1. 'Breaking News' (2004): Mixing Satire with Shoot-'Em-Ups
Jun 25, 2023 · Johnnie To brings his trademark editing rhythm and creative action blocking to this tight thriller, making the most of his unglamorous urban backdrops and ...
Directed by: Johnnie To || Produced by: Johnnie To, Cao Biao Screenplay by: Chan Hing-kai, Yip Tin-Shing || Starring: Richie Jen, Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung, Eddie Cheung, Simon Yam, Maggie Shiu Music…

2. Review: Breaking News (2004) - Heroic Cinema
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Johnnie To confuses me. I have never been able to satisfactorily account for why I enjoy his films so much, and I don’t like that. It has always seemed to me that he strikes a very uneasy bal…

3. This Just In: Audience Manipulation in Johnnie To's Breaking News
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|Benjamin Jarman| “Image matters most. We have to put on a great show. An eye for an eye. This is the age of the media. The media got us. Now we get back at them.” These are the first lines of dialogue recited by actress Kelly Chen in Johnnie To’s 2004 crime film, Breaking News. Chen

4. Breaking News - Variety
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An interesting idea comes over only half-formed in Johnnie To's "Breaking News," an effective Hong Kong crimer that partly returns to the style of some of his '90s dramas. The cast, plus kinetic photography, deliver solid enough entertainment, with some theatrical exposure signaled in Western markets, and To's rep driving ancillary sales.

5. Breaking News (2004) - Plex
Inventive action film from Hong Kong looks at how modern media and electronic communications changes everything in the old game of cops and robbers.
In a chaotic race against time, a botched robbery forces the police to mend their reputation with flashy stunts and intense gunfights, turning the streets into a live news broadcast while uncovering the blur between heroism and media spectacle.

6. Breaking News - SFMOMA
Aug 6, 2017 · After a gang of thieves humiliates a police officer on live television during a botched raid, Captain Fong (Cantopop icon Kelly Chen) decides to broadcast ...
With a Q+A by Johnnie To

7. Breaking News - Review | KFCC - Kung Fu Cult Cinema
The film runs on an engine of reality, but there are some parts of this film that seem too extraordinary to be real. Yes, I know, it's a movie, but if you are ...
Review of the 2004 Hong Kong action drama, Breaking News.

8. Breaking News (2004) (Dai si gin) | Cinema365 - WordPress.com
Aug 26, 2013 · That's as true in Asia as it is here. ... He populates his story with tough talkers and bureaucrats and basically everyone else is cannon fodder.
(2004) Crime Drama (Palm) Richie Jen, Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung, Cheung Siu Fai, Hui Siu Hung, Lam Suet, You Yong, Ding Hai Feng, Li Hai Tao, Simon Yam, Maggie Siu, Yuk-Keung Kwok, Chi Wai Wong, Wah …

9. Breaking News (2004) : Johnnie To - Internet Archive
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Breaking News is a 2004 Hong Kong action film produced and directed by Johnnie To, and starring Richie Jen, Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung, Eddie Cheung, Simon Yam...
