Friday, July 31, 2015

Turn Left, Turn Right 向左走·向右走

Released Year: 2003
Directed by 杜琪峰 Johnnie To & 韦家辉 Wai Ka Fai

Casted by:
金城武 Takeshi Kaneshiro as 劉智康 John Liu
梁詠琪 Gigi Leung as 蔡嘉儀 Eve Choi
陳之財 Edmund Chen as 胡醫生 Dr Hu
關穎 Terri Kwan as 小紅 Ruby
 Story:
The story tells of two people who live in buildings right next to each other, separated only by a wall, and are always near each other but can't seem to find one another.

John Liu is a violinist who works from job to job. During one of his gigs, he meets June, who offers to give him a ride home. However she flirts aggressively with John during the ride which frightens him. To get away from her he jumps out of her car and makes a run for his apartment building. The next day he sees her waiting for him on the left corner of his building which makes him avoid going to the left of his building.

Eve Choi is a translator for a book publishing company. Her job is to translate foreign books into Chinese. She is given the daunting task of translating a horror novel into Chinese. At night while translating the horror novel she gets frightened and thinks her home is haunted. The next day she notices a scary-looking tree to the right of her apartment building and, frightened, she refuses to go to the right of her building.

John and Eve meet by accident at the park fountain, when he helps her pick up her papers that have fallen into the fountain. They find out that they had met each other when they were younger at an amusement park, when both their schools had organized a field trip to the same place. Then, Eve had asked John for his telephone number, but the two never got in touch because she left her school bag on the train and lost John's phone number. The two laugh about the past and exchange phone numbers without asking for each other's name before parting quickly because of a coming rainstorm.

That night, both are happy and excited to have met each other again, but both also came down with the flu because of the earlier rainstorm. The flu medication John has on hand has expired and he decides not to take it. Eve is overjoyed and forgets to take her medication. The next day the two are devastated to find out that the phone numbers they had exchanged are unreadable due to the paper getting wet during the rainstorm. Both can only make out a few numbers and vainly call several phone numbers at random hoping to get through to one another.

One of the numbers they called is a restaurant that Ruby works at as a waitress and delivery person. Both John and Eve, ill and not wanting to leave their home because they're afraid that they would miss the other person's phone call, decides to order delivery from Ruby's restaurant. Ruby falls in love with John at first sight when she arrives at his home to make her delivery. Seeing the smudged pieces of paper on both John and Eve's table, Ruby soon finds out that the two are trying to find each other. To distract John from the apartment located in the next building Ruby tells him an old lady lives in that apartment.

John's and Eve's flu become so severe that they are both taken to the hospital, John by Ruby and Eve by an ambulance. They both meet Dr. Hu, but Dr. Hu happens to be a former University classmate of Eve's, who has a crush on her. He tells Eve that it must be fate that they met each other again and proceeds to check her into the hospital to get the best care possible, while discharging John from the hospital, changing his mind only when Ruby argues with him about how severe John's illness is. Both John and Eve give their home keys to Ruby and Dr. Hu to set up voicemail at their home in case the other person calls.

Once John and Eve are discharged from the hospital they find out that Dr. Hu and Ruby had literally moved into each of their apartments, but both make it clear that they are not interested in them since they already love someone else. Heartbroken, drunk and sobbing to each other Dr. Hu and Ruby decide to get together. Taking revenge on John and Eve for breaking their hearts, they send pictures to them showing how many places they had missed finding each other. John and Eve find Dr. Hu and Ruby to talk about the pictures they had received in the mail. Ruby gives Eve's phone number to John telling him it's her number to test if she was ever in his heart and Dr. Hu does the same to Eve, but they do not call.

John and Eve are frustrated about not being able to find each other and decide to take jobs abroad. On the day they are to leave Taiwan, an earthquake strikes, destroying the wall that separates their apartment. Both finally find each other.
 L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment:
Wow, never it has been more than 10 years i have watch this movie in the cinema. I was so touched by the movie and storyline at that time, after the movie, i asked my partner whether we will still be together in the next 10 years or "turn right and turn left"... Promise i get was "together"~ but it did not~ though i feel sad thinking about it now, but well, this is life, i appreciate everyone who ever appear in my life~ 

