Fat Choi Spirit 嚦咕嚦咕新年財

 Released Year: 2002

Directed by 杜琪峰 Johnnie To & 韦家辉 Wai Ka Fai

Casted by:

劉德華 Andy Lau as 德華 Andy

梁詠琪 Gigi Leung as 詠琪 Gigi

劉青雲 Sean Lau as 青雲 Sean

古天樂 Louis Koo as 天樂 Louis

應采兒 Cherrie Ying as 采兒 Cherrie

王天林 Wong Tin Lam as 天叔 Tin

黃文慧 Bonnie Wong as 媽媽 Mother

 Story: 

Andy is an extremely compulsive Mahjong player. Thrown out of the house by his mother and ignored by his more academically gifted and successful younger brother, Louis, he had a hard time running away from debt collectors until one day he met a young girl named Gigi after a run-in with some of the debt collectors' men. Gigi started out as a thief, but because she fell for him and gave him immense luck, Andy gained great success with his extreme good luck in mahjong games and became very rich. However he refused to marry Gigi because she, though a nice woman when with him, was in reality quite a sore loser who threw temper tantrums while on the verge of losing mahjong games. She could not understand that he couldn't stand the way she behaved. As Andy said, her behaviour could be revealed by just playing a game of mahjong where when she lost, she would throw the tables. He promised her that he would marry her if she could play a game of mahjong without such a bad temper. She couldn't and so he couldn't marry her though he loved her. In the meantime, Andy found his mother who was now suffering from Alzheimer's disease and his brother who faced bankruptcy and moved in with Andy, who coincidentally lived in a bungalow. Not wanting to lose out in finding a job, Louis who had excellent luck in Mahjong but zero skill, was conned out of all his money and even his clothes by a skilled, yet devious mahjong player, Sean. But being a kind hearted simpleton, Cherrie on the con team, fell for him and decided to mend her ways.

In the meantime, Gigi who was very disappointed with Andy's refusal to marry her, went with the bad crowd, in the form of mahjong con men led by Lau Ching-wan. Andy who was cursed by Gigi lost his winning streak and instead found a living as a taxi driver and moved into public housing. Being ever optimistic, he did not complain. However, not wanting Gigi to fall into the con men's trap, he played a game of mahjong with Sean and lost terribly. But Gigi was touched by his actions and went back to him, promising she will return a better woman. But before she left, she gave Andy a blessing and from there on, Andy's winning streak came back. Louis who had created a mahjong computer game with his new girlfriend, Cherrie, received word that there would be a Mahjong tournament sponsored by his game. The ever optimistic Andy decided to join the contest which saw him competing against Sean. Before the tournament began, he discovered that Gigi had returned to her old job as a stewardess and gave him a lot of good fortune items from around the world. During the tournament, Andy was able to secure a seat in the final match which also included Sean, Sean's father and a henchman. Andy easily won the match but was then confronted by Sean to have a rematch. Andy agreed and the two of them squared off. Before the match could end, Andy gave up and gave the prize to Sean. Sean, surprised at what had happened, decided to look at Andy's hand, which was a major breakthrough set. Sean realized all his mistakes and decided to learn from Andy. Andy then regained all his money and started a Mahjong school by the sea. He eventually got married with Gigi.

 L² Scored: 4.5/10

L² Comment:

No matter how many times I rewatch this movie, i just feel stupid. But this year, I changed my mind. Referring back Gigi Leung's filmography, she has make a big change on the way she perform in the movie. Beside of willing to drive her way into a character that is a bit "not her style" during that time, this character challenged her in expanding her way to different styles of acting. Beside that, she's the one who is mainly bringing out the comedy part throughout the whole movie, so this 4.5 score goes to her :) Looking at other actor like Sean Lau & Louis Koo, I feel like puking at them in this movie seriously... while Cherrie all these while never bring any glorious moment to any of her movie, the scene where she smoke is also sickening, she's so fake! In another hand, Andy Lau did not bring any big surprise and Bonnie Wong's scenes are too little for her to shine~

Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 單身男女2

Released Year: 2014

Directed by 杜琪峰 Johnnie To

Casted by:

 古天樂 Louis Koo as 張申然 Sean

杨千嬅 Miriam Yeung as 杨鸯鸯 Yang

高圓圓 Gao Yuan Yuan as 程子欣 Chi Yan

周渝民 Vic Chou as 程子建 Ken

吴彦祖 Daniel Wu as 方启宏 Kevin

林雪 Lam Suet as John

 Story: 

Continue from the first movie, Chi Yan has chose Kevin instead of Sean and will be getting marry soon. While Sean in another hand trying to avoid  Chi Yan appears in his life again by getting more slutty & even attached with Yang, an iron lady who is expert in shares investment.

