Naked Weapon 赤裸特工

 Released Year: 2002

Directed by 程小東 Chin Xiao Dong

 

Casted by:

Maggie Q as Charlene Ching
 安雅 Anya Wu as Katherine
 吳彥祖 Daniel Wu as Jack Chen
 黃佩霞 Almen Huang as Madame M
 鄭佩佩 Cheng Pei Pei as Faye Ching
 李菲 Jewel Lee as Jing
 連凱 Andrew Lin as 龍三郎 Ryuichi

 Story:

 The movie opens with the assassination of a man of unknown identity. A team of three CIA officers, including Jack Chen, a rookie, watch through surveillance as a sexy female assassin named Fiona Birch enters the man's heavily guarded apartment suite and, after having sex with him, kills him by breaking his spine with her bare hands. As she makes her escape in her white Porsche 911 GT3, her car is hit by a rocket. As the officers rush over to extricate her from the wreckage, a woman in a limousine shoots her to death.

The woman in the limousine is revealed to be Madam M, the leader of a mysterious assassin organization, to which the killed assassin belonged. After the incident, young girls across the globe start disappearing one after another. The only relationship among them is that they are all trained in martial arts or sports. As Jack correctly theorizes, these girls have been abducted by Madam M and transported to an island to be trained to become professional assassins. After six years of gruesome training, only Charlene Ching, Katt and Jing survive and "graduate". The last test in order for them to graduate was a fight for survival/to the death test. Katt and Charlene, being friends, could not kill each other, and so each is accepted as the third survivor. To celebrate Madame M gives them all different wine which has drugs in it. As the drugs take effect Madame M calls her guards who brutally rape the girls, thus (in Madame M's words) making them ready for what was to come.

The three girls are then sent on several missions around the world. During one of her missions in Hong Kong, Charlene coincidentally runs into her long-lost mother, Faye Ching. Jack, who has been following Madam M's case for the last six years, tracks Charlene down, but Charlene manages to knock him out and escape. Believing that Charlene would return to seek her mother, Jack waits outside Faye's house. However, Jing shows up first and stabs Faye. Jack tries to fend her off but was no match for her. Charlene shows up shortly and kills Jing after a fierce fight. The two then escort the wounded Faye to hospital.

In order to regain their freedom, Charlene and Katt accept a final mission from Madam M. A yakuza boss, Ryuichi, has contracted Madam M to eliminate a traitor in his gang. The mission turns out to be Ryuichi's trap to avenge his partner, who was assassinated previously by one of Madam M's girls (Charlene). Ryuichi kills Madam M and captures Katt, while Charlene escapes. Later, she and Katt went to the meeting place and finds that it was a trap. Ryuichi then shoots a dart containing a drug. Then while Jack was at the hospital, Charlene calls him to meet her at the beach. They end up making love and by the next morning she left a note in his shoe saying if they have fate then they will meet again. When Charlene returns the next day to rescue Katt, she watches helplessly through a bullet-proof glass as Katt, after being tortured, is killed by Ryuichi, with a sword. The enraged Charlene battles Ryuichi and through an intense fight, finally manages to kill him, using the technique used by Fiona Birch.

After everything is over, Jack and Charlene's mother, Faye, are at a Chinese temple offering prayers. Faye jokingly says that these things (the gods that she has been praying to) must have been all nonsense in Jack's point of view. But Jack tells her that although he never had a religion he feels peace every time he is in the temple. Faye commends his behavior and says that he should visit the temple more often. Meanwhile, we see Charlene in a Chinese temple praying for Katt's soul to rest in peace and she tells the deity that she wishes to be with the one she truly loves, Jack himself. Jack claims at the end of the movie that there are times when he is sure that Charlene is beside him; the last scene of the movie is Charlene watching Jack rush through the crowd looking for her.

