{"id":33227,"date":"2026-03-03T19:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33227"},"modified":"2026-03-03T19:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:36:35","slug":"review-ultimate-revenge-movie-review-hong-kong-police-and-robbers-drama-is-all-brawn-and-no-brains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33227","title":{"rendered":"Review | Ultimate Revenge movie review: Hong Kong police-and-robbers drama is all brawn and no brains"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Viewers who like their police-and-robbers thrillers loud, frenetic and illogical are in for a blast \u2013 along with car chases, bruising one-on-one fights and all too many extended shoot-outs \u2013 with Ultimate Revenge<\/em>, an unabashedly derivative addition to Hong Kong\u2019s once-feted action cinema tradition.<\/p>\n

While its gritty approach to action might excite diehard fans of the genre, this latest effort by emerging director Terry Ng Ka-wai (The Unwavering Brotherhood<\/em><\/span>, 2024) has presumably blown most of its budget on pyrotechnics. That would explain why screenwriter Ronald Chan Kin-hung phoned in a story so haphazardly constructed that it reflects poorly on both the police and their criminal counterparts.<\/div>\n
Essentially a mindless rehash of the \u201cdual vendetta\u201d premise that has been a fixture of Hong Kong crime dramas for decades \u2013 recently seen in films such as Shock Wave<\/em><\/span> (2017),<\/em> Raging Fire<\/em><\/span> (2021) and Bursting Point<\/em><\/span> (2023) \u2013 Ultimate Revenge<\/em> begins with a deadly shoot-out between policemen and violent thugs, igniting an escalating series of conflicts as both sides seek to avenge their fallen comrades.<\/div>\n
In a disastrously executed sting operation to root out an armed robbery gang, police sergeant Ben (Alex Fong Chung-sun) mortally wounds one of three criminal brothers, while the remaining pair, Dragon (Louis Cheung Kai-chung<\/span>) and Mo (Andy On Chi-kit), kill the exposed undercover officer as payback.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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