The first personal film of Johnnie To, Loving You sets the standard for what follows. A professional cop but neglectful husband, suffers a gunshot wound in the head. The Chinese title of the film, a super cop without taste refers to an odd symptom of his injury: the loss of his sense of taste and smell. In convalescence, he discovers, slowly and subtly, how to revive his relationship with his wife. Then the criminal who shot him returns to exact a revenge that expands, operatically, to gloriously disturbing pyrotechnical excess. An satisfyingly mature emotional resonance to the relationship between husband and wife gives this cop and crook drama surprising emotional depth. (S. Kraicer)
