Shout by Hanh Nguyen

Silent Night 2023

Welp. Dunno what I expected. First things first --- no doves in this but there is a small bird which I think is a small parrot called a lovebird. That was my highlight.

It's true there's no dialogue but there's plenty of sound, and some cheating when you hear radio DJs and police scanners basically give exposition. The lack of dialogue wasn't the issue though. A big throwback to early 2000s John Woo but not even that good. Depiction of gangs is just out of touch, women are just props for the men. Best parts were the prep and training for revenge, which was unintentionally funny but enjoyable. Bad melodramatic moments that also made me laugh. Big ending fight was hella anticlimactic.

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