Mural 画壁

Released Year: 2011

Directed by 陳嘉上 MH

Casted by:
邓超 Deng Chao as 朱孝廉 XiaoLian
孙俪 Betty Sun as 芍药 ShaoYao
闫妮 Yan Ni as 姑姑 The Queen
邹兆龙 Collin Chou as 孟龍潭 LongTan
柳岩 Ada Liu as 雲梅 YunMei
谢楠 Xie Nan as 翠竹 ChuiZhu
包贝尔 Bao Bei Er as 後夏 HouXia
安志杰 Andy On as 武士 Owl
郑爽 Zheng Shuang as 牡丹 MuDan
莫小棋 Monica Mok as 丁香 DingXiang
曾志伟 Eric Tsang as 不動和尚 BuDong

Story:

In a quiet temple, Xiao Lian staring at a drawing which contained the world of flowers. Due to the over focus, Xiao Lian's spirit has unconsciously went into the drawing and he met MuDan, one of the flower angel in the drawing. The Queen of the angel is a strict person who dislike man, to avoid Xiao Lian get into trouble, MuDan beg ChuiZhu to bring Xiao Lian to hide but herself was caught by The Queen and put into the dungeon for disobeying the rules.

Xiao Lian flash out from the drawing, but he worried about MuDan and brought along his servant Hou Xia & a bandit Long Tan back into the drawing to save MuDan. They met ShaoYao who is The Queen's assistant and Xiao Lian falls for her beautiful look while Hou Xia has his feeling for another angel YunMei. The Queen found out the 3 man's appearance, not only she did not kills them but offer them to marry her angel in order to get new born baby and plan to kill them off if a baby girl is born. Long Tan greedily marry YunMei as wife but divorce her on the second day. After that Long Tan chose DingXiang as his wife again and also seduce another 3 angels to be his woman. 

To stay at the world and avoid The Queen, ShaoYao & Owl's suspicious, Xiao Lian chose ChuiZhu to marry while Hou Xia marry with YunMei. ChuiZhu freaked out but after knowing Xiao Lian is tricking The Queen, she agreed on this fake marriage and helps to look for MuDan. On an event, ShaoYao told them MuDan has yet to die, other angels force her to bring them to MuDan. By saving MuDan, ShaoYao sacrificed herself to be put into the dungeon. They plan to leave this place, but MuDan realize Xiao Lian actually falls for ShaoYao but not her. MuDan went to ask forgiveness from The Queen and hope to get ShaoYao return in peace. The Queen is angry with the angels and plan to kill both ShaoYao & MuDan; but Owl fought back with her and sacrifice himself to get ShaoYao & MuDan back to safety. All angels forms up to fight against The Queen but The Queen great power has killed all of the angels & the 3 men who are here.

BuDong monk came into the drawing and told The Queen not to be so evil. He also told her that he has never forgotten The Queen. Melted by the words of her old lover, The Queen returns everyone's life and agreed to leave the place with BuDong. The Queen has passed her authority to ShaoYao and let her lead the angels. Not able to accept Xiao Lian, ShaoYao let him go in sadness. Xiao Lian sudden flash back and realized himself is in the quiet temple again staring at the drawing while nothing has ever happened... 

L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment: 

This is one of the story from 聊齋 Liao Zhai which I think has never been filmed before. This movie has once hit the number one place in China's blockbuster in 2011. The whole movie is not bad but not sure how much changes it has been make comparing to the original fiction. However, the storyline seems ok just a few part which is kinda bored. Luckily the whole movie is still ok and I won't feel sickening compare to The Monkey King which I just watched.

