After hearing a lot of praise for To's movies and being really excited to finally see one (on the big screen no less), this film ended up being a grand disappointment. I can appreciate hokey melodrama as much as the next guy, but this shite was unbearably trite. My foremost criticism is of the over the top and out of place musical sequences and i don't quite care if To's satirizing other HK movies because it just wasn't funny enough. The movie wasn't totally w waste of time considering a few memorable moments and some brief humorous moments. Maybe if he had just finished the movie after the balloon scene i would respect his audacity but instead he drags this trifling, self indulgent piece on another 20 minutes. Kurosawa you're not, Johnny.
Review of Throw Down
