I also enjoyed the tight manoeuvring in small areas being the focus rather than speed – so it is still a chase but a rather different one. In particular I liked that it was at night and that the use of selected illumination in certain bits helped add the feeling of speed and danger. As a result i didn't find it quite as thrilling as I could have done but it did work pretty well. Unlike Ambush though, this film has an odd tone to it as it plays out over classical music and is general shot with a still air of calm in contrast to the action. This time the driver has a very young monk (clearly earmarked for a great destiny) and he has to evade capture again. The second film in the series is Chosen, directed, to my surprise, by none other than Ang Lee! The plot here is essentially the same in that we are given sparse details to allow a chase sequence to be set up. When watching The Hire: Ambush recently I hadn't realised that it was actually a series of films rather than just a specially made one-off.
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