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Handsome Siblings 絕代雙驕

 Released Year: 1992
Directed by 曾志偉 Eric Tsang

Casted by:
劉德華 Andy Lau as 小魚兒 Fishy
林青霞 Bridget Lin as 花無缺 More
張敏 Sharla Cheung as 邀月宮主 Eva Palace Ruler
吳孟達 Ng Man Tat as 李大嘴 Big Mouth Lee
葉德嫻 Deanie Ip as 屠嬌嬌 Sissy To
吳鎮宇 Francis Ng as 江玉郎 Kong Yuk Long
苗僑偉 Michael Miu as 燕南天 Yin Nam Tin
袁詠儀 Anita Yuen as 鐵心蘭 Madam Ti
吳耀漢 Richard Ng as 武林雙尊之一 Twin Villain
王青 Wang Qing as 武林雙尊之一 Twin Villain
 Story
Every 18 years, the martial artists' community hold a martial arts contest to elect a new leader. Eva Palace's ruler wins the title and is tasked with eliminating the Ten Villains, who live in the Villains' Valley, a sanctuary for criminals. Yin Nam-tin (Eva Palace ruler's husband) believes that the villains are innocent and attempts to stop his wife from killing them. The couple turn against each other and Yin eventually manages to defeat his wife, but becomes paralyzed and mute. Eva accepts a girl called More as her disciple and intends to groom her as her successor. Meanwhile, the Ten Villains accept Yin's son (Fishy) as their student and plan to "nurture" him to become the greatest villain ever. 18 years later, the grown-up Fishy coincidentally meets More and falls in love with her. When he participates in the contest later, he is shocked to discover that Eva is actually his mother, and More is in fact Eva's student.
 L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:
Missed this classic movie during the 90s... even though Bridget Lin is actually 7 years elder than Andy Lau, but it did not feel weird when both of them acted as a couple~ Bridget is the hottest actress during that time, nobody can look better than her when she wear a man clothes~ Of course the original fiction is not correctly shown in this movie as the gender of More should be a guy instead of a woman~ And lots lots lots stories were also amended as well...

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The Queen of Gamble 赌后 / 表姐, 妳玩嘢

 Released Year: 1991
Directed by 萧笙 Seow Sang

Casted by:
郑裕玲 Dodo Cheng as Lan
万梓良 Alex Man as Lik
胡慧中 Sibelle Hu as Frances
吴孟达 Ng Man Tat as San
郭富城 Aaron Kwok as Bou
任达华 Simon Yam as Wah
黎姿 Gigi Lai as Linda
 Story:
China girl Lan is very good in tricking during gamble, she finally got her permit to go Hong Kong. She decided to stay with her cousin Bou and his roomate Lik who is very addicted in gambling. Together 3 of them participate in a gambling competition to fight against San, father of Linda (admired by Bou), and brother of Wah. Frances was defeated by San, all the hope rely on Lan to win San, Lan won the game finally by using her trick...
 L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:
Basically its not bad~ the same old storyline of the HK 80s 90s comedy... Dodo is very good in this kind of acting no doubt, its funny to see how young and cute Aaron Kwok is during that time :) Overall the movie is not bad, but will only consider to watch it again if i'm really out of movie~

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Best of the Best 飛虎精英之人間有情

 Released Year: 1992
Directed by 邱礼涛 Herman Yau

Casted by:
张学友 Jacky Cheung as 李文杰 Dee
郑秀文 Sammi Cheng as Heidi
吴孟达 Ng Man-tat as Little Ball
秦沛 Paul Chun as Ngan Kwan
吴家丽 Carrie Ng as Hung
 Story
Little Ball is a retired police officer who works as a beverage server in a bar. However, he has not changed his bad habits of being loud-mouth and compulsive drinking and gambling. Fortunately, he is helped and taken care by his confidant Hung. One time, Ball unintentionally got his son Dee, a Special Duties Unit officer, into a dispute with triad leader Ngan Kwan, nearly destroying his son's career.

At the same time, Dee also meets Heidi during a police operation and a romantic relationship ensued between them. However, things do not go well for long when Heidi is discovered to be Ngan's daughter. Ngan forces Dee to resign from his job, but Dee has a strong sense of righteousness and firmly rejects Ngan and proceeds to go on vacation with Heidi on Lantau Island. Seeing how Dee disregards him and also thinking that he is eloping with his daughter, Ngan orders his underlings to find and kill Dee. When Ball hears of this, he goes to plead Ngan, but he gets beaten instead. Later, a group of killers surround Dee in the streets and when he fell into danger, the wounded Ball appears and sacrifices his life to rescue his son. At this time, Dee realizes his father's love for him and vows to seek venegance on Ngan.
 L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment:
I was dying to watch this movie many years ago but not able to find it, finally i found it :) This is the very first movie of Sammi Cheng~ Sammi is so fresh and pretty, her acting not that good yet but was also nominated as the Best New Actress in 1992, so proud of her.

