Hot War (1998)
Reviewed by: sharon on 2001-02-27
Summary: Pretty Good
Ekin Cheng and Jordan Chan makes the film work. I was a bit unfortunet and saw this movie about a year after the realse, and I can say that this probably took away from it, since I was really in the World Cup at the time. But nonetheless, this film is enjoyable to a degree.

The high points in the film:
Jordan Chan gives another wonderful performance as usual. His character is portrayed very well...even though it did seem rushed.
Ekin Cheng was a little bit more dramatic in this movie then in his other movies. You could actually see some serious sad emotions from him this time! Pretty good job.
Kelly Chen gave a bit above the average performance, not much else to say about that.
I enjoyed the special effects of the movie the most. It reminded me of a outdated Matirx mixed with some James Bond feel. The VR gave me the Matirx feel, even though it's nothing compared to the real Matirx, it's still a good job done for a HK film. The fight scenes (I'm talking mainly about the shoot out between Jordan and the villians) was very tight and well choregraphed, which is the James Bond feel.

The acting and camera work and everything else was above average. All in all, this was a enjoyable movie to watch based solely on entertaining value.