The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom 白发魔女传之明月天国

 Released Year: 2014

Directed by 张之亮 Jacob Cheung

Casted by:

范冰冰 Fan Bing Bing as 玉罗刹 / 练霓裳 Shang

黄晓明 Huang Xiao Ming as 卓一航 Hang

赵文卓 Vincent Chiu as 金独异 Yi

王学兵 Wang Xue Bing as 慕容冲 Chong

李欣汝 Li Xin Ru as 铁珊瑚 Hu

 Story:

Hang is from Wu Dang and he met Shang from the Ming Yue Valley. Both of them fall in love after working together to defeat the enemy. But Hang decided to marry Ting to save Wu Dang. Shang went to stop the marriage and her hair become white in sudden due to sadness. 

 L² Scored: 2/10

L² Comment:

To be honest, I never read Liang Yu Sheng's novel of this, but others from following the story of the original fiction, to me, this movie is so damn disappointed. First of all, the whole movie is so boring; the make up is so horrible and i don't even know what the heck the movie is trying to say... Its a big failure i should say... No doubt everyone will agree with me that still Bridget Lin & Leslie Cheung version is the best.

Fong Sai Yuk 方世玉

 Released Year: 1993

Directed by 元奎 Corey Yuen

Casted by:

李連杰 Jet Li as 方世玉 Yuk
蕭芳芳 Josephine Siao as 苗翠花 Fa
李嘉欣 Michelle Reis as 雷婷婷 Ting

胡慧中 Sibelle Hu as 李小环 Wan

趙文卓 Vincent Chiu as 鄂爾多 Duo

陳松勇 Chan Chung Yung as 雷老虎 Fu
朱江 Paul Chu as 方德 Tak

鄭少秋 Adam Cheng as 陳家洛 Luo

 Story:

The brash and ambitious Fong Sai-yuk meets the beautiful Ting-ting during a track and field competition and falls in love with her. Ting-ting is the daughter of the hot-headed hooligan Tiger Lui. Tiger Lui stages a martial arts competition for interested men to participate and win his daughter's hand in marriage. The contestant must defeat Tiger Lui's wife, Siu-wan, in order to win. Fong Sai-yuk joins the contest at his friends' urging and defeats Siu-wan. He catches a glimpse of his future bride, who is actually a servant maid to replace the temporarily missing Ting-ting. Fong Sai-yuk decides to forfeit the match and leaves.

Fong Sai-yuk's mother, Miu Chui-fa, enters the contest in disguise as a man to help her son win back the lost glory. She defeats Siu-wan and knocks her off the scaffold. Miu Chui-fa catches Siu-wan as she falls and they land safely on the ground. After that intimate moment together, Siu-wan becomes romantically attracted to Miu Chui-fa, as she is unaware that Miu is actually a woman in disguise. Tiger Lui forces Miu Chui-fa to marry his daughter. To save his mother from embarrassment, Fong Sai-yuk marries Ting-ting on behalf of his "brother" (his mother in disguise as a man), and is confined in his father-in-law's house. He is unaware that his bride is actually his love interest and they fight in the dark. They discover each other's identities eventually.

Miu Chui-fa manages to persuade Tiger Lui to let her son return home. Just then, Fong Sai-yuk's father, Fong Tak, returns home from a trip. Fong Sai-yuk discovers that his father is a member of the Red Flower Society, an underground resistance movement that aims to overthrow the ruling Ching Dynasty. While Fong Tak is having a conversation with fellow members, they are ambushed by the Governor of Nine Gates and his soldiers. The Governor demands that Fong Tak hand over the name list of the society's members, but the latter refuses. Just then, Fong Sai-yuk and his mother appear, and Fong fights with the Governor and holds him off until his parents have escaped to safety.

Fong Sai-yuk and his parents hide in their in-laws' house to evade the authorities, but the Governor pays a visit to Tiger Lui and recognizes them. In the ensuing battle, Fong Tak is captured while Siu-wan dies from a gunshot wound. Fong Sai-yuk lies to his mother that his father has been rescued and decides to save his father alone without letting her know. He attempts to storm the execution ground and fights with the Governor to save his father. At the critical moment, Miu Chui-fa appears together with the Red Flower Society's members and their leader, Chan Ka-lok. They defeat the Governor and his men and succeed in freeing Fong Tak. Before the film ends, Fong Sai-yuk becomes Chan Ka-lok's godson and he joins his godfather on their noble quest as they ride off towards the sunset together.