Things just happen so coincidentally that Chi Yan work as an economic adviser in Yang's office which happened to located opposite of Sean's office building. Chi Yan's brother, Ken has his feeling on Yang one day who needs help on moving her car out from a terrible parking conditions. Both of them quickly get close with each other due to one octopus but Yang is still having most of her feeling for Sean.

After knowing that Sean's ex girlfriend is Chi Yan & Sean is still unable to let go of Chi Yan (Sean has been renting Chi Yan's old apartment & stay overnight there daily to feel the appearance of Chi Yan in his life), Yang get angry because Sean has proposed to her but still can't let go of Chi Yan. At the same time, Yang even mistaken Ken is Kevin and angrily push Ken into the sea. Yang scolded Sean; Sean released his stress & depression by beating up Kevin at his house. But thing sorted out when Chi Yan told Yang that Ken is actually her brother instead.

On the wedding day of Chi Yan & Kevin (at the top floor of a high building), Sean crazily hike his way all up to that building just to attracts Chi Yan's attention by not marrying to Kevin. This crazy behavior cause everyone to go insane & Yang even sprained her ankle on it. In the end, both Kevin & Ken climb up to the top and managed to pull Sean back to the building. Chi Yan cried & hit Sean for his behavior. In front of everyone, Yang asked Chi Yan to choose one guy but Chi Yan chose non of them. Yang stopped Chi Yan from leaving and her turn to hit on Sean. Yang forced Sean to choose between her and Chi Yan & Sean chose Chi Yan by saying sorry to Yang. Disappointingly, Yang decided to walk away but Ken rush out to propose but was rejected by Yang. Ken is not giving up, he rush behind Yang (after picking her heels from the pool), and told Yang no matter how, he will not let go of her... The elevator's door close with Yang sort of accept Ken by letting him help her to wear back her heels.

Before Yang left just now, she told Chi Yan to be brave and chose the man that she really wants. Chi Yan walked up to Kevin and saying that she is sorry and run away by pulling Sean along...

 L² Scored: 9/10 

L² Comment: 

Wow, I never know that the sequel is so much better than the first movie. The whole storyline is richer & exciting when another 2 characters (Yang & Ken) was added in; but in the same time the character of Kevin has become a supporting role instead of the lead role like the first movie. 

Throughout the movie, not only I can feel the sadness, disappointment, jealousy that presented by these actors & actresses... I feel that Louis Koo finally improve his acting skills after so many years acting in the same kind of characters in so many movies. Bravo to him.

Not sure whether in future the production house will be doing the same kind of story about single man & lady or not... but definitely the characters will be change, just hope that they will maintain some of these actors & actresses in the new movie again... 

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~ 

Yesterday Once More 龍鳳鬥

 Released Year: 2004

Directed by 杜琪峰 Johnnie To

Casted by:

劉德華 Andy Lau as 盗生 Mr Thief

鄭秀文 Sammi Cheng as 盗太 Mrs Thief

胡燕妮 Jenny Hu as Mrs. Allen

吳嘉龍 Carl Ng as Steve

 Story:

Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng star as Mr. and Mrs. Thief, a husband and wife team of super-thieves. After a successful diamond robbery, the two get into an argument about how the loot should be split up and the husband leaves.

Two years later, Mrs Thief is on the verge of remarrying although her affections lie more with the expensive necklace belonging to her fiance's mother-in-law than with the husband to be. When a plot to steal the necklace ends up falling into the hands of Mr. Thief, the couple are forced together again.

L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment:

Well, I never realize this movie is almost 11 years ago~ Its good to watch back the old good movie with my idol in it. The whole storyline is not bad, a bit new but kinda predictable... Nothing much difference of both Andy & Sammi's performance in this movie, the surprise is to see the old hot movie star Jenny who is actually good in it.

The Heroic Trio 東方三俠

 Released Year: 1993

Directed by 杜琪峰 Johnnie To

Casted by:

梅豔芳 Anita Mui as 東東 Tung

楊紫瓊 Michelle Yeoh as 心靖 / 陳三 / 青青 Ching / San

張曼玉 Maggie Cheung as 陳七 Chat

劉松仁 Damian Lau as 劉啟文 Inspector Lau

白石千 James Pak as 李之博士 Professor / Inventor

任世官 Yen Shi Kwan as 陳公公 Evil Master

黃秋生 Anthony Wong as 陳九 Kau

 Story:

An invisible woman is kidnapping newborn babies who are destined to be emperors and delivering them to the mysterious subterranean supernatural Evil Master. The police are powerless, and the city must be saved by three very different women who share a terrible past. Anita Mui plays the mild-mannered wife of a police inspector who's also the mask-wearing, sword-slinging and knife-throwing crime fighter, Wonder Woman. Maggie Cheung plays the shotgun-toting, hard-boiled bounty hunter, Thief Catcher. Michelle Yeoh is Invisible Girl, the troubled but determined strong right arm of the Evil Master.

