Essential viewing just for Anthony Wong Chau-Sang. So great here, and what happens? He ends up wasted in Rob Cohen's risible Mummy sequel. Come back to the source and see why he's one of the most exciting actors working today. The rest of the film's amazing too.

To manages to make gangster films like no other. They are full of characters who happen to be entangled in crime and underworld, but at the end of the day they are just regular people that have no problem cooking or hanging out telling jokes shortly after a gun fight.

There is no melodrama or ham-fisted turmoil, there is still drama and you care about the characters, it's just well balanced.

As mentioned by others, there is definitely a spaghetti western feeling married to an almost french crime drama tied with hong kong heroic bloodshed films.

The action scenes are a bit looser here but are shown in a graceful chaos.

Some of the wondering scenes and pacing seem a bit off to me in this but still very enjoyable.

It seems like most film buffs prefer "Exiled" to its predecessor "The Mission." Rewatching the movies, this time nearly back-to-back, was an interesting experience. I still personally prefer "The Mission" but "Exiled" clearly displays how much Johnnie To developed as an artist and filmmaker between 1999 and 2006.

As others have mentioned, "Exiled" is a brilliant fusion of the traditional Hong Kong gangster film with the romantic stylization of a Sergio Leone spaghetti Western. It's great to have the gang together again after "The Mission," along with some new faces like Nick Cheung and Richie Ren.

It must be said that Anthony Wong, as cool as he is, has never been cooler than he is in "Exiled." The final shootout here is barely over a minute long but it's one of the most memorable and well-staged action sequences of the 00's.

The melancholic bonds of brotherhood swathe necessary carnage, bullets crash and feelings roar, all with the same intensity.

Kopumā patīkams vesternu mix ar mafiozo apšaudēm spēcīgā stilizējuma mērcē. Bet mazliet par tukšu un stieptu. Saīsināšana un izņemts komiskais elements padarītu filmu daudz labāku.

To is a master at staging action. It's the character moments in between that are lacking.

To manages to make gangster films like no other. They are full of characters who happen to be entangled in crime and underworld, but at the end of the day they are just regular people that have no problem cooking or hanging out telling jokes shortly after a gun fight.

There is no melodrama or ham-fisted turmoil, there is still drama and you care about the characters, it's just well balanced.

As mentioned by others, there is definitely a spaghetti western feeling married to an almost french crime drama tied with hong kong heroic bloodshed films.

The action scenes are a bit looser here but are shown in a graceful chaos.

Some of the wondering scenes and pacing seem a bit off to me in this but still very enjoyable.

This is like a louder, canto version of "In Bruges". While I definitely appreciate the break from norm gangster movie set pieces ... it does not really make for a memorable piece. P/S- Still Anthony Wong manages to put in a credible performance.

OMG

Trying hard to like Jonnie To's movies. But it's still style over substance. What a shame considering the cast.

The thing about Sergio Leone tributes is; the directors behind them think the Spa-West aesthetic lets them get away with using archetypes instead of characters. But Sergio Leone had men like Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood to fill out his generic cowboy boots, and even his more esteemed copycats, like Johnnie To, don't have access to that. So this one doesn't work like I believe he wanted it to.

Totally bitchin Chinese bullet ballet. Dat ending, man. Dat.