The Mission (1999 film)

This article is about a crime film. For other uses, see The Mission (disambiguation).

For the movie regarding jesuit priests in South America of the 1750's, see The Mission (1986 film).

The Mission
Directed by	Johnnie To
Produced by	Johnnie To
Written by	Yau Nai-Hoi Milkyway Creative Team
Starring	Anthony Wong Francis Ng Jackie Lui Roy Cheung Lam Suet Simon Yam
Music by	Chung Chi Wing
Cinematography	Cheng Siu-Keung
Editing by	Chan Chi Wai
Distributed by	International Films Enterprise Ltd.
Release date(s)	1999
Running time	81 min.
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

The Mission (Chinese: 鎗火) is a 1999 Hong Kong action film produced and directed Johnnie To, and starring Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Jackie Lui, Lam Suet, and Simon Yam.

Plot

Triad boss Lung (Eddy Ko), who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis (Anthony Wong), James (Lam Suet), Mike (Roy Cheung), Roy (Francis Ng) and Shin (Jackie Lui) for his protection.

Remake

Film producers Roy Lee and Doug Davison, along with their production company Vertigo Entertainment, have planned an American remake of The Mission which is to be distributed by Universal Pictures, with Peter Berg as the film's director.

Reception

The Mission was well received. In a 2004 interview with director Johnnie To for the website GreenCine, Sean Axmaker states that The Mission is "the best crime film to come from Hong Kong in years. It's austere and still, beautifully composed and tense, and the characters are professional and efficient, positioning themselves for efficiency and communicating and interacting silently while on the job." Similarly, an overview of To's body of work that precedes an interview for the magazine Cineaste refers to the film as "To's masterpiece," "a brilliantly conceived, shot, and edited gangster film."

External links

• The Mission at the Internet Movie Database
• The Mission at AllRovi
• The Mission at LoveHKFilm.com
• The Mission at Rotten Tomatoes