Ever since Milkyway Image rose to fame Johnnie To has made excellent movies, never slowed down and continues to contribute to the otherwise dying HK movie industry with innovative ways of movie-making: Movies such as A HERO NEVER DIES, THE MISSION and PTU proves this. With EXILED, To has once again done another movie that most current HK directors can't touch in terms of originality.

While To's choice of plot and themes has been done to death, the main attraction is rather HOW the movie progresses through To's specific style of storytelling. It's through the usage of cinematography, music, locations and most importantly the main actors, that makes the movie developing further rather than relying on too much dialog. To has done this several times but in the sense it's still quite original in execution and that's tells you something.

Overall, I'm highly satisfied with Johnnie To's accomplishment and couldn't have ask for more: the action, the character development, the music score, the cinematography, the locations... all done brilliantly.