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~

Overheard 3 竊聽風雲 3

 Released Year: 2014

Directed by 麦兆辉 Alan Mak & 莊文強 Felix Choong

Casted by:

劉青雲 Sean Lau as 陸金強 Keong

古天樂 Louis Koo as 羅永就 Jau

吳彥祖 Daniel Wu as 阿祖 Joe

周迅 Zhou Xun as 阮月華 Hua

葉璇 Michelle Ye as 陸永瑜 Yu

方中信 Alex Foong as 陸永富 Fu

林家棟 Gordon Lam as 陸建波 Bo

林嘉華 Dominic Lam as 陸永泉 Chuen

曾江 Kenneth Tsang as 陸瀚濤 Tao

吳孟達 Ng Man Tat as 司徒光 SzeTo

黃磊 Huang Lei as 萬山Shan

 Story: 

Few years ago, Jau bang Yun and cause him to die so that the Luk's 4 brother - Keong, Fu, Bo & Chuen able to work with Tao's development company in extending the village properties. When Jau is out from prison, Tao's daughter Yu and bf Shan hired Jau and IT expert Joe to investigate of the Luk's 4 brother. Jau still has feeling for Yu while Joe met Hua (Yun's wife) and the Luk's brothers later discover that Jau is the one who betrayed them... 

 L² Scored: 9/10

L² Comment:

The very last movie of the "Overheard" franchise film, this is the best among the 3 movies. Even though there's no link among these 3 movies but the actors are basically the same which is Sean, Louis & Daniel. Overall the storyline for this is the best, love the twist and turn of it. Happy to see that most of them are originated from TVB, and now they are strong enough to stand in front of the HK blockbuster and shine for the Hong Kong films :)

Step Into The Dark 夜半无人尸语时

 Released Year: 1998

Directed by 王晶 Wong Jing & 曹建南 Cho Kin Nam

Casted by:

刘青云 Sean Lau as 关心 Care

朱茵 Athena Chu as 程之信 Xin

张锦程 Cheung Kam Cheng as 张国明 Ming

雷宇扬 Simon Lui as 雷刚 Master Lui

马蹄露 May May Ma as 美美 May

 Story:

Doctor Care feels annoyed on his girlfriend May who keep on request on materialistic. After broke up with May, Care falls for beautiful Xin who i good to her granny, but never did Care knows that Xin and her family are ghost, but they were the good one which were being harmed by Xin's ex boyfriend who is still alive. By getting Ming and Lui's help, will Xin and her family's spirit being spare by the devil human being?

 L² Scored: 3/10

L² Comment:

The storyline is kinda weak in this movie, Athena looks hilarious with the hairstyle and definitely her acting is questionable. Sean maintain his acting skill, May May Ma is actually good but her performance did not help in this movie. Overall I'm not so happy with this film, won't consider to rewatch even i have no other movies...

Out of Inferno 逃出生天

 Released Year: 2013

Directed by 彭順 Danny Pang & 彭發 Oxide Pang

Casted by:

古天樂  Louis Koo as 阿強 Keong

劉青雲 Sean Lau as 大軍 Tai Kwan

李心潔 Angelica Lee as 思樂 Si Lok

陳思誠 Chen Si Cheng as 李健樂 Kin Lok

 Story:

The film stars two estranged brothers in Guangzhou, Tai-Kwan and Keung, who had worked as firefighters. The last time they spoke with one another was during the funeral of their father, four years before the events of the film. Keung, now retired from firefighting, operates a fire protection systems company. In the beginning of the film, he holds a celebration of the opening of the office of his company. Meanwhile, Tai-Kwan's wife, Si-lok, is seeing a gynaecologist. The company and the doctor are in the same building. A fire breaks out in the basement and travels upwards. Tai-Kwan, who submits his resignation before the fire breaks out, is sent in his unit to fight the fire. Keung finds Si-lok and struggles to rescue her.

 L² Scored: 6/10 

L² Comment:

 No doubt the graphic, the picture is nice... but kinda bit disappointed to watch this movie as i am always a big fans of the Pang's brother... But this movie is not that good... lack of excitement of the storyline, and the characters are not that strong too in each presenter. Overall this movie is just so so...

The Shopaholics 最愛女人購物狂

 Released Year: 2006 

Directed by 韋家輝 Wai Ka Fai

Casted by:

張栢芝 Cecilia Cheung as 方芳芳 Fong

劉青雲 Sean Lau as 李簡仁 Yan

陳小春 Jordan Chan as 何窮富 Fu

官恩娜 Ella Koon as 丁叮噹 Dong

徐小鳳 Paula Tsui as 陸小鳳 Feng

羅家英 Lo Kar Ying as 何西 Sai

 Story:

Fong is a shopaholic and she was in horrible debts. She finally got a job after she helps Yan's nurse to give birth in a shopping mall. Yan as a psychological doctor treated her but in the same time fall in love with her as well. Fong met Fu, one of the richest guy who got psychological illness as well. Both Fu and Yan wanted to marry Fong; in the same time both of them wanted to marry Yan's girlfriend Dong too.

The situation goes crazy, and it needs the ultimate shopaholics Feng for help. Feng used her psychological knowledge to let them 4 knows who they really wanted to marry to...

