Prolific Hong Kong action
auteur Johnnie To performs a border crossing with Drug War, his first cops - and - criminals film shot and set in mainland China, and in some ways the
filmmaker is stretching his legs with all that extra space at his disposal.
A bit of a double edged sword for a
prolific auteur like Allen, as he sticks with his strengths as a
filmmaker but when you've made as many films as he has about this subject, it's difficult to find enough wiggle room to emerge with an original work.