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?

The Park 咒樂園

Released Year: 2003

Directed by  劉偉強 Andrew Lau

Casted by:

陈文媛 Bobo Chen as Yen

惠英红 Kara Hui as Mrs. Yu

李茏怡 Tiffany Lee as YY

曾国祥 Derek Tsang as Dan

Matthew Paul Dean  as Shan

Chalerm Taweebot as Caretaker

Laila Boonyasak as Pinky

Pubate Maganit as Ken

张颖康 Jonathan Cheung as Ka-ho

萧正楠 Edwin Siu as Alan

 Story: 

Alan gone missing in a fun fair (previously was a graveyard), his sister Yen went there together with a few friends to search for him. Though they have been warned by the caretaker not to go in, but they insist. One by one the friend gone missing or die, and its left Yen alone. When Yen is almost killed by the haunted caretaker, Mrs Yu (Alan & Yen's mother) came for rescue but was sacrifice too...

 L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment:

Has been looking for this movie quite sometime, if anyone of u still haven't know, i got coulrophobia, which means "afraid of clown"... it really took me quite sometime to finish the whole movie, as whenever the movie shows the hanging clown, i get freak off and stare into one corner of my dark room... oh my god~ damn scary !!!

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~ 

Miss Du Shi Niang Miss杜十娘

Released Year: 2003

Directed by 杜国威 Du Guo Wei

Casted by:

李嘉欣 Michelle Reis as 杜十娘 Niang

吴彦祖 Daniel Wu as 李甲 Jia

沈殿霞 Lydia Sum as 老鸨 Mamasan

 Story:

Du Shi Niang is the famous hooker but she fall in love with Jia, a useless guy who came for her beauty and not able to live based on his own ability. When mamasan challenge Jia to leave or buy back Niang, he felt defeated but Niang has her own way out. 

Following Jia back to his hometown, Jia sold Niang out to a rich man which make Niang disappointed. She show Jia how rich she was but dump them all into the lake. In the end, she herself jump into the lake as well. Later that day she swim back to find mamasan and promise herself that she will never fall in love again.

 L² Scored: 5.5/10

L² Comment:

Not a bad movie, its actually based on an old old novel last time. The only disappointing point is that both Daniel Wu & Michelle Reis don't really speaks good cantonese and their acting are not that good as well. Beside Lydia Sum, the whole movie is consider dull and boring. Luckily with Michelle & Daniel's look + Lydia good comedy skill, this movie is still watch-able~

Infernal Affairs III 無間道III：終極無間

 Released Year: 2003

Directed by 劉偉強 Andrew Lau & 麥兆輝 Alan Mak

Casted by:

劉德華 Andy Lau as 劉健明 Lau Kin-ming

梁朝偉 Tony Leung as 陳永仁 Chan Wing-yan

黎明 Leon Lai as 楊錦榮 Yeung Kam-wing

陳道明 Chen Daoming as 沈澄 Shen Cheng 

陳慧琳 Kelly Chen as 李心兒 Dr. Lee Sum-yee 

 Story: 

Infernal Affairs III uses parallel storytelling, flashing between the past and the present.

Six months before Chan's death

Undercover cop Chan Wing-yan seeks to uncover the link between Hong Kong triad boss Hon Sam and the mysterious Chinese gang leader Shen Cheng. Since Hon's ascension to the seat of triad boss was due to the death of his predecessor, Ngai Wing-hau, Hon is suspicious of all his men for fear they might usurp his position. He tests Chan's loyalty by ordering him to smash an ashtray on Shen's brother during a negotiation, resulting in Chan's arrest by Inspector Yeung Kam-wing. Yeung tells Chan that though Chan does not recognise him, he recognises Chan and he warns the latter to "be careful". Chan is released after both Hon and Shen fetch him at police headquarters.

Concurrently, Chan is prosecuted for violent behaviour. His superior, Superintendent Wong Chi-shing, persuades the court to allow Chan to seek therapy, leading him to meet Dr. Lee Sum-yee. Hon asks Chan to deliver arms to Shen, but he and other triad members do not show up. When Chan delivers the cargo, Shen's men discover that the boxes are empty and open fire on Chan; Shen and Chan shoot each other in the limbs during the crossfire. Shen finds out that Chan is an undercover cop when Yeung unexpectedly arrives on the scene. Yeung tells Chan that Shen is also an undercover cop, working for Chinese authorities. Yeung also tells Chan that he gained top honours when he was in the police academy due to Chan's "expulsion". The three shake hands and wait for the chaos to subside before leaving.

