movie hereThe Sniper
With budgets scaling back and the independent and social realist mini-industries gaining currency with their subject matter, the nonsense of films like "The Killer" has fallen by the wayside. "The Sniper," though, is a return to the roots that put Hong Kong's contemporary films on the map.
It must be said that there is a salacious element to "The Sniper" that will help it with local boxoffice. Co-star Edison Chen last year was embroiled in a sex-photo scandal (tame by standards anywhere but Asia) and was promptly driven from Hong Kong. His notoriety -- and absence from screens -- will generate buzz in Asia, but the film will probably remain a regional curiosity as far as theatrical release goes. Genre festival interest isn't out of the question.
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