 L² Scored: 7.5/10

 

L² Comment:

For me the whole movie does not really go on the peak. Hey come on, even though Chin is directing this film, but it was producted by the nasty Wang Jing!!! Where is the excitement?!? Especially the theme is good enough~ I need to see Maggie Q has some body contact with Anya, or at least a lesbian kiss; how about Daniel Wu? He should show us his nice fine ass on the beach sex scene; and don't forget about Almen, she's way too conservative in here, she should at least get a rape scene with Andrew Lin!!! Gosh~ this is rubbish, but i'm still gonna like it :P

 

Rescue Dawn

 Released Year: 2006

Directed by Werner Herzog

 

Casted by:

Christian Bale as Dieter Dengler
 Steve Zahn as Duane Martin
 Jeremy Davies as Gene DeBruin

 Story:

Dieter Dengler, a German-born U.S. Navy pilot in squadron VA-145, is shot down in his A-1 Skyraider over Laos in February 1966, while on a combat mission. He survives the crash only to be pursued, and ultimately captured, by the Pathet Lao. Dengler is given the chance for leniency by the Province Governor if he signs a document condemning America, but he refuses. He is tortured and taken to a prison camp. There he meets fellow American military soldiers and pilots, such as Gene DeBruin and Duane W. Martin, some of whom have been captive for years. Dengler begins planning an escape, much to the disbelief of his fellow combatants, who have been downtrodden through physical and psychological torture by the camp guards.

Eventually, all the prisoners agree to escape, only Dengler and Martin follow through with the plan as the others disappear and are not seen again in the film. Dengler and Martin try to reach the Mekong River to cross over into Thailand, but Martin is killed by a mob of angry villagers. Eventually, Dengler is rescued by an American helicopter but sequestered in a hospital due to the secret nature of his mission. He is visited by some of his squadron who covertly take him back to his ship, where he is welcomed as a hero by the crew.

 L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment: 

This movie is based on the real story during the Vietnam war that time and seriously Christian Bale looks so hot no matter he is meaty or as skinny as a stick~ I actually like the fact that the movie doesn't further explain what happen to the rest of the guys who didn't follow Dengler and Martin at that time. If there's a shot/screen shows what happen, it would be fake then~ cause the real Dieter Dengler won't even know what happened~ a good movie :)

Beastly

 Released Year: 2011

Directed by Daniel Barnz

 

Casted by:

Alex Pettyfer as Kyle Kingson/Hunter
 Vanessa Hudgens as Linda "Lindy" Taylor
 Mary-Kate Olsen as Kendra Hilferty
 Neil Patrick Harris as Will Fratalli
 Lisa Gay Hamilton as Zola

 Story:

 Kyle Kingston, an arrogant and vain son of wealthy news anchor Rob Kingson, bullies Kendra Hilferty who magically transforms handsome Kyle into a bald, tattooed, and scarred shell. If Kyle does not find someone who loves him by the next spring he will remain in this ugly state forever. Kyle is taken to live in a private house with their maid Zola and a blind tutor Will. Both are a comfort to Kyle when his father begins to neglect him.

As spring draws closer, Kyle finds himself infatuated with Lindy Taylor, a girl from whom he had kept his distance at his former school. He sees her father, a drug addict, engaged in an altercation with two drug dealers and shoots one dead while the other vows to kill Lindy. Kyle persuades Lindy’s father to allow her to move in with him. Lindy is furious about hiding and doesn't speak to Kyle, but eventually, Kyle reveals himself and they begin to warm up to each other. Kyle writes a letter professing his love for Lindy but does not give it to her for fear of rejection. He visits Kendra to plead for more time; she refuses, but agrees to restore Will's vision and grant green cards to Zola's three children in Jamaica if he gets Lindy to fall in love with him.

The criminal who threatened Lindy’s life lands in jail. Lindy’s father overdoses and is in the hospital. Kyle permits Lindy to leave and see her father and drives her to the station. He gives her the letter but regrets doing so as she tells him he’s a good friend. Lindy calls him after reading the letter, but being heartbroken Kyle does not answer the phone. Persuaded by Will and Zola, Kyle goes to meet Lindy one last time before she leaves on a school trip to Machu Picchu. Lindy professes her love for Kyle "Hunter," says the words "I Love You" to break Kyle's "Hunter" curse, and Kyle tells her to go. Kyle’s normal self is restored and Lindy runs out looking for "Hunter" Kyle but Lindy does not recognize him until she calls his phone and Kyle's phone starts ringing. When Lindy realizes that Hunter is in fact Kyle the two share a passionate kiss in the middle of the street.

