Cold War 寒戰

 Released Year: 2012

Directed by 陸劍青 Sunny Luk & 梁樂民Longman Leong

Casted by:

郭富城 Aaron Kwok as 劉傑輝 Sean Lau

梁家輝 Tony Leung as 李文彬 MB Lee

李治廷 Aarif Rahman Lee as 張國標 Billy Cheung

彭于晏 Eddie Peng as 李家俊 Joe Lee

林家棟 Gordon Lim as 鄺智立 Albert Kwong

楊采妮 Charlie Yeung as 梁紫薇 Phoenix Leung

安志杰 Andy On as 石米高 Michael Sek

錢嘉樂 Chin Ka Lok as 徐永基 Vincent Tsui

尹子維 Terence Yin as 杜文 Man Tu

劉德華 Andy Lau as 陸明華 Philip Luk

王敏德 Michael Fitzerald Wong as 曾向榮 York Tsang

 Story:

One midnight, a Hong Kong Police Force Emergency Unit (EU) van carrying advanced equipment and five police officers goes missing. As the police investigate the case, they became aware that the terrorists possess detailed knowledge of the police's procedures and have planned several steps ahead, even possibly breaching the secured police network. As the Commissioner is away, Deputy Commissioner M.B. Lee, plans and leads a rescue operation code-named "Cold War," and declares Hong Kong to go under a state of emergency.

After being repeatedly misled by the terrorists and failing to track them down, fellow Deputy Commissioner Sean Lau believes Lee is acting too rashly, due to one of the five abducted policemen being his own son, Joe Lee. After consulting with superintendent Vincent Tsui and Albert Kwang, who both believe Lee is taking measures too extreme, Lau relieves Lee of his command and assumes command of Operation Cold War.

Lau plans to negotiate with the terrorists while secretly tracking them to their hide-out. The terrorists asks Lau to prepare a ransom equal to the calculated value of the policemen and the EU van. As the police force prepare the cash, the terrorists call again and say they only want roughly half of it, and for Lau to personally deliver the money. At the request of the bank manager, Lau takes only enough for the ransom and have the rest delivered back to the bank. When Lau eventually arrives at the meeting location, he is ordered to stop the car immediately and throw the cash down a bridge, causing a traffic blockage. In the confusion, Lau is attacked by the terrorists, and superintendent Tsui was killed in action in the crossfire. The terrorists escape, while superintendent Kwang notifies Lau that the terrorists simultaneously intercepted the other half of the money that was supposed to be returned to the bank. However, the police force did successfully rescue the missing policemen at a different location.

Lau attempts to question the bank manager, but the manager was then killed by a car bomb. Superintendent Kwang investigates the bombing to track the bombers, but is instead led into a trap and killed with his team. Lau suspects that the terrorists were aided by insiders in the force, but before he can investigate any further, he is arrested by ICAC Officer Billy Cheung, who received leaked information from an anonymous source about Operation Cold War. Lau is interrogated by Cheung, who accuses him of poorly handling the rescue operation, leading to the loss of the ransom money which he secretly took for himself. Lau denies this, and the ICAC fail to find evidence against him. Cheung makes some further investigations and discovers that the police Commissioner will be stepping down in two years, and thus either Lee or Lau will receive a promotion. Lau has the support of the Security Secretary because of his skillful management of the police's finances. On the other hand, Lee rose through the ranks from Constable and has the support of the front-line officers including the CID. Cheung now suspects that Lee is trying to use the failure of Operation Cold War to ruin Lau's chance for promotion.

The ICAC eventually discover, based on forensic evidence, that Joe Lee was the mastermind behind the abduction of the EU van. Lau presents this information to Lee, and reveals that it was Lau himself that leaked information to the ICAC (who has the power to act independent to the police force), in order to borrow their resources to investigate the case, thus not alerting the insider. Lee confronts his son, who reveals that he planned this with other associates from the police force who wanted to see Lee rise to the position of Commissioner. Seeing that Joe is unrepentant and unwilling to reveal anymore, Lee reluctantly shoots and arrest him. The following day, Lee and the current Commissioner announce their plans to retire, nominates Lau as the next Commissioner, and congratulate Lau on his resourcefulness on solving the case.

The film ends with Lau receiving a mysterious phone call from the terrorists, who announces that they have kidnapped his wife, and wants Joe Lee released in return.