The Lost Bladesman 關雲長

Released Year: 2011
Directed by 麥兆輝 Alan Mak,
莊文強 Felix Chong & 甄子丹 Donnie Yen

Casted by:
甄子丹 Donnie Yen as 關羽 Guan Yu
姜文 Jiang Wen as 曹操 Cao Cao
孫儷 Betty Sun as 綺蘭 Qilan
王柏杰 PoChieh-Wang as 漢獻帝 Emperor Han Xian
安志杰 Andy On as 孔秀 Kong Xiu
聶遠 Nie Yuan as 韓福 Han Fu
王學兵 XueBing Wong as 王植 Wang Zhi
李宗翰 Calvin Li as 秦琪 Qin Qi
方中信 Alex Fong as 劉備 Liu Bei
Story:

In AD 200 during the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao eliminates his political opponents Dong Cheng and others, before turning his attention towards rival warlords Liu Bei and Yuan Shao. To avoid fighting a war on two fronts, Cao Cao decides to attack Liu Bei first, and swiftly defeats Liu in Xu Province. Liu Bei flees north to join Yuan Shao, while his family is captured by the enemy. Liu Bei's sworn brother Guan Yu conditionally surrenders to Cao Cao to uphold his oath of brotherhood and preserve his honour.

Months later, Yuan Shao leads a large army south to attack Cao Cao and both sides clash at the Battle of Boma. In that battle, Guan Yu slays Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang and receives an honorary title of "Marquis of Hanshou" from Cao Cao for his effort. Cao Cao hopes that Guan Yu will continue serving him and showers him with gifts and rewards, but is rejected by the latter. Guan Yu is secretly in love with his sworn brother's concubine Qilan, but is afraid to express his feelings to her. Qilan reproaches Guan Yu for serving Cao Cao. By then, Guan Yu has also received news of Liu Bei's whereabouts, so he prepares to leave Cao Cao.

Cao Cao is reluctant to let Guan Yu go, so he tricks Guan into consuming wine spiked with aphrodisiac, in hope that Guan will show his love to Qilan. However, Guan Yu manages to remain rational and did not take his sworn brother's concubine for himself. Eventually, Guan Yu escorts Liu Bei's spouses out of Cao Cao's territory to rejoin his sworn brother. Cao Cao is unable to stop Guan Yu and gives orders for the defending generals at the various passes to let Guan Yu through. Despite so, Cao Cao's followers feel that Guan Yu will become a threat to them if he succeeds in escaping, so they plot to have Guan killed. Guan Yu then embarks on a dangerous long journey through the passes to reunite with Liu Bei.

L² Scored: 6.5/10

L² Comment:

If you are a fans of San Guo, then you must watch this. A movie with full of martial arts action by Donnie Yen. Almost 9/10 of the movie is full with action combat. Its amaze how good Donnie Yen in using the weapon, its really breath taking.

The only thing i feel sucks is Betty Sun. Gosh, her face is so terrible and there was a lot of pimples during the close shot, no matter how thick her makeup is. And i m not sure whether there is this Qilan character in the San Guo at all.

Just Another Pandora's Box 越光寶盒

Released Year: 2010
Directed by 劉鎮偉 Jeffrey Lau

Casted by:
鄭中基 Ronald Cheng as 清一色 Qing
孫儷 Betty Sun as 玫瑰仙子 Rose
梁詠琪 Gigi Leung as Princess

Story:

Qing set a trap and accidentally capture the goddess Rose. Rose was carrying a sword which will only be used by the guy who she will be in love with. The sword was pulled open by a god, but Rose mistaken that Qing is the one. both of them running up and down until they met the Cow evil with the pandora's box. Qing used it to escaped and went back to the San Guo Century.

Qing met his dream girl princess at that century, but the Princess was actually Rose who used magic to transform herself. During wars, they fight with the opponent in the ship. Qing later on discovered that the Princess is Rose and went for her rescue when Rose is stucked on the burning ship. Rose requested Qing to admit on his feeling but Qing rejected.

Time change again, they were back to their current time and they were in another fight of the cow evil's wifes. After they settled everything, Qing finally admit his feeling for Rose and they live happily ever after.

L² Scored: -10/10

L² Comment:

The worst movie in the century !!! Time wasting, i don't even know why i'm at the cinema watching this. SUCKS !!! Money wasting, i dont even wanna buy the pirated DVD