Sky on Fire

[Drunk Monk]

Its been a while since I've watched a Ringo Lam flick and this one stars my dear friend Daniel Wu. It's another 'on fire' film, the first of which, City on Fire, had its finale poached by Tarantino for Reservoir Dogs. Lam has not lost his unique cinematic viewpoint and his action sequences are gritty and gorgeous. It's about a cure for cancer and greed, and there's cg burning scenes. Daniel does what he does best, straddling loyalty with conscious while burdened with past tragedy. It's confusing at points and the ending is a bit silly, but there was enough fresh ultravi to keep me engaged. That and Daniel - fun to watch him in anything for me now. I spoke to him on either side of making this film. He was excited to work with the legendary Ringo before, but somewhat disappointed at Ringo's rigidity after. In a nutshell, the beginning was disjointed and the end was silly, but the middle was good and the ultravi was excellent.