Toronto. Flash Point.

The "premier of Flash Point saw Midnight Madness program head Colin Geddes reading an e-mailed manifesto from [Donnie] Yen about how he's enthusiastically moving towards using 'Mixed Martial Arts" for better, stronger, faster fight scenes," notes Cinematical's James Rocchi. "I don't know what, exactly, 'Mixed Martial Arts' means, but having seen it, I know I like it. A lot."

"Flash Point is the third consecutive collaboration between Yen and director Wilson Yip, the film that began life as a sequel to their first collaboration, SPL released on these shores as Kill Zone. The film marks a definite return to the gritty style that drove SPL after the highly stylized comic book adaptation Dragon Tiger Gate," writes Todd Brown.

Updated through 9/23.

Also at Twitch: "Donnie Yen may very well have the toughest job in Hong Kong right now," suggests Mack. "His work in Flash Point is unlike anything that I have ever seen. Yen is on a hot streak and he continues to raise the bar instead of lapping in the luxury of our lauding."

Update, 9/23: "Flash Point delivers a great payoff, if you miss old-school Hong Kong action films," blogs Wiley Wiggins from his iPhone.

Posted by dwhudson at September 19, 2007 12:09 AM