I find that usually I enjoy Donnie Yen's work more than most. Maybe because I miss those early 90s action films that was his forte. Well Flash Point is a throwback to those great films. Heavy on the violence, simple on the plot.

The often used out-of-control cop chasing down the over the top evil bad guys story is done so very well here. There are some flashes of character development but not so much as to flesh out the plot as it was to let viewers catch their collective breath between some high-octane fight scenes.

Donnie does a good job as the cop, Ma. While Louis Koo is OK but not great as his mole in the baddies camp. Collin Chou really steals the show from an acting standpoint as he really brought in a little realism to his role. Fan Bing Bing was breathtaking. I wish she was given a little more of a part in this. I look forward to seeing her again. Kent Cheng also turned in a good perfromance as usual.

The fight scenes were fantastic especially the use of MMA fighting techniques by Donnie Yen. It was new and fresh and really made the fights seem even more brutal. I expect to see this start a trend of action films using similar fight choreography.

Overall I was very pleased with this latest effort fron the SPL team. I hope to see more of these old school style cop action films in the future.