One Night in Mongkok Response

This movie was gritty, and by the end, it was disturbing. I felt there was a definite message against violence, and the movie definitely showed the reality and potential consequences of living a life that revolves around violence and negative ideals.
The film successfully portrayed Mongkok as a heavily populated, dirty, and polluted city full of crime. I don’t think I’d want to go there if I were a tourist.
I think the editing, along with other creative decisions, was done very artistically and added to the movie’s unique style. In many ways, although the movie was very graphic, the editing barely saved the movie from being way too graphic. Still, I think some people would say the movie was too graphic anyway. I would go as far as to say that the editing was beautiful while the content was not.
Decisions, such as using black and white or using an unsteady camera versus a steady camera, also added to the movie’s style. What I appreciated most as the music and the sounds. The director’s use of sound and music, along with the editing, was impressive. The fast-beat drums in the music were appropriate and definitely created increasing tension in various places throughout the movie. I noticed two kinds of music. One style had the fast-beat drums, and the other style had a softer, sort of lullaby-like ring to it. The music coincided with the action-intense scenes and the more emotional, intimate scenes. There was a contrast between the intense, physical scenes and the emotional scenes, which were used interchangeably. In the end, the emotion and the action-intense, physical aspects of the movie finally came together in one big blow.