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Ugh. I hate this movie. I hate the fact Chow Yun-Fat is in this movie. If there is one film I wish I could obliterate from my consciousness, this would be a Top Ten candidate.
In a rip-off of a number of Hollywood movies, Miu Kiu Wai plays a guy who has the ability to enter the dreams of others. This is how he twigs to the fact that there is a crooked cop on the force. While mucking about in other peoples' dreams he encounters vampires, monsters and just general stupidity.
Eric Tsang, surely one of the most annoying individuals ever born, portrays the trouble-magnet buddy as well as a salacious robot. He looks like a demented Tele-Tubby.
Chow Yun-Fat plays the cop. Anita Mui plays a reporter with a boyfriend who should know not to eat birthday cake with a hunting knife. Emily Chu Bo-Yee plays a piece of wood. Well, it just seems that way.
Terrible, awful and good only for making fun of at parties, this film is solidly in my list of CYF's Bottom Five movies. If you must see this one, try and get a friend to spring for the disc so you won't feel bad about wasting your own money on it.
In a rip-off of a number of Hollywood movies, Miu Kiu Wai plays a guy who has the ability to enter the dreams of others. This is how he twigs to the fact that there is a crooked cop on the force. While mucking about in other peoples' dreams he encounters vampires, monsters and just general stupidity.
Eric Tsang, surely one of the most annoying individuals ever born, portrays the trouble-magnet buddy as well as a salacious robot. He looks like a demented Tele-Tubby.
Chow Yun-Fat plays the cop. Anita Mui plays a reporter with a boyfriend who should know not to eat birthday cake with a hunting knife. Emily Chu Bo-Yee plays a piece of wood. Well, it just seems that way.
Terrible, awful and good only for making fun of at parties, this film is solidly in my list of CYF's Bottom Five movies. If you must see this one, try and get a friend to spring for the disc so you won't feel bad about wasting your own money on it.
Made when Chow Yun-Fat was 28 years old, when "Bloody Money" was released he already had hundreds of television episodes and a fair number of films behind him. That experience shows in this interesting, if a bit depressing, film about a family of stuntmen.
CYF portrays Bullet, the handsome younger son of a veteran stuntman. Bullet and his older brother Chin live in a tiny flat with their father in poverty. With the Hong Kong film industry in a slump, especially in regards to the kung-fu movies which had been their bread and butter as stuntmen, times are hard for the family. Things become worse still when two homeless relatives seek refuge in the household, living illegally in Hong Kong without immigration papers.
When Bullet is offered a movie contract from a Taiwanese studio he is glad that he now has the chance to bring some money into the household and support his aging father, but this idea is met with resentment and jealousy by the older man; he is not quite ready to admit that he is no longer able to perform the hair-raising stunts that once made him famous. After Bullet leaves for Taiwan to find success in films, his father finds out to the family's sorrow that his abilities as a stuntman will no longer see him through.
Though there are some silly plot-twists and an apparent disregard for the fact that Bullet ends up marrying his first cousin, there is some solid acting in this film which make it worth watching. The scenes between Chow Yun-Fat as Bullet and Lam Gaau as Bullet's father are low-key, very realistic and well played. Some of the mannerisms, body language and depth of expression which would come to characterize Chow Yun-Fat's performances in later years are already evident here; this is no longer just the good-looking soap opera star with a flair for acting, but a solid talent on the rise.
Though this title has been available on "underground" copies for quite a while, it has recently been re-released by Pearl City on VCD. The video quality is excellent for a film of this era. The audio is also good. The subtitles (white), in both English and Chinese, are readable, though a bit small.
For someone interested in the early career of Chow Yun-Fat, but not quite interested enough to suffer through some of his early Goldig exploitation films, this is a good start and a chance to see one of the most talented actors of the modern era before he became a global superstar.
CYF portrays Bullet, the handsome younger son of a veteran stuntman. Bullet and his older brother Chin live in a tiny flat with their father in poverty. With the Hong Kong film industry in a slump, especially in regards to the kung-fu movies which had been their bread and butter as stuntmen, times are hard for the family. Things become worse still when two homeless relatives seek refuge in the household, living illegally in Hong Kong without immigration papers.
