The Viral Factor 逆戰

 Released Year: 2012

Directed by 林超賢 Dante Lam

Casted by:

謝霆鋒 Nicholas Tse as 萬陽 Man Yeung

周杰倫 Jay Chou as 萬飛 Jon Man

林鵬 Lin Peng as 簡麗珊 Rachel

廖啟智 Liu Kai Chi as 萬天 Man Tin

安志傑 Andy On as 王尚恩 Sean

吳嘉龍 Carl Ng as 羅斯 Ross

金燕玲 Elaine Jin as 鳳玲 Fung Ling

 Story:

On a mission to protect a scientist who has stolen a copy of the smallpox virus in Jordan on an International Defence Commission escort mission, Sean betrays his IDC team in order to get the virus so he can mutate it into a biological weapon, develop a vaccine and sell it to a corrupt pharmaceutical company via an arms dealer. The failed mission leaves Jon Man injured and his girlfriend Ice dead. With two weeks to live, he decides to spend his remaining days with his mother who tells him that he has a long lost brother, Man Yeung whom she left behind with his father, Man Tin. Jon decides to track Yeung down in Malaysia but upon arrival, he discovers that Yeung has become a wanted felon and is part of the plot orchestrated by Sean. Jon is drawn into the conflict, not only to protect his family but to ensure his brother does not go further down the road of unrighteousness and to take down Sean's operation for good.

  L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:

From the thriller, it really attracted my attention, but the actual first 10 min of the movie make me yawn and almost sleep... Nicholas Tse acted very well in either emotional way and on all fighting scene; Jay in another hand has nothing much to show his talent. Liu Kai Chi still perform all the best he can... Overall the story is ok, but a bit bored...

And btw, i was stuck in a horrible jam when they shoot this film at Pavilion...grrrhhh...

Secret 不能说的秘密

Released Year: 2007
Directed by 周杰倫 Jay Chou

Casted by:
周杰倫 Jay Chou as 葉湘倫 Lun
桂纶镁 Kwai Lun-mei as 路小雨 Yu
黄秋生 Anthony Wong as 小倫爸爸 Lun’s father
曾愷玹 Alice Tzeng as 晴依 Yi

Story:

Ye Xianglun, a music student majoring in piano, transfers to Tamkang(Danjiang)Secondary School. It is a school famous for musically talented students, especially for those who play piano. On the first day of school, as he wanders through the piano building, he hears a mysterious melody being played that leads him to Lu Xiaoyu, another piano major. When he asks her about the song she was playing, she tells him that it is a secret that cannot be told. The two develop a relationship that is clouded in mystery. When Xianglun tells Xiaoyu of the demolition of the piano building on graduation day, she teaches him the song that he heard on the first day of school.

However, when a mis-passed note leads to Xianglun's accidental kissing of another girl, Xiaoyu disappears for five months, only to return on graduation day and mysteriously disappear again. Xianglun asks around and discovers that Xiaoyu was actually a student from the class of 1979, who graduated 20 years ago. His father tells him the story of Xiaoyu, who claimed she time traveled to the present via a piece called "Secret" that she played on an old piano in the piano building. She had fallen in love with Xianglun, but the only barrier is that, in the present, the first person she sees on each trip is the only person that can see her.

When Xiaoyu was misled that Xianglun liked another girl, she returned to her time, 1979 for five months. During her absence, her story spread and everyone believed that she was crazy. Remembering that the piano room would be destroyed on graduation day of 1999, she tried time traveling to see Xianglun one last time, but was mislead once again that he liked another girl. Xiaoyu retreats back to her own time and fainted half way through due to an asthma attack, while trying to communicate with Xianglun via writing on a desk with white out.

After finally learning of Xiaoyu's story, Xianglun realizes that the piece that she taught him was "Secret", which had the power to take the pianist forward or backward in time depending on the tempo at which it is played. He rushes off to the piano room, which is ready to be torn down. As the demolition begins, Xianglun begins "Secret" from memory, recalling something Xiaoyu told him while teaching him the piece: "I always play it that fast when I go back". Just before the piano room is completely destroyed, Xianglun travels back to 1979. He sees Xiaoyu, and she sees him and smiles, but doesn't seem to know him. The last scene is when the 1979 Tamkang (Danjiang) Secondary School graduation picture is taken, in which Xianglun and Xiaoyu are present. This suggest that due to the demolition of both the piano and its old room, Xianglun stays forever in the past living a normal life with his love Xiaoyu.

L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:

Well, I dont really expect too much from this film. Beside winning the best original film song in the 44th Golden Horse Award, it also won the best effect in the visual at the awards. Directed and co-write by Jay Chou, its not a bad start for him. Well, I do hope to see more production from him soon, but of course, no more acting as a student, coz he's too old for that. HAHA