 L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment:

Of course who will ever forgot this classic martial arts legendary Fong Sai Yuk portraited by Jet Li? After Jet Li managed to brought Wong Fei Hung in 1991/1992 times, the director spoted and make sure him nailed this film just as exactly as they want, and how the audience wants it. Overall the movie is good, love Jet Li & Michlle Reis as usual, Josephine's character definitely brought us some laugh and the scenes of her and Sibelle were not bad as well...

The Blade 刀 (斷刀客)

Released Year: 1995
Directed by 徐克 Tsui Hark

Casted by:
赵文卓 Vincent Zhao as 定安 Ding
桑妮 Sanne as 文向靈 Ling
陈豪 Moses Chan as 鐵頭 Tou
熊欣欣 Yan-Yan Hung as 飞龙 Long
惠天赐 Austin Wai as 文刀師 Shi
周嘉玲 Valerie Chow as 妓女 Hooker
Story:

Ding & Tou work for Shi in a blade shop. Shi has a daughter Ling who is a slut. Ling falls for both Ding & Tou and always peep at them when they shower. Ling try to cause a fight between the two guys so that she can choose the winner as her husband.

Ding & Tou involve in a fight at the market which cause the gangster to came for revenge, but they won. Shi passed his chair to Ding and told him his real identity. Ding wanted to make revenge for his father who passed away after attacked by gangster, Long. Ding lost one of his hand when he get attack by Long. Tou & Ling went after but they loss Ding. They met a hooker and Tou safe the hooker for sex.

Ding almost gave up but he found a martial arts book and learn all the kungfu to defeat Long. Ding & Tou both left the place. Ling never forgot them and wait for them to come back every year.

L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment:

This is really a good martial arts film by Tsui Hark. The kungfu is nice, and additional points are for all the meaty scene which is so yummy :) Moses chan even show his delicious ass to us when he's still a model before enterin TVB.

Green Snake 青蛇

Released Year: 1993
Directed by 徐克 Tsui Hark

Casted by:
王祖賢 Joey Wang as 白素貞 Zhen
張曼玉 Maggie Cheung as 小青 Qing
趙文卓 Vincent Chiu as 法海 Hai
吳興國 Wu Xing Guo as 許仙 Xian
Story:

Zhen & Qing are snakes who try to learn to live a human life. Zhen fall in love with Xian who is very good in studying. In the meantime, Hai thought himself has been too stubborn in killing evil demon, therefore he ask Qing to seduce him while he try to learn his sin. In the end he failed and get erected and try to kill Qing for revenge.

Hai found Xian and passed him the necklace which will defeat Zhen & Qing. Hai threw it away and try to warn both snakes after he realize their real identity. But in this moment, Zhen & Qing are arguing and refuse to leave together. Hai caught Xian back to his Jin Shan temple and force him to become a monk.

Zhen realize she was pregnant with Xian's baby and went to rescue. Qing and Zhen forgot each other and use their power to raise the sea level to fight Hai. They fought and Zhen feel painful when the baby shrek inside. Zhen loss control of the sea and cause a big disaster to human life. In the end, though Qing managed to save Xian, but Zhen was dead after the temple fall on her. Qing killed Xian so that he can accompany Zhen in hell.

Hai realize he has cause all the monks in temple to die, holding Zhen's baby, he regret while Qing angrily swim away.

L² Scored: 9.5/10

L² Comment:

My ever favorite movie in my whole life. Maggie Cheung + Joey Wang + Vincent Chiu = Excellent :) But i read from some old articles, the characters of white snake and green snake were supposed to be Anita Mui & Gong Li, they were the first option. At that time, Anita Mui & Gong Li make a verbal agreement, if any party can't participate the film, the another party can't participate as well.

That time, Gong Li was rushing Farewell My Concubine (霸王别姬) and forced to withdraw herself from the movie. Tsui Hark at that time invited Anita Mui to act in both white & green snake, but Anita Mui keeps her promise and withdraw from the movie too. That's why Tsui Hark found Joey Wang & Maggie Cheung.

Even though they are the second option, but the two divas still make a hit for this movie. And the theme song were well sang either. The whole movie really hits the Hong Kong Box Office at that time. No matter how many time i watch this movie, it always excited me~ :)