Year: 2000
Director: Wilson Yip
Starring: Leon Lai, Shu Qi, Jordan Chan, Sam Lee
Genre: Action/Adventure

Mac (Leon Lai) is a professional thief who shoots his once partner for killing his girlfriend in a bungled operation. He is later caught and meets two Small-time thieves in prison. On release, they join forces to become the 'Skyline Cruisers' of the title. During an operation to steal a cancer vaccine they discover that they have a worthy adversary and Mac is having strong feelings towards a girl who may not be what she first appears.

As a sort of semi-sequel to Teddy Chan’s 'Downtown Torpedoes’ this film outdoes it in every department. With a bigger budget to play with director Yip sets his film in Malaysia with a more high profile cast and delivers a film that is undeniably good entertainment. The script is tight (despite a few obvious glitches) and allows for a very high quota of action. There are also enough well timed comic set pieces to keep things moving along nicely. Obviously based on John Woo's 'Mission Impossible 2', 'Skyline Cruisers' still manages to have enough original ideas of it's own with gadgets galore. Occasionally the script is a little too predictable and Leon Lai is perhaps a little too wooden in the starring role but the supporting cast make up for this. Jordan Chan comes off looking best in both the acting and action side of things (check out his psuedo-light sabre duel for evidence!) Sam Lee is also good in his now familiar 'goofy-hero' guise. Shu Qi develops her role nicely but the amount of screen time she is allowed does not quite do her character justice. The climax itself is extremely overblown but it ties everything up nicely and manages to throw in a few nice special effects as well.

Definitely one of the more entertaining big-budget Hong Kong films of 2000 ‘Skyline Cruisers’ manages to mix an exotic location with an attractive cast to produce a solid 85 minutes of no-brainer entertainment. There is not a lot of character development here and anyone expecting a realistic look at spies and spying are in the wrong theatre If you’re looking for a slick action film then this makes perfect Saturday night entertainment.