 L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

I'm kinda out on the HK movie lately, its not because that I'm more focus on the Western movie, but HK movie is getting so much disappointing lately. As cold war 2 goes on the big screen this year, everyone is telling me how exciting the movie was, but it is linked with the first movie. So before I even want to watch the second movie, I need to watch this first. But as you know, I'm kinda lazy and in the end the movie was postponed till now lol

Overall the movie is quite ok, but its a bit similar like internal affairs which i feel that HK is totally out of any ideas. Tony Leung definitely delivered his best in this movie, so as Andy Lau even though he just came out as a guess appearance. Aaron Kwok is a bit not so good whenever the scene show of him with Tony Leung together; Charlie is as beautiful as always but seems useless in this movie....

Boys Are Easy 追男仔

 Released Year: 1993

Directed by 王晶 Wong Jing

Casted by:

林青霞 Bridget Lin as 程小東 Dong

張曼玉 Maggie Cheung as 程小南 Nam

邱淑貞 Chingmy Yau as 程小西 Sai

梁家輝 Tony Leung as 謝晒 Cheah

張學友 Jacky Chan as 烏英 Ying

鄭伊健 Ekin Cheng as 李志高 Gou

林志穎 Jimmy Lin as 程小北 Bak

吳耀漢 Richard Ng as 程勝 Sheng

吳君如 Sandra Ng as 痴心 Sum

 Story:

Sheng lost his wife alone to raise three daughters Dong, Nam , Sai and Bak. One day Sheng told his 3 daughters that he has cancer, the only wish is his three daughters to find boyfriends and able to live happily and get married. Dong found Cheah, a gigolo to be her boyfriend; Nam found Ying, a bad guy who's trying to kill Dong; Sai found Gou, a 27 years old virgin rich guy. Just as three of them thought this is just a show to please their father, but things go wrong and they slowly falling in love with each other instead...

 L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment:

Lol, a funny comedy movie again which is the opposite of "The Romancing Stars"... This time is a female version with 3 famous actresses during that time to be in the lead role whom are Bridget, Maggie & Chingmy. Jimmy Lin is lucky to be the 3 pretty ladies' younger brother instead. Of course there's some part which skip the story a lot, maybe it might be the director's cut, so the whole movie seems like a bit fast forward instead. However, each pair of couples got their main role and stories in here including Richard Ng + Sandra Ng...

Men Suddenly in Black 大丈夫

 Released Year: 2003

Directed by 彭浩翔 Pang Ho Cheung

Casted by:

曾志偉 Eric Tsang as 郭天佑 Yau

陳小春 Jordan Chan as 李永祥 Xiang

杜汶澤 Chapman To as 徐嬌 Tsui

賈宗超 Spirit Blue as 洪國波 Paul

毛舜筠 Teresa Mo as 張秀賢 Carrie

盧巧音 Candy Lo as 芳 Anna

原子鏸 Marsha Yuan as 綺貞 Ching

李蘢怡 Tiffany Lee as 鳳 Feng

 Story: 

4 men lead by Yau, with Dr Xiang, Tsui and Paul (a young boy who looking forward to break his virginity), they all found a chance to gather together when their wives (Carrie, Anna, Ching) & girlfriend (Feng) are on their way to Thailand. But their operation of playing around lead to a lot of bad lucks and comedies, and in the end total failure! 

 L² Scored: 6.5/10

L² Comment:

At first I found this movie is kinda stupid but yet funny as well~ They acted as if they are ICAC or CID like that, make the comedy a bit tense and few times it make me burst into laughter... Well, that was how i feel when i watch it during the first time, but as I rewatch this movie now, it did not really give me that feeling anymore... 

A good comedy movie should be able to create the same feeling no matter how many times you watch it right? Haha, i didn't mean to sound like a pro here, but i hope i am :p I'm still looking for the sequence of this movie, anybody got it?

Rose, Rose I Love You 玫瑰玫瑰我爱你

Released Year: 1993

Directed by 彭绮华 Jacky Pang

Casted by:

梁家辉 Tony Leung as 吕奇 Kei

钟镇涛 Kenny B as 梁醒波 Bo

叶玉卿 Veronica Yip as 美丽 / 黑玫瑰 Li / Black Rose

刘嘉玲 Carina Lau as 陈宝珠 / 白玫瑰 Zhu / White Rose

任达华 Simon Yam as 麦基 Kay

陈加玲 Charine Chan as Lulu

林保怡 Bowie Lam as 谭德昌 Cheung

 Story: 

Kay has stole away the Diamond of Manila and caused everyone to thought that Black Rose is the one who did it. Kei & Bo are given chance to investigate Black Rose. But both of them use this as an excuse to tackle Zhu instead; in the meantime a silly girl Li keep on come to find Kei to teach her how to suicide everyday.

