This is one movie that you have to see it through. While slow moving in the first 20 minutes it begins to move at a fast pace, not giving you time to figure out what's next. When you think it's over it takes you in another direction. I loved the twists and reveal moments, I thought of The Usual Suspects movie. Acting by all was excellent, I even loved the ending. Asian films do not always have a happy ending, and this film did not disappoint.

What saddens me is to see other cultures abandon their uniqueness in an attempt to copy ours, the result is invariably ludicrous, and the loss of authenticity of the original culture criminal.

There's nothing original about "Project Gutenberg", everything's a copy of western movies of the same type and an attempt to mimic western culture that's pathetic.

What's good about the movie is the traditional cultural values of excellence that showed through when it came to perfecting the techniques of counterfeiting being employed by the primaries here.

The one thing that was purely Chinese was the ending.

P.S. The subtitles flashed by so fast sometimes, that I had to pause it to read them, and sometimes even back-space.

Spoilers!

Project Gutenberg is a wild ride that gets a bit convoluted at the end. But it's worth seeing it through. Excellent casting and acting. Chow Yun Fat is still one of the best leading men of my lifetime. Just when I thought we weren't going to see a throwback scene to A Better Tomorrow or Bullet in the Head, Chow Yun Fat lays waste to a general and his army just like the bullet filled, blood soaked days of old. Complete with being surgical with a shotgun. Aaron Kwok is also really good in this film. His character is highly skilled but utterly annoying at times which is a testament to the character he's tasked to play. But when the film turns into Fight Club (I'm not joking), I laughed a bit because that reveal came out of left field.

4*. This isn't a film about counterfeiters, Project Gutenberg is a film about mental health and how chaotic one's life can become when you don't get treatment and meds.

Project Gautembaug. Galaxie wheels, of light, darkness shrouded. An original "eye" brought to life. Replications in the world of a YahTehm Pyramid, humans and vehicles of unoriginal copied scripts. What is seen, cannot be understood, what is written can only be read, what is copied can only be used once.

Gau-tem "and they said GOD". What is good? Vision of eyes? Taste and the senses of a saymyasin.

2016 Galaxy Wheel "Whirlpool" Centauri's Belt. "Peel the layers of what is on their skins, or-gan-ic, and you will find", "each feasts upon Her, yet comprehend what?" "An Yamasin of a necklace" "Given the first, and they denied" "Given a false print of a 2nd Millennial, and they flocked like birds", Quack "they say to her under Moonlight", Bawk "they say to him under Sunlight", 2016 "yaming yisei" "and all their words was the same like counterfeit money".

Project Gutenberg is a very stylish movie about counterfeiting. It stars Chow Yun-fat as Painter the mastermind of a group of counterfeiters and his top artist Aaron Kwok. The movie goes into great detail about the ink, the printing presses, the art, and more that all go into forging a US $100 bill. It has a look and music that make it right up there with the likes of the Ocean’s 11 series. Chow carries the entire film. He’s charming. He’s ruthless. He’s a mastermind. It’s quite a performance. It's also got a powerful ending with a twist to wrap things up. I was really impressed.

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The movie at over 2 hours is too long and boring. I could already tell as the criminal is being interrogated that this will be a lame copycat attempt of The Usual Suspects. Unreliable narrator has been done before and this movie doesn't do as well as previous movies I've seen. Some of the counterfeiting scenes should have been edited out because they are uninteresting IMHO. Chow Yun Fat's appearance is the only reason for my 2-star rating.

Decent crime film with more action toward the end, a bit John Woo-ish. Enable subtitles! The subtitles already on screen are the same but the text is way too small. It feels silly watching two sets but trust me, the extra bigger ones are worth it.

Also tested a counterfeit pen on my yellow pages. It worked haha

A chinese movie about counterfeiting (how original and ironic!), that's borong, overdrawn (likeat least six montage music sequences!), a the final plot twist is from the old school dual secret identity. The director and producers were too focused on the special effects and camera moves, that seem more like an advertisement for a production effects house. Only interesting thing is the how to build your counterfeiting details, and the wate of Chow Yun Fat talents.