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Genres:
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Action /
Crime /
Thriller /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Christophe Gans
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Actors:
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Yôko Shimada,
Julie Condra,
Debbie Podowski,
Murray Lowry,
Mikal Tang,
Kiyoto Matsumoto,
Mark Dacascos,
Rae Dawn Chong,
Byron Mann,
Masaya Katô,
Mako,
Tchéky Karyo,
Kevan Ohtsji,
Jerry Wasserman,
Tong Lung
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Duration:
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102 min.
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Rating:
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(6.4/10)135
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Plot Summary:
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A lethal assassin for a private Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each temporarily he kills, is seen hurriedly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a lovely artist. She is captivated past the embellish of his kill and later falls in love with him. An great power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza Clans ensues as they seek reprisal a violently after the death of their kingpin. They soon realise the fatal mistake of underestimating the savage skills of the Crying Freeman.
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Live action manga
Very good live action version and for a change this keeps a lot of story and visuals from the manga/anime.
Lots of action, good SFX. Mark Dacascos is Freeman and look out for him in Drive and Brotherhood of the Wolf.
Crying Freeman
A mildly diverting Hong Kong action film in the gloriously trashy tradition. This film takes itself far more seriously than any viewer ever could: its great if you like big explosions and slo-mo shoot-outs, interspersed with campy acting and some melodramatic narration from the somewhat faceless heroine. So it's great, then, if somewhat forgettable.
Crying Freeman
Hong Kong-manner fray meets James Bond in this splendidly crafted alteration of the cult Japanese comic strip. Enigmatic Mark Dacascos plays the latest in a long line of human killing machines programmed by the Sons of the Dragon Fellowship to respond to hypnotic signals. Because he sheds a rent after each wrinkle killing, he earns the epithet "Crying Freeman". How he keeps his identity a recondite fuels a cranked-up allotment overloaded with inventive explosions, balletic gunplay, hyperkinetic stunts and forbidden love. This is a visually striking and fresh slope on the traditional jocular-book capers.
Crying Freeman
This animate action version of the popular Japanese comic book and anime series fails to transform to anything almost as absorbing. Yo (Dacascos) is a sensitive pottery devotee kidnapped by a shady, secret organizing called the Sons of the Dragon, who show up him into a fatal assassin past brainwashing him. Though he has been programmed to kill on desired, he is still efficient of sensibility regret and cannot illustrate why. Fairly reverent approaching the original comical, but the flashy, spin-off course (owing more than a barely to John Woo) is irritating.
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