Killers from Beijing (2000)
Reviewed by: mejones on 2002-03-22
Summary: so-so
A group of four army officers, lead by Patrick Tam and including Chin Kar Lok, are ousted for being overly violent. As a result, no one in their small town respects them, Patrick can't marry his girlfriend b/c he's too poor, they get beaten and arrested by the corrupt village chief. They're so down on their luck, it's easy to see why they might jump at the chance to make big money in HK by offing some triad boss! Sooo... off they go, young men hoping to make a mark in the world! All of this is extremely predictable, but I still found it enjoyable. Partly, I think, because I took most of it as tongue-in-cheek because of the way it was filmed!!! I dunno, it started out kind of campy, so I began thinking of it as a bit of a parody and that might be why I found it more amusing than anything else!! Overall, another story about loyal buddies vs. everyone else!