Chinese Odyssey 天下無雙

 Released Year: 2002

Directed by 劉鎮偉 Jeffrey Lau

Casted by:

梁朝偉 Tony Leung as 李一龍 Li Yilong

王菲 Faye Wong as 無雙長公主 Wushuang

趙薇 Vicki Zhao as 鳳姐 Phoenix

張震 Chang Chen as 正德皇帝 Zhengde Emperor

朱茵 Athena Chu as 情比金堅 Amour Amour

 Story: 

The film is set in Ming Dynasty, China. Ah Long is the town bully, known for his boorish manners and reckless attitude which have endeared him to no one, save his sister Feng who has a curious penchant for cross-dressing. It is apparent early on that both these siblings are such misfits they have virtually no prospect of marriage.

Faye Wong is cast as a runaway princess who is dressed as a man, a disguise which fools both Long and Feng. Long immediately decides that he likes his new-found friend so much that he will entrust his sister's hand in marriage to "him". The princess, of course, cannot marry another woman and tried to fend off Long's suggestions of a match; but also, she is attracted to Long.

Emperor Zheng De also leaves his palace temporarily to search for his missing sister. He dresses like a commoner and by a twist of fate meets Feng. He is smitten with Feng, and begins to court her, while keeping his imperial identity secret from her. His motives for leaving the palace also included the fact that he is unhappy and lonely at court and wants to escape the smothering influence of the Empress Dowager, his mother, who plays a dictatorial role in the actions of her son. A convoy of imperial guards try to protect him while he is out in town and bring the Emperor back to the palace, but unsuccessfully.

The Princess is also assisted by her "fairy godmother" in marrying her match. The Empress Dowager hears of her wayward children and storms Long's house, where her children are holed up, only to hear that they wish to marry two commoners with unwholesome and eccentric tendencies. The Emperor is adamant about marrying Feng and the Empress Dowager relents, but Long is unable to pass a "ring test" to prove he is the destined one and the Empress Dowager forbids his marriage to her daughter.

All ends well, however. After a separation, Long is enlightened by the "fairy godmother" and passes the "ring test". He is reunited with the Princess, the Empress Dowager accepts him, and happiness reigns.

 L² Scored: 3.5/10

L² Comment: 

A parody romance movie of the 龙凤店, how good is the movie? After many years later rewatching still makes me a bit wanna puke. Vicki Zhao is pretty and Tony Leung is good looking. The only thing i can't stand is Chang Chen's stupid afro and Faye Wong's bad acting... No wonder not much movies of her, lol~

City Hunter 城市獵人

Released Year: 1993

Directed by 王晶 Wang Jing

Casted by:

成龍 Jackie Chan as 孟波 Ryo Saeba

王祖賢 Joey Wong as 惠香 Kaori Makimura

後藤久美子 Kumiko Goto as 今村清子 Shizuko Imumura

邱淑貞 Chingmy Yau as 芽子 Saeko Nogami

黎明 Leon Lai as 高达 Gao Da

Richard Norton as 麥當奴 MacDonald

Gary Daniels as Kim

 Story: 

Ryo Saeba and Kaori Makimura are assigned to locate Shizuko Imumura, the runaway daughter of the CEO of a prominent Japanese newspaper. Kaori leaves in the middle of the search, unhappy with the way Ryo ignores her romantic feelings for him and flirts with other woman. Ryo finds Shizuko at a skateboarding park and a chase ensues, but she escapes in disguise.

Shizuko boards a luxury cruise liner, the Fuji Maru, with the ticket she found in the suit she stole. Kaori also boards the ship with her lustful cousin while Ryo sneaks inside to follow her. A terrorist gang led by Donald Mac have plans to hijack it and take the rich passengers hostage with Police Officer Saeko Nogami and her buxom sidekick in pursuit.

Staying next door from each other, Shizuko overhears Donald's plan. Donald discovers her and sends one of his men to kill her, but she knocks him out and escapes. She then bumps into the ship's first officer, who takes her to the boiler room and reveals himself as a terrorist. When he attempts to silence Shizuko, Ryo, who had been staying there since his encounter with Kaori and her cousin at the swimming pool, saves her. When Donald's gang arrive, the officer is killed in the shootout while Ryo and Shizuko escape into the movie theater, where Game of Death is being shown. To beat two towering opponents, Ryo interprets Bruce Lee's techniques from the film.