The whole storyline is not bad, Ng Man Tat is good no matter in comedy or even in this kind of serious film~ Jacky Cheung looks young and cute as well, but of course the acting was kinda not stable during that year too 

Monday, July 27, 2015

The Inspector Wears Skirts 2 神勇飞虎霸王花

 Released Year: 1989
Directed by 钱升伟 Wellson Chin Sing Wai

Casted by:
胡慧中 Sibelle Hu as Madam Hu
冯淬帆 Stanley Fung as Sir Fung
吳君如 Sandra Ng as Amy
惠英紅 Kara Hui as May
楼南光 Billy Lau as Nam
简慧珍 Regina Kent as Lam 
叶子楣 Amy Yip as Susanna
罗美薇 May Lo as Joey 
梁韵蕊 Anglie Leon Leung as Phoebe
黄锦燊 Melvin Wong ass Sir Lo
 Story
This year a few new blood join in the Lady Inspector Squad but the new and old girls were not able to stay together well after Amy played pranks on the new girls several time. Sir Lo was with both squad to inspect their performance and it make Sir Fung very jealous after seeing Sir Lo treating Madam Hu like a queen.

The girls hold a birthday party for Madam Hu and everyone was invited. But the fun is over soon and they will have to face the burglary's brother from the first movie to defeat them in an deserted island. 
 L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:
Change of few actresses from the first movie increased a little bit of excitement especially Amy Yip, her big boobs were the center of all attraction and later on help her groom into the erotic film industry at Hong Kong. The storyline is some sort similar like the first movie and of course the same old same old fight again which cause the movie to be less exciting compare to the first movie~

Friday, July 24, 2015

Fist of Fury 2 新精武門: 漫畫威龍

 Released Year: 1992
Directed by 左頌昇 Cho Sung Sing

Casted by:
周星馳 Stephen Chow as 劉晶 Jing
蕭芳芳 Josephine Seow as 牛牡丹 Dan
陳百祥 Natalis Chen as 牛皮 Pi
張敏 Sharla Cheung as 阿敏/婉君 Mandy / Kwan
元華 Yuen Wah as 橫刀 Dou
鍾鎮濤 Kenny B as 瀟灑 Smart
 Story:
After Jing won the championship previously, he was being chased down by Dou who came to revenge for his brother. Jing hide at Pi's house in a village together with his aunty, Dan who are well verse in kungfu. Jing saw Kwan who looks exactly like Mandy, Kwan falls for her while Pi falls for Kwan (Kwan is Pi's cousin). Josephine tried to train Jing in fighting after Jing discover she is good in fighting. Jing use electric fist and finally defeat Dou in the fighting ring~ 
 L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment:
Continuous from his previous work in 1991 (Fist of Fury 1), the second movie seems better especially with Josephine as the main actress... Sharla Cheung shows us how gorgeous her boobs are in the wet scene~ Overall i kinda love this movie and will watch it again if i'm free :)

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Fist of Fury 1991 新精武門1991

 Released Year: 1991
Directed by 左頌昇 Cho Chung Sing

Casted by:
周星馳 Stephen Chow as 劉晶 Ching
鍾鎮濤 Kenny B as 瀟灑 Smart
張敏 Sharla Cheung as 阿敏 Mandy
元奎 Corey Yuen as 霍環 Fok Wan
尹揚明 Wan Yeung Ming as 鄭威 Cheng Wai
 Story:
Chow stars as Lau Ching, a mainland country boy hoping to earn a living in Hong Kong. Upon reaching Hong Kong, he finds his luggage stolen, but soon becomes fast friends with the thief, Smart. Together, they try to improve their financial situation through various odd jobs, until Smart discovers Ching's special ability, his extremely strong right arm, and then convinces him to enter a martial arts tournament in the hopes of winning the prize money. The two soon learn that they need to be registered with a school in order to compete. Some scenes do bear some resemblance to Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury including the dojo fight where the Japanese man is forced to eat the sign.
 L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment:
Though there's a lil part of comedy inside, but this is mostly about action on fighting. Stephen Chow seldom acted in this kind of movie, except the very first movie of his... Overall it is not bad. Beside having the same title as Bruce Lee's old film, there is nothing similarities about it, so don't confuse on it~

