Moviecut—Double Tap

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DOUBLE TAP is a surprisingly low budget action movie from Hong Kong and one that generally misses the mark despite a good set-piece here and there. Most of the story is extremely slow paced and more of a character piece than plot-centred; we're stuck in a gun range for a very long time, watching characters interacting and training together, before the actual murder plot gets going. Alex Fong is a rather bland cop protagonist and Leslie Cheung isn't looking too well as top marksman Rick; this was made just a few years before his untimely death. A few highlights here and there make it enjoyable in places, and there's a fun 'bullet time' riff on THE MATRIX, but generally it's a bit of a slog.

Double Tap (Gun King) is plainly not just an action movie, this movie is also filled with suspenseful drama. Leslie Cheung plays Rick, an expert marksman who shoots a threatening bystander during a match against his CID competitor, played by Alex Fong, who could not attempt to stop the bystander. After that killing accident, Rick does not feel scared or nervous, but HAPPY?! A few years later, the police suspects Rick of killing a witness and 4 cops in a trial court case. The trail turns into a cat-and-mouse game until the final stand-off. This movie is deeply emotional, for Rick's first kill brings a feeling of an addiction as he becomes a threat to the police. It showed how pitted rivals faced against each other, a cop afraid of shooting to kill pit off against someone who won't stop at nothing to kill. It makes you think whether killing makes you afraid of being addicted? Worth considered to check out.