Visually striking yet narratively incoherent, Juno Mak’s ambitiously staged yet lethargically paced Hong Kong crime saga Sons of the Neon Night finally arrives on home shores, more than a decade after the project was originally announced. Takeshi Kaneshiro and Lau Ching-wan headline an impressive ensemble of onscreen talent, while the likes of editor William Chang and the late composer Ryuichi Sakamoto ensure below-the-line credits are equally enviable. Unfolding in a fantastical snow-drenched version of Hong Kong, circa 1994, the story involves a violent struggle for control of the city’s drug trade that erupts in the wake of a kingpin’s murder. Relatives, cops, hitmen, and a sea of enigmatic pretenders look to either shore up their positions, or usurp one another’s for personal gain,...
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