12 Golden Ducks 12金鴨

 Released Year: 2015

Directed by 鄒凱光 Matt Chow

Casted by:

吳君如 Sandra Ng as 張近萊 Future

劉浩龍 Wilfred Lau as 陳守仁 Yan

姜皓文 Philip Keung as 狄偉 Wai

蔡瀚億 BabyJohn Choi as 流雲 Wan

王菀之Ivana Wang as 鏈球嫂 Poy

黃偉文 Wyman Wong as 鏈球 Kao

 Story: 

During a high school reunion, student and teacher are discussing about how to make woman pay for them. In the conclusion, they think Future is the one who should have been the most successful one. But the truth is, Future is now being depressed and need helps from all parties to groom him (& a few gigolos) who later on become the most hit gigolo in the market.

 L² Scored: 5/10

L² Comment:

A lots of people must thought that this movie will shows a thousand of muscular guys topless, but seriously not really. The storyline is very very normal, its a bit similar to Golden Chicken 3, but slightly worse than that. Ivana continue to surprise me with her over-acting skill; its good to see Louis Koo reunion with Carmen Lee after so many years; the most surprising would be Nicholas Tse's character, which i think is the best and he shows improve in his acting as well.

As the Light Goes Out 救火英雄

 Released Year: 2014

Directed by 郭子健 Derek Kwok

Casted by:

謝霆鋒 Nicholas Tse as 何永森 Sam
 余文樂 Shawn Yue as 游邦潮 Chill
 任達華 Simon Yam as 李培道 Dou
胡軍 Hu Jun as 海洋 Yang
白冰 Bai Bing as 楊琳 Lam
 安志杰 Andy On as 葉志輝 Fai

 Story:

Sam, Chill & Fai lost trust on each other after a fire because Sam and Chill decided to disobey order and went further for help. Year later, Fai has become the head of a station and Sam wish to transfer to a new station while Chill only focus on his son.

 

Fai's son went to visit on the power station and get lost in the back staircase. A fire on a village might cause big explosion to the power station, Fai pressure Sam on the spot. Sam forced to ignore Yang & Dou's advice and left the scene. After that power station Lam inform on the dangerous issue. Sam went for help without Fai approval. Fai went and accidentally fall and dead.

 

Explosion happened and disaster cause the whole Hong Kong went dark in the Christmas eve. The fire fighter risk their life and safe this fire. And it sacrifice Sam and Dou...

 L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment:

I give this a full score as non of the scene is bored and it was so exciting to watch. The storyline is good and love the way it brought out Hu Jun and his son's relationship in the movie, very touching. Can see that Nicholas has improved a lot on his acting, love it. Andy On still hot but Shawn seems to be faded a bit. Overall this is a good film, watch it!

Treasure Inn 財神客棧

Released Year: 2011

Directed by 王晶 Wang Jing

Casted by:

 谢霆锋 Nicholas Tse as 龔少爺 Master Kung
張家輝 Nick Cheung as 老巴 Lo Pa

 蔡卓妍 Charlene Choi as 水龍女 Water Dragon Girl

黄奕 Huang Yi as 火龍女 Fire Dragon Girl 

刘洋 Liu Yang as 玉玲瓏 Yuk Ling-lung 

   佟大为 Tong Dawei as 聞問切 Man Man Chit

何家勁 Kenny Ho as 鐵無情 Tit Mo Ching

 Story:

Master Kung and Lo Pa are two police officers of White Horse City, who have high skills but are underused. A robbery happened at the city's richest man Ho Pak Man's home where his whole family was killed and their family treasure the "White Jade Goddess of Mercy" was stolen and the "Police God" Tit Mo Ching investigates the case. Kung and Lo Pa cannot participate because of their low status.

Coincidentally, Master Kung and Lo Pa arrest a pair of twin sisters, Water Dragon Girl and Fire Dragon Girl, who always pretend to catch wanted criminals to get monetary rewards. The twin sisters know that the "White Jade Goddess of Mercy" would be brought to the "Treasure Inn" for an auction. Wanting to hit big, Master Kung and Lo Pa go to the "Treasure Inn" with the twin sisters to investigate the truth. During that time, Master Kung and Water Dragon Girl become lovers from a kiss.

