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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    This is an accomplished suspense-action piece that touches on universal themes of brotherhood, exile, love and honor. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

    To packs the moments of contemplation with as much suspense as the action sequences and is a master of ratcheting up tension through small details. Read full review

  • 80
    The New York Times |

    The movie is consistently engrossing and sometimes touching, thanks to its hard yet subtle characterizations and Mr. To's refusal to condescend. Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    This intriguing story, like many tales of mid-20th-century American art, is fueled by testosterone. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    Creative and bizarre, maybe too bizarre, but since most action films adhere to a cookie-cutter formula, its quirkiness is most welcome. Read full review

  • 70
    Salon.com | Stephanie Zacharek

    I'd put To's Exiled -- into the category of Hong Kong movies that even people who think they don't care about Hong Kong movies should see. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Derek Elley

    Cast of regulars blends like those in a late-on Howard Hawks' movie. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Johnnie To, the director, is highly respected in this genre, and I suppose he does it about as well as you'd want it to be done, unless you wanted acting and more coherence. Read full review

  • 63
    New York Daily News | Jack Mathews

    The Macao settings are beautifully rendered, and the dark humor is often very funny. But it is noisy. Read full review

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly |

    One of those wearisome Hong Kong action movies where characters engage in Mexican standoffs not so much to ratchet up excitement or generate tension but rather to look cool for as long as possible. Read full review

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