L² Scored: 9/10

L² Comment: 

Even though its a bit similar like "The confession of a shopaholics", but i think the HK version took it to a better extend and i love it. The best part would be seeing Paula Tsui shopping session. "This, this, this... i don't want, the rest please pack it for me"... lol! how cool is that~

Storyline of course its good, a bit confusing will be the part when Paula Tsui directed them by phone to the wedding destination. I have to watched twice to discover, all these while Paula was directing Sean to Cecilia & Jordan to Ella. A very good movie which shopaholic like us shouldn't miss...

Angel Hunter 女校風雲之邪教入侵

 Released Year: 1992

Directed by 孙仲 Sun Chong

Casted by:

     劉青雲 Sean Lau as 周文杰 Kit

周慧敏 Vivian Chow as May

黃秋生 Anthony Wong as 郭教主 Priest

吳家麗 Carrie Ng as 文瑛 Ying

吳孟達 Ng Man Tat as 博士 Professor

 Story:

Dead of a school girl Maggie has caused her best friend May to be sad, and in the same time she was seduced by Ying to join a culture group which Maggie has joined earlier. The priest is actually the head of the devil head and lead everyone into sex. 

Kit try to help May and sneak in the group's meeting with professor, but in the end he can't stop himself to have sex with May. The priest is helping a politician to win votes from the followers. Professor try to stop but was killed by the followers. Ying's husband could not stand her weird behavior anymore, he killed her and suicide himself. In the end May knows what happened and help Kit to destroy the devil's group.

 L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:

I like the storyline, but the title is really questionnable. Though it mentioned the girl school was invade, but overall it only goes around Vivian Chow 1 student... Carrie Ng is hot, would wanna see her boobs~ lol

Overheard 2 竊聽風雲2

Released Year: 2011

Directed by  麦兆辉 Alan Mak & 莊文強 Felix Chong

Casted by:

古天樂 Louis Koo as 何智強 Jack
劉青雲 Sean Lau as 羅敏生 Manson
吳彥祖 Daniel Wu as 司馬念祖 Joe

曾江 Kenneth Tsang as 黃世同 Tony

黃奕 Huang Yi as 郭丽萍 Emily
葉璇 Michelle Ye as 徐歡 Foon
胡楓 Wu Fung as 司馬祥 Xiang

 Story:

Manson works for Tony in shares company which Joe's father Xiang was one of the shareholder before he was killed by Tony. Jack is in the police force whom his wife Foon just released from prison. Jack tailed behind Manson and tried to find evidence to prove that Manson & gang was involved in the business crime. Joe use his way to record all the crime conversation of the Tony's gang and ask Tony to provide him 5Million shares of 749 shares. Tony instructed Manson to deal it but Joe has increase the cost of 749 and kidnap Foon to threatened Jack to help him in the final 5k shares. Tony can't take the stress and shot Joe. In the end, Manson rather went into prison and cause Tony's gang all guilty.

 L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:

This Overheard2 is totally different from Overheard1, there is no interlink of both story but only the same casting. This time only Louis Koo maintain as a police officer while Sean Lau has become one of the mobster gang and Daniel Wu become a young man who is full of revenge. This is not bad, but for me, the first movie is slight better than the second movie.

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...

Overheard 竊聽風雲

Released Year: 2009
Directed by 麦兆辉 Alan Mak & 庄文强 Felix Chong

Casted by:
刘青云 Sean Lau as 梁俊义 Jun
古天乐 Louis Koo as 杨真 Yeung
吴彦祖 Daniel Wu as 林一祥 Xiang
方中信 Alex Fong as 李光 Guang
张静初 Zhang Jing-Chu as 任婉儿 Wan
王敏德 Michael Fitzereld Wong as 马志华 Wah
Story:

A team of CID is investigating the crime of money laundering, they used the eavesdrop machine for the investigation. Until one event when Yeung and Xiang heard the tips of getting a "must-raise" shares. Yeung request Xiang to delete the conversation of the criminal so that he can buy the share and earn money for his family as Yeung has cancer. But this was discovered by their senior Jun.

Jun request them to give up, but they continue until the sharemarket has stop the said share to be sell or buy. In the meanwhile, Jun was having an affair with Wan, Guang's ex wife. Jun is not able to face it and promise to help out Guang to plant the ctv in Wan's house. The share was back on market for the next day and they won a lot of money. Three of them kept this as their secret and put the money inside Xiang's house. But on their policeman's dignity, they decided to save someone who is going to be kill by Wah. Wah is the charity businessman who has actually did all the money laundering behind.

Jun, Yeung & Xiang were detected by Wah. Xiang was caught and strangled to death. Yeung's whole family was hit by a lorry and Yeung has lost one leg and one arm. Jun was caught and brought to a escorted place and shot to death. 2 years later, revenge take place. Jun was not dead yet, he went back to arrest Wah with enough evidence. During the way sending wah to police station, Wah realize Yeung is the driver. For his family, Yeung crash the whole car together with Wah inside down the bridge into the deep ocean.

L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment:

Seriously, the whole movie is good. But i should say that Daniel Wu's acting has spoiled the whole film. He's like a robot!!! Sean Lau is definitely cool, Louis Koo sacrifice his good looking image and wore a old look image. It also let me realize that once you've did something wrong, there's always a way for others to discover it. Scary huh?