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The movie is one of To's typically tangled meditations on the smearing of good and evil, in moments where instinct overcomes morality. And ultimately, To cares less about the motivations of opposing forces than about the spectacular collisions they produce.Full Review

Noel Murray
The Onion A.V. Club

It takes just the first shot to get sucked into Breaking News, the latest bit of destruction from mayhem master Johnnie To, and it's a doozy.Full Review

G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle

Taut, cynical thriller.Full Review

Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide

Prolific Hong Kong lenser Johnnie To delivers another solid action picture with this latest effort, a cops and robbers yarn with social commentary mixed in along the way.Full Review

Frank Scheck
The Hollywood Reporter

An interesting idea comes over only half-formed in Johnnie To's Breaking News, an effective Hong Kong crimer that partly returns to the realistic style of some of his late '90s dramas, but never properly knits its theme of media manipulation into pic's punchy thriller format.Full Review

Derek Elley
Variety
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