At the ship's casino, a party hosted by the captain is interrupted when Donald kills the captain and terrorizes the partygoers, including Saeko and her sidekick. After robbing them of their valuables, he entices the rich patrons into a sadistic card game. A few opponents are quickly disposed of until Kao Ta, a skilled card gamer who uses his cards as shurikens, joins in. When Donald is distracted by seeing Ryo and Shizuko not far away, Ta and Saeko put an end to his game.

Donald's henchman Kim kidnaps Kaori and takes her to his room. When Ryo bursts in, both men fight before Donald and his men interrupt, capturing Ryo in the process. Kaori escapes, bumping into Shizuko, Saeko, and the rest of the main characters. They take down a gay terrorist trying to seduce Kaori's cousin and prepare to save Ryo.

The next day, Ryo is stood before a firing squad. Shizuko, Saeko, and her sidekick interrupt the planned execution, but are forced to separate by Donald's gang. Shizuko uses her gymnastic skills to defeat one henchman, Saeko saves Ta after he runs out of cards in a fight with several terrorists, and her sidekick falls of a ledge and is left unconscious. Ryo goes into the gaming parlor with his hands still tied, but is thrown into a Street Fighter II arcade game by Kim and suffers an electric shock. This causes him to hallucinate and think Kim is Ken from the game. After two failed attempts, Ryo defeats him as Chun-Li.

As a Taiwanese counter terrorism unit, the "Thunderbolts Squad", arrives and take his men out, Donald blows up bombs he had set up all over the ship and takes Kaori hostage at the casino. When Ryo and Saeko arrive, he injures both women and starts a long fight with Ryo. However, Donald is thrown into the stage and dies when he accidentally steps on his remote, setting off the bombs behind the T.V. panels.

Ryo and Kaori find Shizuko and return to her father. He speaks to Ryo privately, seeing him as a future husband to Shizuko. Listening to their conversation, Kaori leaves in anger, unaware that Ryo has declined the man's offer. However, Ryo finds her and tries to apologize with a rose, but then Saeko drives up and flirts with him. He gives her the rose instead and furious, Kaori smashes him through the air with a big hammer. Ryo wakes up in his recurring dream with beautiful women at the swimming pool.

 L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

A movie based on the famous japanese comic, its very suitable for Jackie Chan to act in this character as in the real person, he is very welcome by the ladies and a lot of the ladies will stick around with him because of his body/flame? The storyline is nice, never expect Joey Wong can be so funny too~ All the ladies are pretty gorgeous except Kumiko Goto, whom i don't understand why she deserve to be one of the pretty girl in this movie~  

Temporary Family 失戀急讓

 Released Year: 2014

Directed by 卓韻芝 Cheuk Wan Chi

Casted by:

張家輝 Nick Cheung as 項少龍 Loong

鄭秀文 Sammi Cheng as 馮沙律 Charlotte

楊穎 Angelababy as 阿黑 Hak

歐豪 Oho Ou as黃初 Very

胡杏兒 Myolie Wu as 蔣儀 Yee

黃子華 Dayo Wong as 徐子聰 Chong

 Story: 

4 person from the big city invested in a big condo to earn money. Loong is a property agent and wish to earn more money to marry with his stewardess girlfriend Yee; Charlotte is a divorcee who wish to win back her husband Chong and bought their own condo to wait for him; Hak is Loong's step daughter who sold off her house to invested in the condo; Very is a rich heir and do this investment just to earn some life experience.

4 of them fight to stay in that condo but every morning clean up the condo when there is someone visit to buy the house. Loong and Charlotte fall in love with each other and dont mind to be together even though without money. 

 L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment: 

This is kinda different from Sammi's previous movie. Not much comedy from her side but Nick express most of it. The storyline is not bad and very special, love the part when Sammi cry and express her love towards her ex husband to Nick.

Hotel Deluxe 百星酒店

Released Year: 2013

Directed by  谷德昭 Vincent Koo

Casted by:

毛舜筠 Teresa Mo as 古黛 Doi

吳君如 Sandra Ng as 田蜜桃 Tou

鄭中基 Ronald Cheng as 包定 Ding

薛凱琪 Fiona Sit as 慕容寶寶 Bobo

黃百鳴 Raymond Wong as 陳可新 Xin

杜汶澤 Chapman To as 彭俊 Jun

于波 Yu Bo as 雷勁 Jing

 Story:

 Doi was employed to maintain a hotel's in a 5 stars grade and he experienced with few staffs, Tou a cleaner who wants everything clean; Ding an assistant manager who always not serious; Jun a receptionist who always wanted to be in a movie. 

