Really good action-packed martial arts movies had been scarce. Imagine my excitement when I stumbled across Donnie Yen’s The Prosecutor trailer. The fight scenes were of exceptional quality, meticulously choreographed and executed with authenticity.
I was a little worried during the opening sequence. It was a drug bust but it was filmed in a way that it looked like a first person shooter game. It was a relief that this type of scenes were limited to only a few sequences. After watching the movie, I can safely tell you that I was totally on the edge of my seat during the action scenes, but the plot could have been more engaging. Although based on a true story and there were some emotional scenes sprinkled here and there, the rest of the story was not very memorable.
For a few quick bucks, a teenager agreed to let some drug mules use his address for their smuggling activities. Down on his luck, it was not surprising that the police were tipped off and he got arrested. Worse, he was tricked by his own lawyers into pleading guilty. In comes the protagonist played by Donnie Yen - a former cop who decided to leave the force and joined the Department of Justice as a prosecutor.
Sensing injustice, he decided to investigate and the rest of the story became predictable after this. Thankfully, there was hardly a dull moment. The cast was stacked with seasoned actors, so you can bet the acting was top-notch. You will root for the heroes and hate the villains so much you wish they got their ass kicked. And Donnie Yen delivers on that wish with his incredible fighting skills.
It is really difficult NOT to recommend this movie unless you really have something against good kung fu movies or you might have some young ones tagging along. Otherwise, I’d say, go watch this one!
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