Simply A Masterpiece

Good concept, poorly executed.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

I was surprised to see such a praise to this awful movie here at IMDb, so watched this on Netflix. This movie has a very convoluted plot with non-sensible fight scenes in between.The portrayal of police and their handling of the case is childish. When the plot has nothing to offer fight scenes are thrown in without much sense. One of the suspects ran from the police with four guys chasing, even several blows from steel rod could not hurt the suspect. Kicks and punches are fast but look absurd as kids fighting. Avoid wasting your time.

The fight scene between Donnie Yen and Jing Wu at a back alley, is arguably the most authentic and intense action scene, in the whole history of cinema. It is just thrilling and brilliant. This scene makes the movie both Donnie Yen's best and Jing Wu's best of their entire careers.

I decided to check this flick out after someone suggested it was better than "The Raid" and "Kung Fu Hustle" (Two very different films, but both of which I loved).I was extremely disappointed. The plot is paper thin and the script is very weak. The "good" guys are idiots and mess up on every single turn. Non of them is likable. Not even Donnie Yen's character, which comes off as very conceited and bratty. The action and script are not believable at all. They include: The commander miraculously released from the bad guy's cage without explanation. The protagonist finally finishes the bad guy, but doesn't check if he's dead or handcuffs him, instead he goes searching for a product placement.A 75 kg man picking up and catapulting a 130 kg man over his head without using momentum. A cop fighting a man with a mini Katana without trying to disarm him. A cop coming to kill a man, but using the element of surprise to waste all his bullets on anyone who is not the target, even though he has a clear shot. The bad guy is videotaped playing golf with a cop's head, then his accomplice shoots the cop in the head, but this is insufficient evidence, apparently, to charge him with anything.A cop shooting at a hostage taker while the hostage is still alive, but not firing a single shot once he is executed. then doesn't call it in to warn other cops, so they get executed as well. A cop going to a dangerous neighborhood alone and unarmed. A woman saying she can't get pregnant, but next time she appears on screen, she has a month old baby. A man is beaten with sticks while running, but this doesn't hinder him at all. Then he gets beat up with sticks for several minutes but continues to stand (maybe I missed the part where they said he was an android?).A cop has a few months to live, he is devoting his remaining time to taking out the bad guy, he's willing to destroy his reputation by faking evidence, but does not simply kill the bad guy when the bad guy confronts him on the street while his gun is drawn. Bam, would have ended the movie there, but no, had to make it complicated and get everyone killed. Great! no wander you're the commanding officer in this flick.Oh, and finally, the good guys lose. That was worth sticking it out for...The only redeeming points are Donnie Yen's and Jackie Wu's martial arts skills, as well as Sammo's surprising agility (although I think camera work and editing helped him out a little), but those are rarely seen. Without these, the movie is a 3. As it is I give this a 5.

If you want to understand Kill Zone, you need at least a small grasp of the eastern concept of karma. Basically it means, that bad things that somebody does, will sooner or later backfire at him. This is the central theme of this movie.Kill Zone is a gritty police thriller about a bunch of cops aiming at taking down a crime lord. There are no real heroes in this, though. Every character sooner or later leaves the boundaries of moral behavior, and yes, there will be some kind of payback.Unfortunately this also makes it hard to root for any of the characters, although they are not completely unlikeable and their motives are understandable. Another problem is, that to remain within it's theme, the story stresses probabilities at times.If you want to watch this merely for the martial arts, be aware that the fight scenes only make up a small part of this movie. On the other hand they are excellently choreographed. The often mentioned, furious back alley knife vs. baton fight, might be one of the greatest martial arts scenes ever put on film.