Just as Kay get nearer and try to get back the Diamond of Manila, it slowly revealed that Li is actually Black Rose while Zhu is White Rose (rival's of Black Rose). In a messy fight, they managed to join forced and killed Kay.

 L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment:

Gosh, I laugh non stop when watch this old movie. It is not the first time I watch this movie, yet it still managed to trigger my laugh button everytime, especially the part where Tony Leung always get himself wounded when he taught Veronica Yip how to suicide :P Both Veronica & Carina hass excellent awesome body; its nice to see the young version of Bowie Lam, such a long time i didn't watch his drama, miss him a lot~ 

Her Fatal Ways 表姐，妳好嘢！

 Released Year: 1990

Directed by 張堅庭 Alfred Cheung

Casted by:

鄭裕玲‎ Dodo Cheng as 鄭碩男 Cheng Shih-nan

梁家輝‎ Tony Leung as 伍衛國 Wu Wei-kuo

張堅庭‎ Alfred Cheung as 小勝 Hsiao-Sheng

林蛟‎ Lam Kau as 伍天賜 Wu Tien-tzu

方剛‎ Sunny Fang as 蘇國榮 Su Kuo-Jung

周文健‎ Michael Chow as 阿牛 Niu

陳淑蘭‎ Sheila Chan as 雪碧 Hsuen-Pi

 Story: 

The prologue opens with MPS officer Cheng and her nephew Hsiao-Sheng riding on a coach (vehicle) to Hong Kong. They are depicted as deep-rooted communists and uncivilised people, singing My Motherland, smoking, spitting and using language profanity. Simultaneously, Superintendent Cheng briefs Chief Inspector Wu about a criminal case - Wong Ti, aka Niu, who admits smuggling drugs from the Golden Triangle to Hong Kong, seeks to escape PRC's capital punishment by helping Royal Hong Kong Police prosecute his boss, drug dealer Su Kuo-Jung. That is why Cheng is on her way escorting Wong to Hong Kong. Cheng orders Wu to receive Wong and to show Cheng around. Reluctantly, Wu handles the case, and meets Cheng at a cross-border coach station and is shocked to realize that Wong is abused by Cheng and packed in a small bag for delivery. With an oxygen mask, the police manage to save Wong from coma.

The police detain Wong in an ad hoc command post (a local apartment) and Cheng's mission is over. Cheng visits the headquarters of the police. She fails to understand how the advanced information technology improves working efficiency, but after an experience of malfunction of lie-detector, she claims that machines are unrelialbe while human resources always come first. Wu expects to accommodate Cheng in a hotel, but due to the travellers' peak season, Cheng and Sheng are unwittingly arranged to stay in a motel at Kowloon Tong and accidentally encounter pornographic programmes on TV and electric erotic bed.

Back in the regional branch, Wong distracts and knocks down the guards and escapes. Cheng criticizes the so-called efficiency of the police and refuses to help find Wong back. However, General Secretary of the CCP Zhao Ziyang phones Cheng and threatens her that she will be expelled to the desolate Daxinganling if she fails to catch Wong (as this may mean she is not good public servant).

Cheng then becomes active in tracing Wong and expresses her wish that the Hong Kong police will work under her command. But her proposals of arresting Su will surely be rejected by the Attorney General as they are violating human rights and unlawful in Hong Kong. This heightens the disputes between Cheng and CIP Wu.

Dissatisfied by the Hong Kongers' hesitation, Cheng goes and confronts Su in his office alone. Su refuses to talk about Wong and expels Cheng. Having known that Cheng may bring him troubles, Su sends henchmen to assassinate her.

Though Cheng and Hsiao-Sheng are safe, they must be moved to other places for protection. Superintendent Mok suggests letting them stay at Wu's house in order to protect and monitor Cheng. Mok claims that their joint-venture will bring Wu a good career perspective even after the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong.

However Cheng's appearance leads to a micro civil war between her and Wu's pro-Kuomintang father, Colonel Wu Tien-Tsu. Overnight, a propaganda warfare is conducted by them singing patriotic songs through the wall in between. The next morning at breakfast, they challenge each other in forms of military uniforms and choice of left(ist) or right(ist) appendage. Soon they are temporarily mediated by Wu, who is ambidextrous (Neutral) wearing a uniform of Hong Kong Police.

