traian13 I can't even begin to describe the sicky feeling I have after watching this movie. It should be worth starting by saying I wasn't even able to watch the whole movie in one go. I really don't know what kind of masochistic thought made me watch the rest of it in the first place.Sometimes I wish we could use negative ratings. This film is an insult to anyone interested in martial arts movies. Apart from the fact that most fighting scenes were visibly sped up, the last half hour doesn't even have any kung fu. The choreography was good and clearly the actors knew what they were doing. If they would have ditched the fast-forwarding and added more fighting scenes it would have been a lot better.And this brings me to the story... *sigh* This "movie" tried so hard to be a movie it inexorably turned into an epic fail. The characters have no depth and give no reason for what they are doing. They don't seem to be driven by any moral principles but they have philosophical dialog that is seemingly unrelated to the romantic-cheesy-dramatic plot.Fatal Contact is nothing more than a fatal blow to anyone's intellect.I never thought I'd say it, but now I wanna watch a Hollywood movie.

sarastro7 I am (of course) a huge fan of Jacky Wu Jing. He has been "the new Jet Li" to me since his earliest movies. What a shame that he had such a long hiatus from movie-making, and what a thrill that's he's back in a lot of new movies these last couple of years! Hope his career will really take off now!I really liked Fatal Contact. Note that, early in the movie, Kong (Wu) even mentions his intention to be the new Jet Li! This movie is sort of about what might have happened to Jet Li if he'd been led astray and had become an underground prize fighter instead of an action movie star.Hong Kong plot logic is not always easy to grasp, but I thought this movie did everything right. I think the ending was as it had to be. Tin had been using Kong, and she killed herself because she hated herself for betraying him so. Kong then goes on a gangster killing spree and gets himself shot by the police - exactly the kind of thing that would realistically happen. And not only is it realistic, it's also a moral lesson: don't get involved with organized crime, 'cos it'll surely lead to no good. In terms of poetic justice, getting shot was Kong's punishment for getting involved in illegal brawling in the first place. His big mistake was taking up with Tin, whose true nature he was too naive to see clearly. His sifu must have taught him skill, but not wisdom... :-/Anyway, very cool movie with very cool fight scenes and a good story; much better than what we usually see in kung fu movies. I rate Fatal Contact 8 out of 10.While we're waiting for Wu's next film (Legendary Assassin), let me express the hope that he will start doing period pieces again (like Tai-Chi Boxer and Drunken Monkey). I don't know why all the recent kung fu movies have to take place in the modern-day world. It's just not the same. The movies set in the past are much more atmospheric, and kung fu makes a hell of a lot more sense in a world without guns.

diggler_inc This movie is beautifully shot with some of the greatest fight scenes of any film in recent years. Anytime there is a fight, even the brief ones, the film shines. However, the rest of the film is awful despite the excellent photography. This movie is plagued by bad acting and bad story. This movie is extremely stupid. Every non-action scene is terrible.That being said it is still worth watching for the fight scenes. The fights go at a fast pace and are pretty believable. They are somewhat similar to Flashpoint and SPL.This is an absurdly silly movie that expects the audience to be morons but the fights are well-done.

zdac I've watched a lot of HK action films... some are pretty amazing, many are guilty pleasures, and sadly a few are just plain awful. This one falls into the latter category. Fatal Contact is terrible, and not in that "so bad it's good" enjoyable sort of way. The writing is awkward, the acting is hollow, and the direction is stiff and joyless. Every scene is miserable. It's like someone made a backyard-grade production with half a normal film's budget. I don't speak Chinese, so I read the subtitles... which means I can be pretty generous with regards to the performances, especially in a martial arts film. When I can tell how flat and mechanical the acting is, even across the language barrier, you know it's pretty bad. The dialog is recited as if read from scribbled cue cards. Actors stare at nothing in particular, making nervous faces like they've just ad-libbed a bad line.. they even sometimes look at the camera. This may seem like a petty complaint for a silly action movie, but it really makes it impossible to enter into the film and feel any excitement.The script is similarly weak...dull, fragmented, predictable, preachy, and at times painfully misogynistic. Even for manic HK genre film, the tone is inconsistent. It seems to hit a sour note at almost every turn. I might have praised this film for showing illegal underground boxing matches in realistically mundane environments like old train stations, fluorescent-lit rented hotel conference chambers, boat marinas, etc, but somehow the lack of interesting locations or presentation often robs the scenes of any drama they would normally have. Instead, it just feels cheap and unimaginative.So what about the action? Jacky Wu has always been a competent martial performer, if not particularly engaging on a personal level, and the action sequences should be the highlight of this film. Unfortunately, the impact is consistently killed by bad editing and unexciting villains. The choreography is pretty dull and unexciting. Every confrontation is a disappointment. Granted, Wu does pull off a couple of sweet moves. Unfortunately I mean that LITERALLY... I think I counted them and there are about two. Wu is a proved talent, but this film is strong evidence that having good screen fighters is not enough to carry even a fun action cheapie if every other aspect of the movie fails.Notably Ronald Cheng DOES sort of portray an interesting character... I was hoping for him to become more significant in the story, but don't be fooled. NOTHING happens with this character. That goes Lam Suet and Ken Lo too, sadly. The familiar HK supporting faces in this film are no indication of its quality. I was under the impression that a Dragon Dynasty release would at least be worth a look. Don't waste your time... or if you must, skip to the fight scenes just to relieve your curiosity. Nothing else here is even remotely worthwhile.