Will wakes up one morning and can see again and Zola finds three green cards for her children in the mail from the government. Kendra approaches Rob Kingson's office as a new intern, implying that Kendra will likely do the same thing to Rob as she did to Kyle. Then, in the credits, we see them on holiday together in different countries.

 L² Scored: 7/10

 

L² Comment: 

Based on Alex Flinn's 2007 same name novel, a magical-disney-like romantic movie was filmed. The storyline is some sort like the Beauty & The Beast, which is something new but too bad the story was just normal~ not good enough to give us a WOW!

Flushed Away

 Released Year: 2006

Directed by David Bowers & Sam Fell

 

Voiced by:

Hugh Jackman as Roderick "Roddy" St. James
 Kate Winslet as Rita Malone
 Ian McKellen as The Toad
 Jean Reno as Le Frog

 Story:

Roddy St. James is a decidedly upper crust pet rat who makes his home in a posh Kensington flat. While his owners are away on holiday Roddy plays around the house. A common sewer rat named Sid comes spewing out of the sink and decides to stay, especially as England are playing against Germany in the World Cup final. Roddy schemes to get rid of Sid by luring him into the "jacuzzi", which is actually the toilet. Sid isn't fooled at all and instead pushes Roddy in and flushes him away into the sewer. There, Roddy discovers a city resembling London made out of various bits of junk, and meets Rita Malone, an enterprising scavenger rat who works the drains in her faithful boat, the Jammy Dodger. Rita does not like Roddy initially, but ends up taking him along, while her arch enemy The Toad sends his rat henchmen, Spike and Whitey, after her because she had stolen back her father's prized ruby a long time ago. The Toad despises all rodents to the point of hateful obsession. He plans to have them frozen with liquid nitrogen inside an icemaker. The pair escape, and Rita takes a unique electrical cable that, unknown to everyone but the Toad, is required to control the floodgates.

Roddy finds that the ruby is a fake and breaks it in front of Rita, enraging her, for she can now not get the money she needs for her large family. Roddy offers her a real ruby if she takes him back to Kensington. Accepting the offer, the pair first stop to visit her family before setting off. During Roddy's stay, he overhears a conversation that causes him to think that Rita had double-crossed him, so he steals the Jammy Dodger. When Rita catches up to him, she is able to clear up the misunderstanding. The pair evade Spike and Whitey pursuing in a remote-controlled toy boat, with Thimblenose Ted and others on eggbeater jet skis. During this scene, Roddy and Rita share a quick love moment. Incensed at his minions’ repeated failures, The Toad sends for his French cousin; an infamous, if somewhat laid back, mercenary known as Le Frog. During this scene, it is revealed that The Toad was once Prince Charles' pet, but was replaced by a pet rat, and subsequently flushed down a toilet. Le Frog and his subordinates intercept the duo and retrieve the cable, but Roddy and Rita use a plastic bag to lift themselves out of the sewer (snatching away the cable during the ascent) and get Roddy home, though the Jammy Dodger is destroyed.

Back home, Roddy pays Rita the promised ruby and an emerald, then proceeds to show her around his house. She at first believes he has family in the home, but noticing his cage, she realises he's a pet. Roddy tries to pass Sid off as his brother, but Sid and Rita know each other. Rita tries to persuade Roddy to come with her, but he is too proud to admit that he is lonely. By now, they have fallen in love but have not told each other their feelings. She departs, both of them broken-hearted, but is soon captured by The Toad. Talking to Sid about half-time, Roddy pieces together The Toad's plan: to open the gates during halftime of the World Cup, when all the humans will most likely be using their toilets, causing a great flood and drowning the rats and their underground city in sewage. He can then use the depopulated city as a home for his own tadpole offspring. He gives Sid his cushy position and has him flush him back to the sewers to find Rita and save the city. Together, they defeat The Toad and freeze the wave of sewage generated by the flushing of countless toilets during half-time with liquid nitrogen before it drowns the entire rat population.

Rita and Roddy build the Jammy Dodger Mark Two and set off in her with Rita's entire brood. A newspaper article reveals England had lost on penalties. Later while the credits start, Roddy's former owner Tabitha comes back with a new pet cat, which scares Sid.



