A fan of Benny Chan and his many hard-hitting action classics of the 90's and numerous collaborations with Jackie Chan, I went into this movie with an open mind and low expectations seeing some previous reviews and all, but I was pleasantly surprised it ended up an enjoyable watch in the end, albeit some silly moments.
Let's get this out of the way, Hong Kong isn't Hollywood, so you can't expect special effects to be on par, and it's evident here with some very silly looking makeup effects for the mutants and a very laughable Aaron Kwok moment in the beginning.
However. Once Nicky Li's choreographed action gets cracking you get some cool superhero monster fight moments replete with flying daggers that are pretty fun to watch and Wu Jing and Zhang Jingchu as mainland cops hunting down mutants led by martial arts master Collin Chou and his gang with fancy martial arts and acupunture.
Overall Benny Chan ventures into comic book monsters mildly succeeding...
Let's get this out of the way, Hong Kong isn't Hollywood, so you can't expect special effects to be on par, and it's evident here with some very silly looking makeup effects for the mutants and a very laughable Aaron Kwok moment in the beginning.
However. Once Nicky Li's choreographed action gets cracking you get some cool superhero monster fight moments replete with flying daggers that are pretty fun to watch and Wu Jing and Zhang Jingchu as mainland cops hunting down mutants led by martial arts master Collin Chou and his gang with fancy martial arts and acupunture.
Overall Benny Chan ventures into comic book monsters mildly succeeding...