Film Name: 都市煞星 / Point of No Return / Point of Return
A film of killer’s vendetta. A cold-blooded assassin falls for a gentle, lovely girlfriend, inevitably setting him on a dangerous path that harms both others and himself, unfolding a tragic tale of murder. Asking the singing legend to portray a ruthless killer with unwavering seriousness and a heart of steel is truly a tall order. He shines brighter in comedy, radiating humor—though no matter how wide he opens his eyes, it never feels forced, much like me.
A cold-blooded assassin named Golden Eagle is sent to Thailand to eliminate a target. He tracks the man down, but his mission is disrupted by his brother who arrives unexpectedly. Nevertheless, the two eventually locate the target’s hideout and successfully carry out the hit. Back home, the assassin’s brother desperately wants to become a killer himself, but his father forbids it. The father lost a leg in the line of duty and doesn’t want his son to suffer the same fate. This father also served as the assassin’s middleman. Unbeknownst to them, the man they killed was the younger brother of another assassin gang. Seeking revenge, the rival assassin hired someone to kill a specific target, hoping to identify Golden Eagle. He paid Golden Eagle to kill this person, intending to discover his identity. During the hit, both brothers were present. The rival assassin mistakenly targeted the middleman’s son, believing him to be Golden Eagle. However, he failed to kill Golden Eagle. Meanwhile, a gang boss hired the hitman to kill an old police officer. The hitman ambushed Golden Eagle, but Golden Eagle was busy renovating his house and didn’t show up. The middleman sent his son instead. The hitman missed again during the ambush, and the middleman’s son killed the intended target. Later, they discovered the man he killed was Golden Eagle’s girlfriend’s father—the old police officer. Upon learning her father was killed by Jin Ying’s brother, the girlfriend became furious and broke up with Jin Ying. The brothers then confronted the crime boss, but the assassin preemptively killed him, framing Jin Ying and his brother using the brothers’ own knife. Before the assassin group’s leader, the assassin falsely accused Jin Ying and his brother of committing a grave offense—killing their employer. The boss promised that if the middleman killed Golden Eagle to settle the matter, he would let it go without further pursuit. But the middleman refused, hesitating. Then the hitman burst in and shot Golden Eagle’s brother, but he was wearing body armor and survived. The two brothers teamed up with the middleman to wipe out the entire hitman gang, utterly unstoppable.
The final showdown felt rushed, especially when the middleman pulled a gun from his prosthetic leg—utterly baffling. Is this Doraemon? How could a hollow leg hold a gun? Full of doubts. Plus, one guy got shot with no blood, yet no one suspected a thing. Two others charged in while KK made faces right there, and nobody noticed. Three of them exchanged glances, and still, no one caught on. With nearly forty or fifty people—an entire assassin group—unable to take down three guys, one of whom is disabled? It’s genuinely baffling. Multiple times, people get knocked down and just lie there, waiting to be beaten by the protagonists. They refuse to use guns, insisting on fistfights instead. The boss doesn’t even run, just stands there waiting to be shot. The three guys only get hit by a few bullets? They’re practically superheroes. But Joey Wong was genuinely quite attractive, though sometimes she seemed a bit odd. The singing god’s wide-eyed acting felt a bit rushed. Tam Yiu-man’s singing scene was indeed quite charming, but back then, with his greasy hair and powdered face, he was just a pretty boy. And that move where he used water as hair wax to style his hair was pretty cool, but also a bit silly. Maybe it’s just a product of its time!
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