  L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:

This is a one-shot-off movie for me, which means i will never rewatch it no matter how. The first impression is "idiot" from the title of this movie, the storyline is something similar like the dragon inn movie~ Same as a lot of Wang Jing's movie, it is as ridiculous as it would be~

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...

Enter The Phoenix 大佬愛美麗

Released Year: 2004
Directed by 冯德伦 Stephen Fung

Casted by:
吳彥祖 Daniel Wu as 洪志傑 Georgie
陳奕迅 Eason Chan as Sam
莫文蔚 Karen Mok as Julie
杜汶澤 Chapman To as 潘中堅 Kin
馮德倫 Stephen Fung as 鄭秋 Chow
羅家英 Law Kar Ying as 潘八 Master Eight
Story:

When gang master Hung died, his two followers Cheung and Chapman To were sent to Thailand to look for his son, Georgie Hung, to succeed him. Georgie, who is gay and lives as a cook with his boyfriend Frankie, is uninterested to continue his father's work. But his close friend Sam, adored the life of a gangster and took his position instead. Sam and Georgie thus returned to Hong Kong with their identities swapped.

Upon returning, they discovered that Hung had accidentally killed Cheng Chow's father and now Cheng Chow, a leading gangster of a friendly gang, led by Chan Wai-Man, is looking to avenge for his father's death. Meanwhile, Chan Wai-Man wanted to let his daughter Julie to marry Sam in order to strengthen the bond between the two gangs. Sam initially agrees but later changed his mind when he discovered that Julie is not in love with him.

Finally, Cheng Chow kidnapped both Julie and Sam and forced Georgie to lead his gang on a rescue mission. Georgie, with help from Julie and Sam, defeated Cheng Chow in the final battle and told him to accept the fact that his father's death was an accident. Then Cheng Chow saved Georgie when one of his men tried to take his life. Julie and Sam fell in love during the kidnapping and decided to get married while Sam and Georgie took joint leadership of the gang.

L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

This is kinda funny but not too exciting. The storyline is predictable and the laughing point is not strong enough. Eason Chan, Chapman To & Law Kar Ying's acting is good, but Stephen Fung & Daniel Wu's are kinda bad actually. And Karen Mok is just a vase on the side~

The only surprise is the cameo appearance of Jackie Chan, Sammi Cheng & Nicholas Tse.

Shaolin 新少林寺

Released Year: 2011
Directed by 陳木勝 Benny Chan

Casted by:
劉德華 Andy Lau as 侯傑 Jie
謝霆鋒 Nicholas Tse as 曹蛮 Man
成龍 Jackie Chan as 悟道 Dao
范冰冰 Fan BingBing as 颜夕 Yan
吳京 Wu Jing as 净能 Neng
释延能 Shi Yan Neng as 净空 Kong
Story:

Jie is a violence lieutenant who never let his rival survive and he is the head of Man, Man was trained to be as cool as Jie in war. Jie and Yan has a daughter, but their daughter was killed during a fight between Jie and his brotherhood. Jie managed to send his daughter to Shaolin temple but failed to save her life, Yan was frustrated and left Jie.

In Shaolin, Jie noted the truth of a living from Dao and decided to become a monk and stay in Shaolin temple. Though Jie had has a fight with Neng and other monks before, but everything become well when they realise that Jie has changed into a better person.

In the meanwhile, Man has took over Jie's place in the arm force and become more cruel than Jie. Man came to Shaolin temple and decided to catch Jie. Man also caught Yan and torture her in front of Jie. But while they are fighting each other, the caucasian came and attack the temple with bomb. The shaolin monks protect the citizen while Dao was told to lead them away. Man and Jie fight and in the end Jie died because he wanted to save Man.

Man realise the horror of war and decided to stop in the end.

