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Beyond Hypothermia (1996). This Hong Kong action flick can most tersely be categorized as a stylish crime drama with occasionally cheesy romance punctuated in between. And even the the horrible dubbing (no subs), once I realized the trick of laughing in between bouts of violence, could not keep me from enjoying the wondrous Beyond Hypothermia.
Don't even bother with the story, but instead luxuriate in the action sequences when they come. The traffic scene, for example, has such a gut churning sense of nihilistic reality that uncomfortable laughs become a must. The camera and choreography merge into some ethereal realm that only seems available in Hong Kong, where movies that should be awful instead contain that mystical quality that keeps us coming back for more. So just sit back and prepare your eyes to feast in the wonderfully choreographed bouts of violence. One last warning, for those that cannot deal with cinematic No You Didn't moments beware, Beyond Hypothermia is not saddled with Western conventions.
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