When Bullet is offered a movie contract from a Taiwanese studio he is glad that he now has the chance to bring some money into the household and support his aging father, but this idea is met with resentment and jealousy by the older man; he is not quite ready to admit that he is no longer able to perform the hair-raising stunts that once made him famous. After Bullet leaves for Taiwan to find success in films, his father finds out to the family's sorrow that his abilities as a stuntman will no longer see him through.
Though there are some silly plot-twists and an apparent disregard for the fact that Bullet ends up marrying his first cousin, there is some solid acting in this film which make it worth watching. The scenes between Chow Yun-Fat as Bullet and Lam Gaau as Bullet's father are low-key, very realistic and well played. Some of the mannerisms, body language and depth of expression which would come to characterize Chow Yun-Fat's performances in later years are already evident here; this is no longer just the good-looking soap opera star with a flair for acting, but a solid talent on the rise.
Though this title has been available on "underground" copies for quite a while, it has recently been re-released by Pearl City on VCD. The video quality is excellent for a film of this era. The audio is also good. The subtitles (white), in both English and Chinese, are readable, though a bit small.
For someone interested in the early career of Chow Yun-Fat, but not quite interested enough to suffer through some of his early Goldig exploitation films, this is a good start and a chance to see one of the most talented actors of the modern era before he became a global superstar.
A beautiful and moving fairy tale, set in modern times. Chow Yun-Fat is cast as Chang Ching, a CIA operative sent undercover in Mainland China. Hidden in Shaolin Temple he meets Mei, a young woman with paranormal powers. Mei is the center of the grasping greed of a number of political entities and individual crooks, and it's up to Chang Ching to save this 'national treasure'... a treasure he comes to covet for his own, not for her powers but for her own sweet self.
This film is a gentle fantasy but like most fairy tales it has bitterness and violence entwined with the sweetness which makes it all the more poignant. Those who are expecting non-stop bloodletting for its own sake will be disappointed; for those who recognize Chow Yun-Fat at his best - in a touching romance with sprinklings of comedy and action - you will love this film for its warmth and dedication to the ideal that love conquers all.
Phillip Kwok has a marvelous role as the sarcastic taxi driver. It's good to see him in a role which allows for both his martial arts and stunt skills as well as gives him a chance to show he is also a fine actor. He was also the stunt director for the film.
Ng Sin-Lin (Wu Chien-Lien) as Mei shows again that great onscreen chemistry she has with Chow Yun-Fat; if you remember her from "God Of Gamblers Returns" you will see her take it to even greater effect in this film.
One of the most outstanding features of this film is the cinematography of Peter Pau. Beautiful photography and lighting give the screen a warm glow.
The use of "Reflections of Passion" by Yanni in this film was inspired; the references to the book on which the television show "The Bund" was based (the show which made Chow Yun-Fat a star in Asia in his youth) give some cute self-referential moments.
The subtitles on the Mei Ah DVD are a bit on the uneven side; it starts off with a pretty rough translation but evens out as you go along.
A wonderful movie. 10 out of 10.
This film is a gentle fantasy but like most fairy tales it has bitterness and violence entwined with the sweetness which makes it all the more poignant. Those who are expecting non-stop bloodletting for its own sake will be disappointed; for those who recognize Chow Yun-Fat at his best - in a touching romance with sprinklings of comedy and action - you will love this film for its warmth and dedication to the ideal that love conquers all.
Phillip Kwok has a marvelous role as the sarcastic taxi driver. It's good to see him in a role which allows for both his martial arts and stunt skills as well as gives him a chance to show he is also a fine actor. He was also the stunt director for the film.
Ng Sin-Lin (Wu Chien-Lien) as Mei shows again that great onscreen chemistry she has with Chow Yun-Fat; if you remember her from "God Of Gamblers Returns" you will see her take it to even greater effect in this film.
One of the most outstanding features of this film is the cinematography of Peter Pau. Beautiful photography and lighting give the screen a warm glow.
The use of "Reflections of Passion" by Yanni in this film was inspired; the references to the book on which the television show "The Bund" was based (the show which made Chow Yun-Fat a star in Asia in his youth) give some cute self-referential moments.
The subtitles on the Mei Ah DVD are a bit on the uneven side; it starts off with a pretty rough translation but evens out as you go along.
A wonderful movie. 10 out of 10.