They mistaken a beggar as a hotel's commenter and put the real one into a helper in the hotel. They also encounter Bobo's marriage at the hotel with his uncle Xin on rejection. In the end they manage everything also able to maintain the hotel as a deluxe hotel.

 L² Scored: 3.5/10

L² Comment:

Can feel that they wanted to use a lot of super stars to show in this movie, but how laugh-able is this movie? Not really, as i feel most of the parts are quite boring and stupid instead... Won't consider to watch it again...

The Lucky Guy 行運一條龍

 Released Year: 1998

Directed by 李力持 Lee Lik Chi

Casted by:

周星馳 Stephen Chow as 何金水 Sui

鄭秀文 Sammi Cheng as 葉玉芬 Candy

葛民輝 Eric Kot as 阿福 Fook

楊恭如 Kristy Yeung as Fanny

陳曉東 Daniel Chan as 得男 Nan

舒淇 Shu Qi as 芳芳 Fang

吳孟達 Ng Man Tat as 李老闆 Mr Li

 Story:

Sui is a pathetic guy who can't forgot his first love Candy from school time, he uses all ways to make other believe he is a playboy. He met Candy back in hospital and Candy decided to take revenge on what Sui did to her before. Later on Candy realize Sui's true heart and forgive him.

Fook is an honest and kind hearted guy, he met Fanny and fell in love with her. Fook ask advice from Sui but Sui tackle Fanny and Fook become a bad person. Later on, Fanny learns that Fook is the one she wants and they are together again.

Nan meeting up with his net friend but got scared, in the meantime he met Fang who is a rich girl and trying to run away from home. Fang hide her identity and get together with Nan and his father Mr Li. Later on Fang discover Nan is a reporter and trying to get her news, she get angry and left. But Nan's true heart finally makes Fang return back to him. Mr Li in another hand is facing the crisis of his restaurant being closed down but luckily Fang's rich dad came and settled the problem.

 L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment: 

The 3rd place in 1998 HK blockbuster, this is the first time Stephen Chow worked with the beautiful and talented Sammi Cheng. Sammi used her good acting and created this good comedy together with other co stars. Hopefully both of them will have the chance to work with each other again...

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.

Perfect Wedding 抱抱俏佳人/完美嫁衣

Released Year: 2010
Directed by 黃真真 Barbara Wong

Casted by:
楊千嬅 Miriam Yeung as 孫洛昕 Yan
林峯 Raymond Lam as 凌裕風 Feng
葛民輝 Eric Kot as 鄭永康 Kelvin
周秀娜 Chrissie Zhow as Flora
毛舜筠 Teresa Mo as Doris
徐子珊 Kate Tsui as Remmy
廖碧兒 Bernice Liu as Mimi
朱璇 Oceane Zhu as Fanny
麥玲玲 Mak Ling Ling as 叉姐 Lady Mama
Story:

Desperate Yan saw Feng in a club reading Dan Brown's novel and tackle him, they have sex 3 times on that night. The next day they were shocked during work time as they discover each other real identity. Feng was forced to work for Yan due to his boss' debts. Yan discuss her life with her 4 best friend - Doris, Remmy, Mimi & Fanny regarding her new life.

As one of the client request to have Lady Gaga as performer in their wedding, Yan went to seek help from Feng's mother, Lady Mama. Yan and Feng get together though Yan still can't forget Kelvin, his ex boyfriend who left her during their wedding. As time goes by, Yan once and once dissapointed Feng in front of the colleagues and her best friend. During a birthday celebration, Feng chose the pretty Flora who has been falling for him.

Yan is angry on Feng with Flora and decided to marry with Kelvin. Feng and Flora shopping but Feng's heart is not there, Flora pissed off and dump him in front of Doris, Remmy, Mimi & Fanny. The girls advice Feng to go for Yan. When Feng reach the jetty, he thought Yan has left but actually Yan run away from the wedding this time. 3 months later, they met again and discover Yan is still single. They get together and have great sex again.

L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

No doubt this is a nice and funny romance film, but i don't think Miriam Yeung is good enough to win Best Actress in one of the award. Its nothing special compare to her previous acting. For me, if Raymond Lam really wanna outstand himself, i would recommend him to appear on the big screen with only short underwear or let us have a good look at his butt~ or else, with his this kind of acting, he will never shine at all~