights. There is one part where a guy goes up for a spinning jump kick and Nicholas Tse just throws him to the ground. This was nominated for best choreography in Hong Kong for good reason.

4.5/5

The DVD from Columbia Tristar is a great release. The picture quality is a tad grainy at times, but other than that it is perfect. The Cantonese track sounds good, and the subtitles are very well written. And there is a wonderful commentary from Tsui Hark.

action packed Hong Kong movie.......2007-01-11

Great action packed Hong Kong movie with some great stunts.

action, crime, thriller.......2005-10-08

I love the action in this chinese action movie. The picture looks good too. Tyler has had trouble all his life he has always dreamed of living in South America.

Best Action movie ever.......2005-07-23

Im making this short the action in this movie is amazing.

The characters can get confusing if u are not paying attention. Infact theres almost no need to pay attention to the drama parts of the plot since its pointless in this film

What sets this movie above all the rest in action is the way the people move. run shoot, jump, slide, shoot, jump out a 10 story window, rappel, shoot, then flip all in about 10 seconds.

Its just so amazing watching these gunmen perform. If u like action get this for sure.

Don't waste your time.......2004-01-21

The movie tried but it failed in my eyes. I gave it a chance, tried to follow what was going on and I couldn't take it anymore. I had to turn it off not baring to watch the last 30 minutes of this movie. It started off pretty good but then it get so choppy you have no clue what is going on and I missed the connection with the characters over all because the movie was taking me down a path I didn't enjoy. What was missing is WHY were all these people here? What was up with the one guy speaking english and spanish? Who was he and what was the point of him being there? Now I tend not to think during movies and enjoy them for what they are, just to let myself get swept away into a different place for a great experience but this movie failed to do it for me.

Don't get me wrong, I love movies like this, I loved such brilliant movies as Eat Drink Man Woman, Bangkok Dangerous (2000), The Road Home to name a few. I'm a sucker for asian/foreign films. If I was choosing a movie just based on how beautiful everyone was, then yeah the only reason I'd chose this film, that is all it has to offer anyone. Disapointed. Just seemed a lot of things were cut out and should have been explained so to keep people hooked and wanting to find out what happens. Just this didn't do it for me and is one I wouldn't recomend to anyone. Looking for a better movie? Check out Bangkok Dangerous (2000), the guys are hot, the plot is great and the action is sizzling. I'm still looking for films that will woo me, this one just didn't do it.

In final thoughts, I would have given this movie 1 star, but I gave this film an extra star for its effort in trying to be good.

Time and Tide [Region 2]
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Time and Tide [Region 2]
Starring: John Bluthal , Rel Hunt , June Salter , Ron Graham , and Dinah Shearing
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Amazing!

action packed Hong Kong movie

action, crime, thriller

Best Action movie ever

Don't waste your time

Time and Tide
Starring: Albert (II) , Wu Bai , Charles Fok , Jack Kao , and Leung Tal Keung
Director: Hark Tsui
ProductGroup: DVD
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Customer Reviews:

Amazing!.......2007-07-03

action packed Hong Kong movie.......2007-01-11

Great action packed Hong Kong movie with some great stunts.

action, crime, thriller.......2005-10-08

I love the action in this chinese action movie. The picture looks good too. Tyler has had trouble all his life he has always dreamed of living in South America.

Best Action movie ever.......2005-07-23

Don't waste your time.......2004-01-21

In final thoughts, I would have given this movie 1 star, but I gave this film an extra star for its effort in trying to be good.

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