Ten months after Chan's death

Lau Kin-ming, Hon's former mole in the Hong Kong Police Force, has been demoted to administrative duty pending an investigation into the deaths of Chan and Inspector B. He falsely claims that B shot Chan in the head while holding him hostage, and that he killed B in retaliation. After months of investigation, Lau is transferred back to Internal Affairs, where he struggles to whitewash his past and cover his true identity. Lau later learns that Hon had previously planted five other moles in the police force, one of whom might be a fellow Security Division Inspector, Yeung. A battle of wits develops between Lau and Yeung, as each of them tries to discover the other's secret.

Meanwhile, Lau suffers from an identity collapse as he loses track of reality, wrestling with guilt over Chan's death and grappling with his impending divorce from his wife, Mary. His psychological trauma deteriorates to the point where he begins to see himself as Chan. As "Chan", Lau makes it a personal mission to apprehend Yeung, whom he sees as his former self. After witnessing an incident where Lau suffers a hallucination, Dr. Lee conducts a hypnosis on him and finds out that he was Hon's mole. Lau realises his folly and knocks Lee unconscious before escaping.

Lau steals tapes from Yeung's office safe, using spy cameras to determine the code. He thinks he hears recordings of Yeung relating information to Hon, and leads his team to the Security Division to arrest Yeung just as Shen arrives. Lau plays a tape recording, which is actually the conversation between him and Hon. When Lau's second-in-command tries to arrest him instead, Lau panics and draws his gun, killing Yeung. He is immediately shot by Shen and attempts suicide by shooting himself in the neck. During a search of Lau's office, a tape is found in his safe and played. It is a recording of the song sung by Tsai Chin, given to him by Hon's wife.

Eleven months after Chan's death

A series of flashbacks play: immediately after Chan's death, Shen and Yeung meet. Shen suspects Lau. Yeung breaks into Lau's office to find tape recordings of his conversations with Hon, proving that Shen is right.

Yeung is buried next to Chan in the police cemetery. Shen and Lee visit the graves and Shen says to Lee: "Events change men, but men do not change events. But these two men are extraordinary because they changed events."

Lau ends up crippled and catatonic, lost inside his own mind, haunted by the spirit of Mary (Hon Sam's wife, whom he had a crush on in Infernal Affairs II) and locked in his own "continuous hell". His divorced wife Mary visits and tells him, "Our baby can say "papa" now." Before the picture fades into the next scene, the camera pans down onto Lau's fingers tapping out in Morse code, "H-E-L..." (and then the start of another 'L' as the picture dims).

Before the film ends, there is one final flashback to the hi-fi shop scene in Infernal Affairs, where Lau is buying an audio system from Chan.

  L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment:

Years before this film, it has been quite sometime we cannot find so many superstars to act in one Hong Kong movie, this movie did it and it comes to an end for the infernal affair series. The movie is still lead by Andy Lau & Tony Leung and in the meantime added in Leon Lai and Chen Dao Ming to spice up the whole movie. Not sure why they chose Kelly Chen as the only main actress, but her acting skill is kinda fake but luckily it did not affected much of this movie. Happy to see that Carina Lau and Sammi Cheng appeared again on the closing part. Both of them appeared less than one minute but u can feel that their acting is way way way much more better than Kelly. Anyway, this movie also won Andy Lau his Golden Horse Best Actor Award...

Night Corridoor 妖夜迴廊

 Released Year: 2003

Directed by 李志超 Li Chi Chiu

 

Casted by:

吳彥祖 Daniel Wu as 袁森/袁洪 Sam/Hung
 谷峰 Gu Feng as 陆思凡 Mr Luk

 蔣怡 Coco Chiang as 秀冰 Bing

 惠英紅 Kara Hui as 母亲 Mother
 吳振宇 Allan Wu as 史云生 Vincent

 Story:

Sam received his twins brother, Hung's death news in London. Going back to Hong Kong, Sam tries to find out the truth from Mr Luk, his own mother & from Bing (Hung's girlfriend). The story involved priest fucking the young Sam while young Hung fucked by his mother; Sam continue fucking with the priest for Vincent while it makes Sam fell in love with him. Sam also control by Mr Luk to have sex with the demon lady Bing.

 L² Scored: 6.5/10

L² Comment:

Love Daniel's slutty look during masturbation, but there's a lot of unexplain part in the movies which makes me a bit confuse... maybe it did but i might be stupid to noticed :P

Sound of Colors 地下鐵

Released Year: 2003

Directed by 馬偉豪 Joe Ma

Casted by:

梁朝伟 Tony Leong as 旭明 Ming

杨千嬅 Miriam Yeung as 海约 Yue

张震 Chang Cheng as 钟程 Cheng

董洁 Dong Jie as 董玲 Ling

Story:

Ming is an owner of "Love shop" which match up couples, but he has been cheating his customer. In one incident, Yue help him out by pretending as Fiona. Yue is blind and his father ask Ming to help her out on matching a guy. Ming one day get blind too and luckily Yue was there to help him out and teach him the skills of being a blind person. As time goes by, both of them fall in love and decided to get together but Ming's blindness recover. Yue feel like she's a burden for Ming and decided to leave him. Ming and Yue play a faith game, if they manage to meet each other in the subway train with Ming's eyes close then they will get together. In the end, both of them were take good care by faith and be together.

