The Sniper

Genre: Action

Language: Mandarin

Director: Dante Lam(The Twins Effect)

Cast: Richie Jen(Seoul Raiders), Edison Chen (The Dark Knight), Huang Xiaoming (The Banquet)

Runtime: 87min

Plot:

Ming (Richie Ren) is renowned as the top shooter in the police force. But behind the legend lies a skeleton in the closet: his former teammate and superb marksman Ching (Huang Xiaoming), who was jailed for accidentally killing a hostage, has just been released. With only vengeance in his mind, Ching determines to take on Ming and the police, believing they are the real culprits for his downfall. When a high-security prisoner transfer is sabotaged by a mysterious sniper and a major convict has escaped, Ming and his team are dispatched to profile the suspect. O (Edison Chen), the hot-headed rookie on the team, surprises everyone by accurately replicating the suspect’s impossible shots.

Watched the movie on 9 April evening @ GV Vivo.

This was made and scheduled to release last May but was delayed for almost a year due to Edison's photo scandal. I bet the feeling then and now must be far different for Edison Chan as he was aiming for his role but now, he could be a target.

I have never seen any projects from Huang Xiaoming. I felt he was a bit too good looking for his role. How on earth could someone with his look got landed on the wanted list poster? Perhaps it may be more convincing if he portrayed the role in a more rogue way.

As for Edison Chan, he reminded me of his role in Infernal Affairs when he wore the policeman uniform. Too bad, his running posture gave him away, if only he is better-built.

There were lots of bullets scenes. One thing I liked about the movie is the theme - Sniper. Whenever i watched war films, I liked Sniper's job as they always the calm, disciplined solders. They are always preying their target and in this movie, I was shown to more of Sniper's shooting. They work with temperature, wind speed & Direction, and used decoy tactics to lure target.

ah-deng says: 3 / 5 Should be made into drama version as there wasn't no much rooms for story development with only 87 minutes.