L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment:

A remake of the same shaolin film in 1982, this is definitely much more better. The bombing part and all others things are so real, even Andy, Nicholas and Jackie make a good show in this movie, bravo :)

Love Nicholas' style and the way he looks in the movie, so cool and so dangerous~ nice

The Beast Stalker 証人

Released Year: 2008
Directed by 林超賢 Dante Lim

Casted by:
謝霆鋒 Nicholas Tse as 唐飛 Fei
張家輝 Nick Cheung as 洪荊 Yan
廖啟智 Kai Zhi-Liu as 郭耀新 Xin
張靜初 Jing Chu-Zhang as 高敏 Min
苗圃 Miao Pu as 洪荊妻子Yan's wife
Story:

Fei & Xin were chasing after a car of burglaries and accidentally crashed into Yan and wife in another car, in the mean time, lawyer Min's twins daughter was kidnap while another loss her life. In the accident, Xin has become one leg disablement, Yan loss an eye while Yan's wife are paralyze.

Yan continue to work as criminal to earn more money to heal his wife. He got a new mission which is kidnap Min one and only daughter and threaten Min to let go of the gangster head in China. Min avoid making police report but Fei & Xin investigate and discover where Yan's house is... They broke in and found the paralyze wife at there while Yan and the daughter is gone.

Finally Fei able to find them and in a fight, Yan loss another eye of his while the girl was savely rescues...

L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:

Though Nick Cheung and Liu Kai Zhi both won the Best Actor and Best supporting actor in multiple academy awards, but i can't really feel how good they are in this film. Is it because that year their competitors are not strong enough? Or just luck perhaps?

But both Nick and Liu are definitely good actors, hope to see more of their movie soon...

Bodyguards And Assassins 十月圍城

Released Year: 2009
Directed by 陳德森 Teddy Chen

Casted by:
梁家輝 Tony Leung as 陈少白 Bai
王学圻 XueQi-Wang as 李玉堂 Tang
胡军 Hu Jun as 阎孝国 Guo
谢霆锋 Nicholas Tse as 邓四弟 Shi
甄子丹 Donnie Yen as 沈重阳 Yang
王柏杰 PoChieh-Wang as 李重光 Guang
李宇春 YuChun-Li as 方红 Hong
巴特尔 Bateer as 王复明 Ming
黎明 Leon Lai as 刘郁白 Yu
范冰冰 BingBing-Fan as 月茹 Ru
曾志伟 Eric Tsang as 史密夫 Smith
张涵予HanYu-Zhang as 孙中山 Sun YatSen
張學友 Jacky Cheung as 杨衢云 Yun
任达华 Simon Yam as 方天 Tian
周韵 Zhou Yun as 阿纯 Chun
Story:

1906, a year which is very important for China. The time of revolution. Sun Yat Sen is gonna arrive in Guang Dong after his mate of war Yun been killed by Guo. Bai has gathered up everybody to protect Sun Yat Sen on his arrival. Tian is a former army and willing to help, but three days before Sun Yat Sen arrived, he was murdered. To make revenge, Hong the daughter joined force.

Tang is a businessman who support the team of revolution. His son Guang wanted to join forced but was rejected by the father. Tang's concubine, Ru begged Yang, her ex lover to protect Tang when Sun Yat Sen arrived. Guang sneaked out to Bai and willingly to help no matter how the servant Shi try to stop him. Tang eventually has helped Shi to proposed to Chun for a marriage after Sun Yat Sen left, therefore Shi join force too.

Tang has helped the beggar Yu to found his silver fan and he too willing to help for the country. Ming the ex monk also help out to protect. On the say Sun Yat Sen arrived, everyone fought and a lots of them sacrificed. In the end, Guang pretend to be Sun Yat Sen and mislead Guo away so that Sun Yat Sen can escaped safely. But this has cost Guang's life. But finally the revolution has successed.

L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment:

A bit regret that I missed out this great film in cinema last year. With a lot of huge casting from Hong Kong and China, and a preparation for more than 10 years, finally the film took place and show us what they have.

Winning a lot of awards including best film, best director for teddy chen, best lead actor for XueQi-Wang, best supporting actor for Nicholas Tse.

And don't miss out the NBA player, a Mongolian Bateer and super pop singer YuChun-Li have presented their first time in the big screen. Even Michelle Reis has came out for the show after her marriage.

The only failure would be Leon Lai. I just feel that his wig is so so weird... and his expression... gosh... how to explain... but simply not the right things... i dun knw why, but he seems like a big failure in all the movie!!!