Niu gets contact with his brother and tried to escape from Hong Kong. He contacts Su for help but Su sends henchmen to kill him. Niu survives the shootout but his brother is injured. A witness of the shootout finds a letter of this injured man telling Niu that he is living at a beautiful village called Sau Mau Ping. The police thus send detectives to inquire the villagers about Niu's whereabouts. Cheng, using her interpersonal skills, socializes with the Sichuan-born villagers and gets the address of a karaoke bar where Niu always go to. In the karaoke bar, Cheng proves to be a bad singer but a very good alcoholic beverage consumer. Shortly it is confirmed that Niu regularly meets his lover, Hsuen-Pi at the bar. The squad then go spying on Hsuen-Pi.

Returned to home, Cheng finds Hsiao-Sheng wearing a National Revolutionary Army uniform with Colonel Wu and his fellow veterans, drunken. Cheng considers it a counter-revolutionary behaviour and decides to challenge the veterans on drinking and finally beats them, fully in conscious. Wu takes Cheng to see the night view of Hong Kong and as they return home on the elevator, Cheng sees the "dark side" of Hong Kong in the terrifying suspension of electricity. When the lights are on again, they find themselves holding each other's hands. Cheng gets the first taste of love.

In embarrassment, they go on working. This time, Cheng and Hsiao-Sheng decide to pretend to be Niu's lawful wife and get Niu's contact from Hsuen-Pi. But Niu is actually hiding in Hsuen-Pi's house and after a fight with Cheng he successfully escapes again.

Later Wu receives information that Niu will rob a jewellery shop. Detectives are scattered around the shop to spot Niu but their cover is later revealed as Chan drops his revolver when he tries to save a girl in the middle of the road. The police and Niu's duet exchange fire in the crowded street and after a long chase they meet each other at a narrow corridor inside a building. Cheng, shoots Niu's partner down with excellent marksmanship but Niu gets away for the third time.

Frustrated by the situation, Mok offers a three-day limit for Wu and Cheng to arrest Niu. Failure to do so will post Wu to Tai A Chau Dentention Centre and send Cheng back to China.

New information shows that Su is meeting some potential drug dealers in nightclubs and the police need female undercovers to listen in their conversations. Cheng voluntarily becomes the undercover and as Su brings her home, he meets Niu. Niu requests three million dollars from Su to flee and claims that the drug stocks stored in San Yik Godown is worth 20 million dollars. As Su finally kills Niu after a long bargain, Cheng escapes from Su and goes to a wrong one of the many San Yik Godowns. Cheng interrogates the keepers of the wrong godown with torture, and gets arrested. She is imprisoned and ready to be sent back to China.

Wu reads through receipts of the godowns and finds out the correct Sun Yik Godown for it has stored many seeds of cannabis sativa for producing marijuana. The squad breaks into the godown and really finds cannabis. However, Hsiao-Sheng is caught by the godown workers and their plan is destroyed by Su, holding an submachine gun. Su and his workers ties up the squad and is about to burn them with petroleum. Suddenly, the light goes out and the Nationalist veterans appear to save the squad. Wu runs forward and fights with Su. Finally, the situation is under control. While Superintendent Mok arrives and daydreams about his promotion to the Commissioner of Police, Cheng and Colonel Wu finally become friends and achieve a collaboration between the Communist and the Nationalist.

On the border, Cheng gives Wu a letter, expressing her apology on her bad temper and thankfulness during this working tour in Hong Kong. She admits that it is the first time she holds a man's hand and this memory is precious. Finally, she looks forward to opportunities for their cooperations after 1997.

 L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment: 

A classic movie by Dodo Cheng, this has won Dodo her first main actress award in the Golden Horse Awards :) Beside being funny, it also has deep meaningful ways to present how Cheng Dai Jie love her country and being stubborn when seeing new things. Storyline is simple yet it let's Dodo express her acting skill in it, thank you Alfred Cheung :)

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father! 新难兄难弟1993

 Released Year: 1993

Directed by 陈可辛 Peter Chen & 李志毅 Chiyi Lee

Casted by:

梁朝伟 Tony Leung Chiu Wai as 楚原 Yun

梁家辉 Tony Leung Kar Fai as 楚帆 Fan

刘嘉玲 Carina Lau as 屈罗娜 Laura

袁咏仪 Anita Yuen as 紫罗莲 / 何静仪 Lin / Yee

郑丹瑞 Lawrence Cheng as 高佬泉 / 小龙 Chuen / Long

李婉华 Anita Lee as 琴姐 Kam

 Story:

Fan has been living in a poor life with his wife Laura, but still he always help the one that is poorer than him which cause his son Yun to be very angry. On an incident when Fan admitted to hospital, Yun accidentally back to the old time where he met the younger Fan & Laura and experienced the lifestyle they have during that time. Finally Yun understands what has make his father the man he is now and he is happy to accept the old Fan when he back to his own period of time...

