When an ambulatory TV news unit live broadcasts the embarrassing defeat of a police battalion by five bank robbers in a ballistic showdown, the credibility of the police force drops to a nadir. While on a separate investigation in a run-down building, detective Cheung discovers the hideout of the robbers. Cheung and his men have also entered the building, getting ready to take their foes out any minute. Meanwhile, in order to beat the media at its own game, Inspector Rebecca ... (Full plot summary below)
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When an ambulatory TV news unit live broadcasts the embarrassing defeat of a police battalion by five bank robbers in a ballistic showdown, the credibility of the police force drops to a nadir. While on a separate investigation in a run-down building, detective Cheung discovers the hideout of the robbers. Cheung and his men have also entered the building, getting ready to take their foes out any minute. Meanwhile, in order to beat the media at its own game, Inspector Rebecca decides to turn the stakeout into a breaking news show.
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| AV ClubNoel Murray[Breaking News] is one of [director] To's typically tangled meditations on the smearing of good and evil, in moments where instinct overcomes morality. |
| Film Journal InternationalDaniel Eagan...another in a long line of expertly made Johnnie To films. While it may not be the director's best work, it has some knockout sequences. |
| DallasBlack.comKam WilliamsA brainless but harmless display of senseless slaughter! |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckProlific Hong Kong lenser Johnnie To delivers another solid action picture with this latest effort. |
| Filmcritic.comChris BarsantiSmart and sly, Breaking News shows that genre doesn't have to mean predictable. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThis is a film Michael Bay would green light in a heartbeat. |
| Village VoiceEd HalterWell executed but ultimately unsatisfying ... |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsMark R. LeeperInventive action film from Hong Kong looks at how modern media and electronic communications changes everything in the old game of cops and robbers. |
| User ReviewJohn KLe plan-séquence au début du film est un modèle du genre |
| User ReviewJimmy Sone of johnnie to's great movie. all the actors have great skills, the best part of the movie is actually at the start, with the 8 min one shot scene. it is amazing |
