Excellent, Without a doubt!!

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Media stunt movie surrounding cops tracking down robbers , everything taking place in a day .A bank heist in broad daylight leads to a shootout in busy streets and the suspects getting away . A highly dutiful inspector makes it his mission to arrest the criminals , and tracks them down in a highly populated high-rise apartmentSame time , police headquarters hires outside media to record and capture the live event , fore these criminals embarrassed the lack of discipline in the force during their escape . They hire the media to "clean their image"Meanwhile, as the task force closes in on the robbers in the apartment , contract killers are also hiding out in the complex . Believing the cops are after them , they join the sides of the robbers and storm into the fray . Will the criminals be able to escape the complex and elude the media at the same time ?

Have I missed something here? From the title I thought this would be a film full of suspense and a story that would engage me but in my opinion it has nothing new to offer. I wonder what director To wanted to express through this film. There have been so many movies made on similar subjects. The only difference is that here To tries to portray the media as more involved in the plot but hardly anything stands out. The pace is very slow. The performances are miserable particularly that of Kelly Chen. Cinematography is alright. Even though the long shot in the beginning is somewhat impressive, it's nothing new. well, maybe for a movie like this, it is but that hardly make the experience of 'Breaking News' worthwhile. Anyway, I don't want to waste my time on commenting about this so I'll just end it by saying that I found it boring.

After a shoot out goes wrong and the police are made to look like fools the brass resolve to catch the bandits while using the media to fix their busted reputation. However things don't go quite as expected for anyone and what was a simple manhunt becomes a hostage situation with all of Hong Kong watching.This is an odd film. The plot is a bit too complex for its 90 minute running time, with gunfire exploding often when you least expect it. It starts off with a huge shoot out and then changes feels and tones several times as it goes. And there are a couple of moments where I swear I missed some plot point or other, but found I was simply carried along with the momentum and didn't care for long.. It clearly wants to make a commentary on the use of media by organizations to look good, and it mostly succeeds. (I'm also certain that the parallels to how the US Government is doing a similar thing in Iraq was probably unintentional even if it does make you think.)This is a very good, and very off beat film that moves to its own beat. Definitely worth seeing, especially if you like action.8 out of 10

I have seen lots of hong kong action movies and most of the time, they are terrible. There are some great hong kong action movies that are great such all of john woo's hong kong movie, the first "infernal affair", "city on fire" and others that I can't seem to remember at the moment. And as for "Breaking news" it did not exceed my great movie experience. although the story was good but it could have been better. The story is a fast pace movie which means there are going to be less characters development. It would have been nice if they would expand on the chemistry between the "leader of the heist" & Rebbecca fong and the "leader of the hired killer" & the "leader of the heist". There are lots of shoot out between the villain and the police. It is one of those shoot out that just kills the action of the movie because they make it too unbelievable. for example, one person is shooting another person about 3 or 5 feet from him or her and they missed. It is just to hard to accept that when someone is that close and you missed. If you want to see lots of shoot out action strategy movie but does not expect much then this is the movie for you.