choice by French critics.
Chronic'art. Com - Vincent Malause
PTU playing the card of an intimacy and realism that we would have expected from (...). To And it is an extraordinary surprise, the perfect match between two genres, stories and action movies.
Fluctuat.net - Jérôme Dittmar
Johnnie To, director essentially formal? It is not so simple. In PTU , his last film released in France, the plot is certainly minimized. But the succession of lines and graphic narrative, breathtaking ends to weave a dense web of bodies and human interaction.
Positif - Fabien Baumann
To play, as always, to delay everything. The action never slowed down as well when ... speeds up: a staircase to climb, an informant from torture, cross-fire are prolonged, are perpetuated. The term is transformed into hard, the tension in favor.
Les Inrockuptibles - Olivier Père
PTU is cloaked with the seductive trappings of genre film, but as The Mission , exceeds the rules of the police to offer the viewer a cross between a film and a brilliant lesson poetic walk through the streets of Hong Kong.
Télérama - Jacques Morice
tenacious and effective (...). Sometimes we see a Sergio Leone in Johnnie To. Similar to that of leaving the action open until the climax, to associate the grotesque the brutal realism, typified by the faces. With few and not appropriate stylistic choices, Johnnie To show us what is rightly called "urban jungle".
Cahiers du Cinéma - Jean-Michel Frodon
One of the films [Johnnie To] most accomplished to date is of course PTU, which stands for Police Tactical Unit, but whose pronounce ( pity you ) evokes compassion. (...) Johnnie To's films, with their dazzling formalism and relaxed, they are surprisingly exciting.
Score - Gaël Golhen
Compliance unit of time, place, and (especially) for action, game of chance, virtuoso improvisation on the theme of coincidence, PTU is an amazing night walk.
Elle - Philippe Trétiack
John Woo fans will rediscover in this Hong Kong thriller ingredients of their chills. (...) And 'post-modern, exotic and pleasant. Asia to dream. To see.
Studio Magazine - Thomas Baurez
This settling of scores between the various parts of Hong Kong police is a masterpiece of stylistic precision.
Brazil - Alex Masson
as elegant as fever, PTU (...) To confirm as a unique case in the Asian film director capable of binding to a refined aesthetic and sense of fun. An absolute success.
Chronic'art. Com - Vincent Malause
PTU playing the card of an intimacy and realism that we would have expected from (...). To And it is an extraordinary surprise, the perfect match between two genres, stories and action movies.
Fluctuat.net - Jérôme Dittmar
Johnnie To, director essentially formal? It is not so simple. In PTU , his last film released in France, the plot is certainly minimized. But the succession of lines and graphic narrative, breathtaking ends to weave a dense web of bodies and human interaction.
Positif - Fabien Baumann
To play, as always, to delay everything. The action never slowed down as well when ... speeds up: a staircase to climb, an informant from torture, cross-fire are prolonged, are perpetuated. The term is transformed into hard, the tension in favor.
Les Inrockuptibles - Olivier Père
PTU is cloaked with the seductive trappings of genre film, but as The Mission , exceeds the rules of the police to offer the viewer a cross between a film and a brilliant lesson poetic walk through the streets of Hong Kong.
Télérama - Jacques Morice
tenacious and effective (...). Sometimes we see a Sergio Leone in Johnnie To. Similar to that of leaving the action open until the climax, to associate the grotesque the brutal realism, typified by the faces. With few and not appropriate stylistic choices, Johnnie To show us what is rightly called "urban jungle".
Cahiers du Cinéma - Jean-Michel Frodon
One of the films [Johnnie To] most accomplished to date is of course PTU, which stands for Police Tactical Unit, but whose pronounce ( pity you ) evokes compassion. (...) Johnnie To's films, with their dazzling formalism and relaxed, they are surprisingly exciting.
Score - Gaël Golhen
Compliance unit of time, place, and (especially) for action, game of chance, virtuoso improvisation on the theme of coincidence, PTU is an amazing night walk.
Elle - Philippe Trétiack
John Woo fans will rediscover in this Hong Kong thriller ingredients of their chills. (...) And 'post-modern, exotic and pleasant. Asia to dream. To see.
Studio Magazine - Thomas Baurez
This settling of scores between the various parts of Hong Kong police is a masterpiece of stylistic precision.
Brazil - Alex Masson
as elegant as fever, PTU (...) To confirm as a unique case in the Asian film director capable of binding to a refined aesthetic and sense of fun. An absolute success.
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