Motorway

2012 "Buckle your seat belts for the most adrenaline pumping chase scenes you'll experience!"
Motorway
5.9| 1h29m| en| More Info
Released: 21 June 2012 Released
Producted By: Media Asia Films
Country: Hong Kong
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Two police pursuit drivers, a hothead rookie and his long-suffering, almost-retired mentor, face off against an escape car driver from the latter's past.

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Paul Magne Haakonsen I am not particularly interested in cars of any type, and with the over exaggerated things in "The Fast and the Furious" movies, then it was nice to see "Motorway". It is a lot more realistic than many other car movies, and best of all, it has proper actors in it who actually possess an ounce of acting talent.The story is about Cheung (played by Shawn Yue) and Lo (played by Anthony Wong) who work in a specialized department of the Hong Kong traffic police department. When they learn of a planned heist, all bets are off, and their driving skills are put to extreme limits.Story-wise then "Motorway" was alright, although the story did lack a more comprehensive depth. But it was easy to follow, straight forward and right to the point.The movie was full of car chases, and does put "The Fast and the Furious" to shame. It was elegantly filmed and it was as if the audience was right there in midst of the gasoline-injected action.But the acting in the movie was really outstanding. And what made me buy this movie, aside from my love for Asian cinema, was that Hong Kong heavyweighter actor Anthony Wong was in it. And he performed very well, and together with Shawn Yue, they managed to make an otherwise flaccid movie genre interesting to watch.If you like Asian cinema, and if you like cars, of course, then you should most definitely sit down to watch "Motorway".
c0nfuzi the only reason i watched this movie it is because it was produced by johnny to. this is where you see the difference between produced and directed. the movie's photography was not bad but lack of constancy. the story is a non story which is kind of okay if you compare to most car movies, in exception of Drive. even if the movie is a bit better than the average car movie, that one was one car movie too many. the rookie and veteran relationship is kind of being a bit overexploited already, plus the romantic relationship if we can call it one. didn't feel it at all. not sure if it's because of the bad acting or back story development or bad character development. on the plus side, Anthony Wong was okay, but couldn't save the titanic. some other actors were better in other movies. spoiler alert: they could have just blocked all the exits of the building instead of dancing around, like what police usually do. the girl doctor who plays pool like a hustler, COME ON!
kosmasp Motorway being the international title of the movie! But while the money shots (obviously I'm talking about the scenes involving cars, but you did know that already) are really good and exciting, especially if you are really into cars, the story and the acting is not up to par. Anthony Wong is a regular and good actor in not only crime movies, but even he can't save this movie from mediocrity.You have to ask yourself, if it worth your time watching the whole movie or just enjoying the trailer, that must have at least some, if not all of the best scenes in it. There is no real depth to the whole thing, which might be something you'll be missing, especially if you are fond of Hong Kong action/thriller movies.
inc-10 Watching this, I didn't know what to expect. We have a rookie hothead cop who seems to be still reading "being a traffic cop for dummies" at work and transforms into generic main character from "The Fast and the Furious" on off-hours. Then we have old cop who's torn between nearby retirement and need for his high skills from "old times". This causes some drama, and I'm unsure if it enriched or ruined the experience.Generally, it's pretty much like similar Hollywood movies (like one I mentioned above), but very, very dark. It reminds me "Crash" quite a lot. Slow music, dark city in neon lights, and despite quick cuts of insane horsepower - packed into plastic and chromed steel, under overpriced car hood, there's no hip-hop anthems playing or tanned girls anywhere to be seen. Neither is any dumb one- liners.I liked that movie and yet hated it. I think it showed how weak Fast and Furious really would be as a movie if you removed MTV-styled clips and flashy people. As a cop drama it probably failed, because I really didn't believe that cops work like in this movie, leaving wounded behind, not reporting in, failing to catch a cop killer in week and never bringing out big guns, but send a rookie after notorious criminal instead.Still, it was entertaining, and good break from formulaic stew that Hollywood constantly feeds us. Want to see something different, see this.