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[catch2370]

very impressive



[stefanor86]

someone dislike this? :-O

[warguy58]

Stormtroopers actually are incredibly inaccurate.

[SadlifeProduction]

How did they do the newspaper falling exactly in the right spot? impressive

[Nicoyutub]

@SadlifeProduction they didn't, the actor just improvised

[yagamiraito]

This was tough to follow. Once they hold up in the building the film kinda goes down hill. Thanks for posting. This is one of the best shots I've ever seen in a film.

[cooperunionstud]

i need to find the music for this movie

[cooperunionstud]

favorite film opening

[MegaLaidback]

Johnnie To makes some great movies.

[SadlifeProduction]

this scene is so epic

[1024room]

ไม่น่าตกใจเลยดู....action design ตอนหลังไม่เข้าท่าเดินกันยังกัน­superman

ตากล้องทำดีแล้วกำกับฉากบู๊ไม่เ­ข้าท่า....ดูไม่เชื่อ

[voidofambition]

You NEVER see this in Hollywood.

[CapitanBluebeard]

i saw this movie about a year ago. and im still searching for a copy. looking for english subtitles too but im good at broken chinese.

[Rasilovic]

HELLO

[burntomato]

Amazing.

[ChineseCommando]

does someone know where I can find music for this movie?

[jjlingjunjie]

I always like the gun's sound effect in many HK movie..

[Ghostsofthefuture]

that's my hometown, baby!

[friend5001]

@Ghostsofthefuture

Hong Kong is your hometown? Lucky you, HK is a great city, I was been there in Oct 2006, and I hope to come back soon!

[GeForce47]

thats the longest take ive ever seen!

[ChineseCommando]

Sweet shot, but the cops and bad guys can't shoot for squat. The main villain just casually walks back and the cop with the MP5 still can't hit him

[poopyhead25]

this movie is actually a parody of sorts so...

[jmalmsten]

@ChineseCommando

My guess is that they weren't so much aiming to kill. Only to keep the targets from shooting back accurately. Cops can't interrogate dead criminals and the bad guys don't want unnecessary bloodshed. They just want to get away.

That's my take on it though... And sortof the whole plot after this intro is that the police desperately wants to save its face after this PR-fiasco. The media showed it live on TV and the public critizised the police for its lack of results.

[ChineseCommando]

@jmalmsten Yeah, good point.

[Redgrant80]

@ChineseCommando Usually in real life it take more shots than this until somone dies in a shootout.

[kachonlam]

打劫救護車的不是人!!

[mbs198]

香港電影真的很厲害!!一鏡到底沒話說!

[theburialmusic]

How is this done? With just a crane, or does someone carry it around and then stick it back on the crane at the right moments?

[Mcorstiaans]

They used a single crane with a camera hanging from it so the camera could turn 360 degrees. If you pay close attention you can notice the camera slightly trembling because of the wind.

[SeanConnery9000]

One of Johnny To's few accomplished films. I don't like many of his films. He does better when he writes/produces but I liked this film & Election.

Opening scene reminds me of Ringo Lam's Full Alert & Michael Mann's Collateral & Heat.

[WilliamBurner]

this is incredible... do you know about the newspaper landing on the windscreen? was that real? cause if it was, this scene must have taken FOREVER...

[WilliamBurner]

hm, looks like it was pulled.

[deltajuliet]

Yeah, that's my guess. Then the wire or whatever is digitally removed.

[Xekeo]

Johnnie To is a genius. What a wonderful opening shot This is brillant.

[blinkzone1]

this shot is better then Goodfellas

[basilyeo]

brilliant

[10000nutz]

These guys have worse aim than Stormtroopers...

[Redgrant80]

@10000nutz No they have the same aim as real life cops and robbers.

[rich8606]

Coming from Johnnie To, this movie started out so great, then it quickly falls apart about halfway through. Not on par with everythign else he has made, still a pretty decent ovie though.

[gzlranger]

Brilliant. 7 minute single uncut shot. Technically, this should be super expensive and not been able to be produced on a HK film budget. If you like this kind of extended tracked single shots, you should watch "CHILDREN OF MEN". There are multiple single held shots that lasts for minutes, notably the last "rebellion" scene.

[asjdhfjkasdfasdhfasd]

Its funny how mainlanders in this movie are portrayed as the bad guys and hkers are portrayed as the good guys.

[ChineseCommando]

You should upload the rest of the scene also!

[MozTS]

damn

[Alankanjo]

And a note: camera operator of "Lord of the Rings" was asked by Johnnie To to make this tracking shot, but he rejected the offer... I think finally the camera operators were from Hong Kong. They are so DARING. Hong Kong action films are the best, simply becase these group of PROFESSIONALS are so DARING!!

[gizelbelcoot]

agree

[DiPCreative]

Yezzir!

[Alankanjo]

No words to describe this scene. May be "magic" or "oustanding".... Thanks!!

[dindondada]

this scene is incredible

[MrHeavySilence4]

This scene is amazing..so underrated

[jjho8]

That was one amazing long take shot everything has to be pre-planned and they pulled it off seamlessly.

[siraj1988]

wow again .. you guys should type in, 10 minutes, best euro short, i reckon its better

[Evilstuff]

but this is action shootout, 10 minutes is a drama (which amazing) only action is the kid running around. They area both better in different areas

[MBRAGGS]

thank you mcorstiaans very much for taking the time to upload this scene. i'm very grate ful to you for doing so. thanks again

[jacklawr]

wow