 L² Scored: 9/10

 

L² Comment:

This is one of my favorite animation which makes me laugh no matter how many times i watch. The reason that i'm not scoring a 10/10 for this is i do hope the movie get more nasty... Ummm.... such as the Frog's babies managed to burst out from the bottles and become nasty monster :P hehehe

Yan Shi Jiang 艳尸降

Released Year: 1993

Directed by  张成吉 Cheung Chen Ji

 

Casted by:

陈明真 & 魏麒

 

Story:

During a fashion design competition, 2 rivals met and continue to fight in the same company. Model falls in love with designer and both goes deep into love 

 

L² Scored: -10/10

L² Comment:

What the fuck!!!! The title and movie did not match at all~ stupid

Despicable Me 2

 Released Year: 2013

Directed by Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud

Voiced by:

Steve Carell as Felonious Gru
Kristen Wiig as Lucy Wilde
Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo Perez/El Macho
Miranda Cosgrove as Margo

Dana Gaier as Edith
Elsie Fisher as Agnes

 Story:

A secret laboratory near the Arctic Circle is stolen by a mysterious vehicle using a giant magnet. The Anti-Villain League (AVL) recruits former super-villain Gru, now a kindly jelly manufacturer, to find out which evil person is about to start using the mutagen PX-41 to produce indestructible monsters. Gru and undercover-AVL-agent Lucy must search The Paradise Shopping Mall, where they are given a bakery as their headquarters. Gru suspects Mexican restaurant owner Eduardo of being an allegedly dead super-villain called "El Macho"; Gru and Lucy break into Eduardo's restaurant at night, but find nothing incriminating. Then Gru and Lucy investigate wig merchant Floyd Eagle-san, while Gru's daughter Margo develops a serious crush on Eduardo's handsome young son.

The next day, the AVL arrests Floyd Eagle-san because an almost-empty mutagen jar was found in his shop. The investigation is closed, and Lucy is reassigned to Australia. When Gru learns this, he is heartbroken; he loves her, but he cannot find the courage to ask her out on a date. Instead he visits a party at Eduardo's, and finds proof that the Mexican restauranteur is in fact the super-villain El Macho. Gru also discovers that El Macho (and his helper, previously Gru's assistant and friend Dr. Nefario) have captured and mutated a large number of Gru's minions, turning them into fierce purple-furred monsters. El Macho plans to send rockets full of mutated Minions to major cities and achieve world domination. El Macho admires Gru's old work (such as stealing the moon), and invites Gru to join him in this plan, but Gru avoids answering, and leaves with his daughter Margo, who in the meantime has broken up with Eduardo's two-timing son.

On her flight to Australia, Lucy realizes she cannot live without Gru, and jumps out of the plane using a hang glider. She is captured by El Macho, who now knows she is an AVL agent. Fortunately Dr. Nefario lets Gru know what is happening. In order to rescue Lucy, Gru visits El Macho along with two minions covered in purple dye, pretending he was captured by two of the mutant creatures. Fighting alongside his daughters and Dr. Nefario, Gru and his team spray all of the mutated minions with a powerful antidote dissolved in jelly, whereupon they revert to their friendly yellow state. El Macho then takes the mutagen himself, but Gru and Dr. Nefario easily overcome him using a fart gun.

Lucy is, however, already strapped to a TNT-loaded shark rocket. Gru starts to untie her, but the rocket-launch remote button is pressed by El Macho's pet chicken Pollito. The rocket flies towards the same lava-spewing volcano where El Macho had previously faked his death. Lucy accepts Gru's invitation for a date, and the pair dives into the safety of the ocean two seconds before the rocket enters the volcano.

One hundred and forty-seven dates later, the Gru and Lucy are married and Gru's daughters finally have a mother. The minions close with a rendition of "Y.M.C.A" and "I Swear" (sung in minion-speak as "Underwear") while the whole family dances.

 L² Scored: 9.5/10

L² Comment:

This sequel definitely is a hit right now, you can see their games in the smart phone apps; a lot of our friends using their voice as ring tones; fast food restaurant giving the toys makes by them... I have been very very busy lately, but i could not skip the chance of watching this cartoon, so i purposely squeeze a time out and enjoy this movie by myself in the cinema. 

I can heard laughter, singing along (with the minions) in the crowd... this definitely shows that the minions are going to be the next hit of the animation icon in the market.

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.