 L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment:

I miss this kind of old classic HK movie which you will never be found in these few years from hong kong movie production. Its a sad things to mention though but i think everyone knows that this is a fact and which it is still not gets better~

Back to this movie, the storyline is cool and very hit during the 90s. Involving that time the 3 hot ladies to act together is not an easy job but Johnnie To has to power to do so :) Miss Anita~

Wu Yen 鍾無艷 2001

 Released Year: 2001

Directed by 杜琪峰 Johnnie To & 韦家辉 Wai KaFai

 

Casted by:

郑秀文 Sammi Cheng as 钟无艳 Wu Yen
梅艳芳 Anita Mui as 齐宣王 Emperor Chai

张柏芝 Cecilia Cheung as 夏迎春 Ying Chun
黄浩然 Raymond Wong as 吴起 Ng Hei

 Story:

Emperor Chai accidentally released the foxy demon which can either be a man or a woman. Emperor Chai wanted to marry Wu Yen but only discover she has a red birth mark on her face. But for the country, Emperor Chai promised to marry Wu Yen for help.

 

Foxy demon transform into a pretty woman Ying Chun and cause a lot of trouble to the country. Wu Yen was send out to defeat the enemy at war. While Wu Yen is fighting at war, Emperor Chai and Ying Chun is gambling in the palace and lose out the whole country and Emperor Chai even sell off Wu Yen, this has broke Wu Yen's heart and she left.

 

Ng Hei start a war to fight Emperor Chai, Emperor Chai pretend as woman to escape and went to look for Wu Yen to help. Emperor Chai is competiting with other kings to win back Wu Yen  but the foxy demon win. Foxy demon and Wu Yen each discover they were pregnant and went back to palace to save Emperor Chai. After that the three of them live happily ever after...

 L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment: 

Its funny, its hillarious... First time ever in history, a film was conquered by 3 famous woman Sammi Anita & Cecilia in making such a comedy film... Sammi Cheng was even nominated as best actress with this film...

Blind Detective 盲探

 Released Year: 2013

Directed by  杜琪峰 Johnie To

Casted by:

劉德華 Andy Lau as 莊士敦 Johnston Chong
鄭秀文 Sammi Cheng as 何家彤 Ho Ka-Tung

郭涛 Guo Tao as 司徒法宝 Szeto Fat-Bo

 Story:

Forced to leave service after turning blind, former detective Johnston Chong See Tun ekes out his living by solving cold cases for police rewards. But his previous fellow co-worker Szeto always spoiled his plan by following Johnston to catch the criminal, this has cause Johnston to loss his reward.

During a bank robbery case, he meets an attractive hit team inspector Goldie Ho Ka Tung. When Ho notices Chong's strong sense of hearing and smell, she enlists his help in a personal case and he decides to take a stab. Chong moves into Ho's big house to investigate her old friend Mun's disappearance. During the investigation, Ho learned a lot of new technique from Johnston in a few investigation. 

When they suspect Mun was already raped and killed in an early year, they went to find the suspected taxi driver Chan Guang. In the investigation, the fight almost took Ho's life away. Johnston realize he has falls for Ho and drive the car out to main road for help, even though he is a blind man. Ho admitted to hospital, Johnston remember some small details and figure out that Mun did not die and become a crazy woman who crazily in love. It seems like Mun has killed her husband and the mistress, Mun wanted to kill Johnston too who discover her crime, Mun stab Johnston into bleed. 

Ho reached and helped Mun to deliver her unborn baby girl. After this, Ho adopted Mun's daughter as her own and marry with Johnston.

L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment:

Its been such a long time didn't see Andy & Sammi appeared in the same movie which directed by Johnnie To. We can see that Sammi has improve a lot on her acting skill, not too over like last time. The storyline is ok, especially on the investigating part; however i think its a bit too draggy in certain part.

Don't Go Breaking My Heart 單身男女

Released Year: 2011
Directed by 杜琪峯 Johnie To & 韋家輝 Wai Ka-Fai

Casted by:
高圓圓 Yuan-Yuan Gao as 程子欣 Chi Yan
古天樂 Louis Koo as 張申然 Sean
吳彥祖 Daniel Wu as 方啟宏 Kevin
林雪 Lam Suet as John
瑞莎 Larisa Bakurova as Angelina
賈曉晨 JJ Jia as 喬伊絲 Joyce
尹子維 Terrence Yin as 程子欣的前男友 Owen
李詩韻 Selena Li as 程子欣前男友的老婆 Owen's wife
Story:

Chi Yan is an analyst who just broke up with her boyfriend as he was having a baby with another woman. Sean a CEO of a broker firm knew Chi Yan as her office is just opposite of his. He liked Chi Yan all the while, but knew that she was in a relationship and did not want to interfere, and started to take action as he saw what happened in the bus between Chi Yan, her ex, and his current wife.