 L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment:

Beside being a comedy, this movie also talks about the relationship between father & son ; as well as how to treat others in a good way and make everyone appreciate the love in this cold world... A very nice movie which makes no problem for me to rewatch few more times if i'm free :)

Lost in Beijing 蘋果

 Released Year: 2007

Directed by 李玉 Li Yu

Casted by:

范冰冰 Fan Bing Bing as 劉蘋果 Liu Ping Guo

梁家辉 Tony Leong as 林東 Lin Dong

佟大为 Tong Da Wei as 安坤 An Kun

金燕玲 Elaine Jin as 王梅 Wang Mei

 Story: 

Liu Pingguo and her husband, An Kun are a young migrant couple from the northeast of China who have moved to Beijing for a better life. Pingguo and An Kun live in a dilapidated apartment eking out their existence working menial jobs. An Kun works as a window washer, while his wife works in the Golden Basin Massage Parlor as a foot masseuse. Golden Basin is owned and operated by Lin Dong, an unabashed womanizer, and himself from Guangdong Province. His wife, Wang Mei practices Chinese medicine. Very soon, the two couples find themselves headed for a collision course.

When Pingguo's best friend, Xiao Mei, assaults a customer, she is quickly fired by Lin Dong. Pingguo, wishing to commiserate, takes her friend out and promptly becomes drunk on bai jiu. Returning to the Golden Basin, she passes out in an empty office. Lin Dong, seeing the vulnerable Pingguo attempts to make a pass, which quickly turns into rape, a rape witnessed by the window washer, An Kun. Furious at the sight, An Kun begins a campaign of harassment against Lin Dong, defacing his Mercedes Benz, and attempting to blackmail him for ¥20,000. When Lin Dong ignores the furious husband, An Kun goes directly to Wang Mei, who rather than acquiescing, seduces the naive window washer.

Soon, it is discovered that Liu Pingguo is pregnant, though neither An Kun nor Lin Dong can be certain of who is the father. Lin Dong, however, sees in Pingguo an opportunity to make things right with his barren wife as well as to settle things with Pingguo and her husband once and for all. Soon, the two husbands have concocted a scheme wherein An Kun initially receives ¥20,000 for his mental suffering. If the child has Lin Dong's blood type, he will go home with the massage-parlor owner and An Kun will receive ¥100,000. If however, the baby is An Kun's, no money is exchanged, but Pingguo and An Kun keep the baby. Moreover, if Lin Dong again sleeps with Pingguo, half of his assets will go to Wang Mei in a divorce proceeding. During these negotiations, Pingguo remains conspicuously silent.

As the baby is carried to term, Lin Dong becomes more and more attached to the idea that he will at last be a father. When the baby is born however, An Kun discovers that it is indeed his child. Unable to turn down the money, he manages to convince Lin Dong that it is his son, allowing him to collect the ¥120,000. Although, seeing how happy Lin Dong is with the baby, An Kun grows increasingly jealous, at last resorting to a clumsy and ultimately doomed kidnapping. After being released (presumably by Wang Mei, who has decided to divorce her husband), An Kun attempts to "repurchase" his child, to which Lin Dong promptly refuses. Pingguo, who had moved into Lin Dong's home after the birth as a nursemaid, at last has had enough. Quietly, she gathers the money that An Kun had returned, and taking her child, walks out the door. The film then ends as the two men, Lin Dong and An Kun, attempt to search for her, only to have their car break down on a busy Beijing highway...

 L² Scored: 6.5/10

L² Comment:

Storyline is not bad, Tony & DaWei are also very generous in showing us their ass... But BingBing use a back up girl for her nudity part which i think is so not professional :( Overall the movie is not bad, love Elaine's acting, she's the queen of it~ I just wish next time Bing Bing wont be so stingy in showing us what she has ~