Accident (2009)
Reviewed by: Beat TG on 2009-11-13
Summary: Milkyway Image at its' most creative!
This was freaking creative beginning to end (minus the forced ending)! Here, the makers decided to bring in the themes of death, fate, tragedy, scheme and mystery and worked them into a story about a group of hitters arranging hits by pre-situating them through objects around their environment, and timing their pro skills to set the hits off on the right occasions and with such precision that no one around the environment can conclude them as murders but just as coincidental accidents. Truly breath-taking and refreshing!

The cast was just what the movie needed to make ACCIDENT what it is; deep and compelling. We have Louis Koo (in probably his best acting performance as of now, and someone I don't care about much otherwise) as the quiet, paranoid leader of the bunch, Stanley Fung (good to see him again) as a incautious and mentally ill member, Michelle Ye as a member who's loyal and cautious opposed to Stanley Fung's character, Lam Suet's neutral and carious member, and lastly Richie Ren's innocent but yet highly suspicious character of an insurance agent, and they are all acting-driven with such snap and intensity that they make their acting appreciating and memorable as they sell their characters.

As for the story, as expected with Johnnie To productions, it's very simplistic but yet it's filled with so much puzzles and clues that you're left running your head thinking alot, which on the other hand is what makes these movies very entertaining to watch. The accident-arrangements goes into quite a bit of detail and from there they become more complicated leads to all kinds of emotions and events that finally reaches its climax and resolves everything in the most unexpected way imaginable.

A work of art!
Reviewer Score: 9