Exiled

Exiled is a film at odds with itself. On one hand it's a stylish, over the top Hong Kong gangster film, on the other it's a melancholy movie about friendship and the past, but for the most part these two sections compliment each other well. There's a lot of familiarity here right across the board, with a none-too-original plot and a cast of familiar HK crime genre actors, but Exiled does just enough to rise above the glut of HK crime sagas with some good performances around the intricate gunplay

Greatly stylized gun porn that doesn't make any sense appeals to me... Like, when 10+ people manage to shoot/not shoot each other, during the time it takes for a Red Bull (prominently featured throughout) to fall, once thrown in the air. Otherwise, it's somehow pretty atmospheric in its own way whilst blatantly ripping off dozens of westerns and kind of, well, being not too original. Nice camera work and bloodshed always makes my day, though

Decidedly more cliched than it should be, but very well-executed atmospherically