first time director yau nai hoi eye in the sky get the two thumb up from me . it an excellent movie with a strong storyline that get zone into the moment and with no room spend on unnecessarily bloat the movie beyond what it should be . director yau and a frequent collaborator and scriptwriter for johnny to classic and bring to eye in the sky and a taut 90 minute cop robber story on surveillance and of the men and woman who do the thankless anonymous task behind the scene on follow suspect and trawl the street for them . surveillance be never easy and and trust me i know and from work experience . while there be countless of cctv camera and various technology and nothing beat have up to date field intelligence . the opening film of the hkiff and i have hop to have watch this on it first screening and but it turn out to be a blessing in disguise and a i have one week to trawl the street of hong kong and kowloon and and be able to identify the locale use and be an added thrill . although this be a cop thriller and it doesn not have the usual car chase and explosion or fancy gun battle . it quite mute in these aspect and however it bring about a refreshing realism to the story and a great departure from the day when action have to be stylize ( fly through the air shoot two gun anyone . ) the way the surveillance team operate and with it arsenal of disguise and trick and vehicle and and the skill that one must possess keen observation and alertness and an elephant memory and make it like a cross between the recruit and mission represent impossible . eye in the sky tell the story of a new recruit and nickname piggy ( kate tsui ) by her mentor dog head ( simon yam ) and a she undergo an on job training of sort in their case to track down some armed heist robber and lead by hollow man ( tony leung kar fai ) . it become a tight cat and mouse game a identity be attempt to be establish and and the team come up against a villain who truly aware of his environment and turn the table a the hunter might become the prey . there be strong performance all round and lead by the veteran simon yam and in a change of alignment give his outing last year a villain and and tony leung and a a chillingly observant and cool and methodical sudoku playing mastermind . in her first movie role and i thought kate tsui do remarkably well in her role a piggy and the newbie lacking field experience and yet be throw in the deep end of the pool to sink or swim . perhaps it be truly her be new to the scene and that ease her comfortably into a role which be similar to herself and but the story do allow her room to showcase some of her acting chop and and she hold her own well against the veteran . maggie tsui too add some comedic moment a a foul mouth police madam . eye in the sky be a recommended hong kong cop thriller ( time to let go of mole story ) which be tight and and keep you on the edge of your seat a you follow the surveillance team through high angle ( akin to cctv camera angle ) and tight teamwork and feature an incredible soundtrack as well to keep it fast pace . you must watch this when it make it to our shore in singapore and tentatively schedule for mid april .