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‘Weekend in Taipei’ Review: A Squealing-Tires Tour of Taiwan Sights for DEA Agent Luke Evans
With ‘Weekend in Taipei,’ Luc Besson and George Huang cooked up a familiar, formulaic but fun action-thriller throwback starring Luke Evans.
With “Fast & Furious” alumni Luke Evans and Sung Kang as the male leads, this tale of a DEA agent venturing East to battle a crime syndicate raises expectations of flashy chase and fight scenes. When his partner (Enrique Alonso Concha Cornejo) inadvertently outs them at their restaurant of temporary employment — Kwang Co.’s tentacles extend into much seafood harvesting — there ensues an elaborate kitchen fight against umpteen resident gang goons. Gratuitous homage to “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” a movie-auditorium fight backgrounded by “House of Flying Daggers,” and orchestral arrangements of the Rolling Stones’ “Paint It Black” (gimmicked up with traditional regional instruments) are among many elements in which the film seems to be winking at itself and the viewer.
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