BAN DRUGS (破冰) Review: A full-packed action cop thriller that comes short on reaching the intended spectacularity
Starring Sammy Hung, son of HK movie deity, the one and only Sammo Hung, this police action thriller of very simple international title (although its original Chinese title is no better, “Break the Ice”, however both titles are related with the plot), follows the adventures of a workaholic police officer (Sammy Hung) with marital problems and obsessed with catching a dangerous elusive drug dealer, that risks his integrity and his dear ones to have the job done. The final result is a small low budget VOD production in the wide and vast chinese streaming service world, that presents a non-stop action feature full of repetitive and anodine ballistic action and brief glances of fighting sequences, so brief that we can´t barely appreciate whether are worth it or not. Besides that, the director even attempts to innovate with POV sequences videogame style that only ruins the rythm of the sequences. The […]