A scene from film “So Close” starring Zhao Wei, Shu Qi, and Karen Mok

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Director Corey Yuen’s work here is fast, exciting and, above all, clean. One of the best action directors in the world, Yuen never sacrifices precision for speed — although at times the pace of the movie is incredibly fast — and he has an infallible sense of camera placement. (He’s aided by Keung Kwok Man’s sleek cinematography and Ka-Fai Cheung’s razor-sharp editing.) Even in the midst of the fastest-moving sequences, you’re always able to tell exactly what’s going on.

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