In another hand, Cheng and Ling are both in Taiwan. They also fill up their love story through the subway train.

 L² Scored: 5/10

L² Comment:

This movie are divided into 2 parts, one Hong Kong and one Taiwan. For me, i prefer the Hong Kong part which was acted by Tony Leung and Miriam Yeung. Their story is more touching yet memorable compare to another part from Taiwan.

Golden Chicken 2 金雞 2

Released Year: 2003
Directed by 趙良駿 Zhao Liang-Jun

Casted by:
吳君如 Sandra Ng as 金如 Kam
張學友 Jacky Chan as Kwan
郑中基 Ronald Cheng as Retarded Customer
黎明 Leon Lai as Dr Koh
张卫健 Dicky Cheung as Veterinarian
黄秋生 Anthony Wong as Suicide Customer
杜汶泽 Chapman To as Kam's Grandson
刘德华 Andy Lau as Andy Lau
李心洁 Angelica Lee as Retarded Customer GF
田蕊妮 Krystal Tin as Mamasan

Story:

Kam went for plastic surgery this time at her age of 80 years old but still look like 35 years old. Kam climb all her way up to the mountain to meet a young guy. This young guy just so happen to be her grandson that she's been looking for all these while.

The grandson wanted to suicide because of love, without notify him that she's her grandmother, Kam told him that he needs to appreciate his own life as she has face some difficulties in hers. Kam has a regular customer who come to find her for service. He offered Kam to become the liady boss but she reject. While they have sex, the customer try to suicide but failed. Not long later, Kam used all her money to open a restaurant and finally become a lady boss. But that was the time when SARS attacked.

While business is not doing well, Kam still become a part-time hooker. Kam used to have a retarded customers who has broke off with his girlfriend, and all his girlfriend left for him is just a hair. He try to cut a hair from Kam's body, but Kam shaved herself often to prevent from SARS. In the meanwhile, she met Dr Koh who is working in the hospital during SARS. Both of them bond a relationship as Kam help to support him. But in the end, Kam get sick. Retarded customer is so afraid Kam will died and find a veterinerian to look at her. In the end, the girlfriend came looking for the retarded customer and send him back to hospital.

Business and SARS is getting better, but Dr Koh has sacrifice himself. Not long later, Kwan, Kam's cousin brother came to find her. Kam thought about her passed. Eventually, the son that Kam send to Richard in the 1st movie is the son of Kwan. Kwan has always attracted Kam since they were young. But Kwan has been trying to trick Kam many times for money. But this time, he came back and pay back Kam a lot of money after he has been arrested to ICAC.

Kam did not manage to find her son but the grandson instead. While she was happy on this, she saw Andy Lau in the advertisement. And Mr Andy Lau has work his way up and become the chief officer in Hong Kong.

L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

This is a continuous of the 1st movie but the story is more reliable to HongKong economy crisis and SARS. And of coz the life of a a hooker as well. Jacky Chan's performance is good :) And i love the song that Sandra and Ronald sang... "Fei po Zhi gai lat sai mou...."

Good Times, Bed Times 戀上你的床

Released Year: 2003
Directed by 陳慶嘉 Chan Heng Ka

Casted by:
古天樂 Louis Koo as 高志強 Koh Chee Keong
鄭秀文 Sammi Cheng as 屈小橋 Wat Xiu Kiu
劉青雲 Sean Lau as 周永慶 Chow Weng Heng
蔡卓妍 Charlene Choi as 阿塔 Ah Tat
Story:

The story starts as a magazine reporter Wat investigating the police image-officer Koh, to discover whether he is suffering from impotence. Due to some misunderstanding, Wat thought Koh is healthy when actually Koh has been suffering from the impotence since his penis was hurt during an investigation.

Wat and Koh fall in love with each other. Koh even went to Japan when Wat was having trouble. But in the meantime Wat found out Koh cannot perfomance on bed. Without giving up on the relationship, both of them look around for medicine to solve the problem. At the end, Koh recovered after he defeat the theft on the investigation.

In the meanwhile, Chow is a judge who met Tat, a young and naughty girl. Chow try to avoid Tat coz he's afraid to fall in love with a small girl, but in the end Tat did something which touch his heart. Melted and sweet. Chow proposed and Tat married him in the end.

L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment:

This is a love and comedy show to watch. Very entertaining. And as a sammi's super fancs, Leu love this very much. But the movie version in Malaysia was a bit difference due to the law restriction of the muslims... damn... wat does impotence has to do with the rules? crazy!!!