However, Kevin, an engineer, who dressed shabbily, and an alcoholic helped Chi Yan out when she was heartbroken by her ex. With Chi Yan's support and, Kevin decided to pick up designing again, and dated her to meet up again a week later. Chi Yan totally forgot about it as she was starting out with Sean, but it did not work out as Sean had a one night stand with Angelina who started with a misunderstanding and ended his relationship with Chi Yan. Sean later shifted his office as he economy crisis made him lost a big sum of money and went over to US.

Three years later, Sean came back as Chi Yan's boss. He tried to win her heart again, but was always pulled back as he could not endure women seduction. Chi Yan was disappointed with him, and met Kevin back, as he's new office was Sean's old office. Both guys are now chasing after Chi Yan. She loves both of them, but chose Kevin in the end as he moved her with great sincerity and love.

L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment:

This is a very good romantic film by Johnie To & Wai Ka Fai. Seriously~ i never thought the storyline is so good, though got a bit like Ally McBeal. Love the parts when the both guys miss their chances to tackle the girl that they want. And when you thought Chi Yan will choose Sean in the end,boom~ she chose Kevin instead.

Its been a few times since Louis Koo & Daniel Wu works together, they are really giving us a good time in the cinema :)

My Left Eye Sees Ghost 我左眼见到鬼

Released Year: 2002
Directed by 杜琪峰 Johnnie To & 韦家辉 KaFai-Wai

Casted by:
　郑秀文 Sammi Cheng as 何丽珠 May
刘青云 Sean Lau as 王劲威 Ken / Sam
林雪 Lam Suet as 何父 May's father
　李珊珊 SanSan-Lee as Susan
应采儿 Cherrie Ying as Tina
林熙蕾 Kelly Lin as Sam's girlfriend
任达华 Simon Yam as Ben
Story:

May Ho is a woman who inherits a vast fortune when her rich husband drowns in a scuba diving accident in the Caribbean. May told several joking lies to win her Stanford-educated, extremely successful husband, and his mother and sister are less than pleased when they find out, especially since they still harbor suspicions about her motives in marrying her husband after knowing him for only seven days. Nonetheless, the house, fortune, and a portion of the family fashion company are hers. Depressed, alone, and deeply missing her husband (feelings further exacerbated when her husband's dog, Whisky, dies), May goes on a binge of eating, drinking, smoking, watching television, and stealing from her own company's stores, culminating in a drunken car ride and near-fatal car accident.

May finds herself lying on the ground outside her car and thinks she is unscathed, until she approaches her vehicle and sees her bloody body in the driver's seat. Ken Wong appears to her and scares her into returning to her body, reviving herself.

Although she just barely evaded death, the left side of May's face is heavily injured. Later in the hospital, when she removes the gauze covering her left eye, she suddenly realizes she can see ghosts with that eye. She soon finds herself in the constant company and care of the ghost Ken, who claims that he is her former classmate who died when he was 13 in a typhoon out at sea. Throughout their escapades in the realm of the supernatural, May slowly develops a connection with him. However, despite all the ghosts she has encountered, her husband has never appeared to her and she deeply wants to see him, even for just an instant. Ken attempts to help her fulfill this wish before he crosses the Twilight Junction to be reincarnated though it initially appears she did not succeed. Only the spirit of her husband's late dog, Whisky, appears - seemingly close to Ken as if the canine knows him. Ken ask May for a final wish to hug her before he moves on, and in doing so she had to pretend that he was her husband.

Later, she goes to check on the restoration of her husband's vintage car and discovers the restorer resembles Ken, who turned to be the real Ken who did not really die when he was 13. She finally realize that the ghost who had been at her side all the while was actually her dead husband in disguise to prevent her from becoming too attached to him and to urge her to move on. She tries several ways to contact him after he had moved on, but all attempts were useless. Her ability to see ghosts had also disappeared. The film ends with a hint of a future romance between May and Ken.

L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment:

This is a very fun black comedy movie of Sammi + Sean. A brand new mix up of these 2 actors ever in the HK film industry. Both of them are superb and able to make us laugh all the ways in the movie. But who make me laugh the most? Of coz is the Fei Mui ghost !!! haha~ omg... she so damn funny... a film never bored to rewatch for a thousand time...