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Flirting Scholar 唐伯虎點秋香

Released Year: 1993
Directed by 李力持 Lee LikChi & 周星馳 Stephen Chow

Casted by:
 周星馳 Stephen Chow as 唐伯虎 Tong Pak Fu
鞏俐 Gong Li as 秋香 Chow Heung
鄭佩佩 Cheng Pei Pei as 華夫人 Madame Wah
陳百祥 Natalis Chan as 祝枝山 Chuk Chi San
黃霑 Jim Wong as 華太師 Chancellor Wah
宣萱 Jessica Hester Hsuan as 夏香 Ha Heung
苑瓊丹 Kingdom Yuen as 石榴 Sek Lao
梁家仁 Bryan Leung as 武狀元 Mou Zhong Yun 
劉家輝 Gordon Liu as 奪命書生 Evil Scholar
 Story
In the Ming Dynasty, there were four scholars, whose literary and artistic skills are unmatched in China. Tong Pak Fu is the most famous, for having eight wives in addition to his expertise as an artist, poet, and calligrapher. However, Tong's wives are all gambling addicts, unappreciative of Tong's artistic skills. This leads to Tong's quest for a woman who truly appreciates his strengths.

The Tong Family have been generations of martial arts masters and has two major enemies: the Evil Scholar, a notorious swordsman known for The Deadly Scholastic Sword, Due to these rivalries, Tong Pak Fu is forbidden by his mother to use any form of martial arts.

One day, Tong stumbles upon the convoy of the House of Wah, and meets Chow Heung, one of the four maids in the House of Wah. This chance encounter convinces Tong that he has finally found his true love. On the advice of a boatman, Tong pretends to be a lowly servant in order to gain employment in the House of Wah.

Tong finds life as a servant very difficult, until Madame Wah discovers that Tong is actually educated. After some persuasion by Chow Heung, Tong is hired as an assistant tutor for Madame Wah's two young sons.

After the sudden death of the main tutor of the House of Wah, Tong is promoted and manages to get closer to Chow Heung. However, the House of Wah is suddenly visited by Chancellor Wah's political rival, Prince Ning, who is planning a coup. Madame Wah is injured, and Tong steps in to finish the battle in the House of Wah's favor. Prince Ning seizes the opportunity to blame the House of Wah for insulting him. Embarrassed at being utterly defeated at the hands of a tutor, Prince Ning leaves hastily, vowing revenge. In reproducing a painting, Tong reveals his real identity to Madame Wah, who is the former love rival of Tong's mother.

Several days later, the Evil Scholar returns to annihilate the entire House of Wah. Madame Wah attempts to defend the family, but is almost killed. Tong appears and after a fierce battle, Tong kills the Evil Scholar and earns Chow Heung's hand in marriage as a reward. Tong then discovers that Chow Heung is just as much a gambling addict as his previous eight wives.
 L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment:
Hehe, one of my fav Stephen Chow's movie back in the 90's. The only time Stephen Chow film with Gong Li... Gong Li always give us the serious type of look, but in this movie, she did tried some effort to be funny, but of course she won't be able to compete with Sandra Ng, Teresa Mo, Sharla Cheung, Karen Mok or other Stephen Chow's movie actress... The biggest surprise would be Jessica Hester Hsuan in this movie, i almost lost my breath because i laugh too hard on some of her scenes~

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Hail the Judge 九品芝麻官

 Released Year: 1994
Directed by 王晶 Wang Jing

Casted by:
周星馳 Stephen Chow as 包龍星 Sing
吳孟達 Ng Man Tat as 包有為 Wai 
徐錦江 Elvis Tsui as 雷豹 Pao
苑瓊丹 Kingdom Yuen as 三姑 Sam
鄒兆龍 Chow Cho Long as 常威 Wai
蔡少芬 Ada Choi as 如煙 Yin
張敏 Sharla Cheung as 戚秦氏 Qin
吳啟華 Ng Kai Wa as 方唐鏡 Keng
梁榮忠 Leung Weng Zhong as 吳廣得 Dak
鍾麗緹 Christy Chong as 吳好缇 Tai
 Story
Bao Sing is Bao Zheng’s corrupt descendant, who’s hated by the public for his money-digging ways. He has a change of heart when he sees rape victim Cheung Man get framed by other corrupt lawyers and officials, including legendary lawyer Fong Tong-Ken. Bao goes through hell when he tries to expose them, and soon he finds himself on the run with nephew Ng Man-Tat. They encounter all sorts of wacky characters, including Christy Chung as a circus performer/love interest and Ada Choi Siu-Fun as a classy prostitute/love interest.
 L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment:
First half of this movie is actually quite serious until Stephen Chow was sold in the hooker street, Kingdom Yuen is always the best supporting actress of Stephen Chow's movie when come to comedy part. As usual, Kingdom never wasted her gift and send us a lots of laughter~ Ada Choi and Christy Zhong is beautiful as always :)