Cold War 寒戰

 Released Year: 2012

Directed by 陸劍青 Sunny Luk & 梁樂民Longman Leong

Casted by:

郭富城 Aaron Kwok as 劉傑輝 Sean Lau

梁家輝 Tony Leung as 李文彬 MB Lee

李治廷 Aarif Rahman Lee as 張國標 Billy Cheung

彭于晏 Eddie Peng as 李家俊 Joe Lee

林家棟 Gordon Lim as 鄺智立 Albert Kwong

楊采妮 Charlie Yeung as 梁紫薇 Phoenix Leung

安志杰 Andy On as 石米高 Michael Sek

錢嘉樂 Chin Ka Lok as 徐永基 Vincent Tsui

尹子維 Terence Yin as 杜文 Man Tu

劉德華 Andy Lau as 陸明華 Philip Luk

王敏德 Michael Fitzerald Wong as 曾向榮 York Tsang

 Story:

One midnight, a Hong Kong Police Force Emergency Unit (EU) van carrying advanced equipment and five police officers goes missing. As the police investigate the case, they became aware that the terrorists possess detailed knowledge of the police's procedures and have planned several steps ahead, even possibly breaching the secured police network. As the Commissioner is away, Deputy Commissioner M.B. Lee, plans and leads a rescue operation code-named "Cold War," and declares Hong Kong to go under a state of emergency.

After being repeatedly misled by the terrorists and failing to track them down, fellow Deputy Commissioner Sean Lau believes Lee is acting too rashly, due to one of the five abducted policemen being his own son, Joe Lee. After consulting with superintendent Vincent Tsui and Albert Kwang, who both believe Lee is taking measures too extreme, Lau relieves Lee of his command and assumes command of Operation Cold War.

Lau plans to negotiate with the terrorists while secretly tracking them to their hide-out. The terrorists asks Lau to prepare a ransom equal to the calculated value of the policemen and the EU van. As the police force prepare the cash, the terrorists call again and say they only want roughly half of it, and for Lau to personally deliver the money. At the request of the bank manager, Lau takes only enough for the ransom and have the rest delivered back to the bank. When Lau eventually arrives at the meeting location, he is ordered to stop the car immediately and throw the cash down a bridge, causing a traffic blockage. In the confusion, Lau is attacked by the terrorists, and superintendent Tsui was killed in action in the crossfire. The terrorists escape, while superintendent Kwang notifies Lau that the terrorists simultaneously intercepted the other half of the money that was supposed to be returned to the bank. However, the police force did successfully rescue the missing policemen at a different location.

Lau attempts to question the bank manager, but the manager was then killed by a car bomb. Superintendent Kwang investigates the bombing to track the bombers, but is instead led into a trap and killed with his team. Lau suspects that the terrorists were aided by insiders in the force, but before he can investigate any further, he is arrested by ICAC Officer Billy Cheung, who received leaked information from an anonymous source about Operation Cold War. Lau is interrogated by Cheung, who accuses him of poorly handling the rescue operation, leading to the loss of the ransom money which he secretly took for himself. Lau denies this, and the ICAC fail to find evidence against him. Cheung makes some further investigations and discovers that the police Commissioner will be stepping down in two years, and thus either Lee or Lau will receive a promotion. Lau has the support of the Security Secretary because of his skillful management of the police's finances. On the other hand, Lee rose through the ranks from Constable and has the support of the front-line officers including the CID. Cheung now suspects that Lee is trying to use the failure of Operation Cold War to ruin Lau's chance for promotion.

The ICAC eventually discover, based on forensic evidence, that Joe Lee was the mastermind behind the abduction of the EU van. Lau presents this information to Lee, and reveals that it was Lau himself that leaked information to the ICAC (who has the power to act independent to the police force), in order to borrow their resources to investigate the case, thus not alerting the insider. Lee confronts his son, who reveals that he planned this with other associates from the police force who wanted to see Lee rise to the position of Commissioner. Seeing that Joe is unrepentant and unwilling to reveal anymore, Lee reluctantly shoots and arrest him. The following day, Lee and the current Commissioner announce their plans to retire, nominates Lau as the next Commissioner, and congratulate Lau on his resourcefulness on solving the case.

The film ends with Lau receiving a mysterious phone call from the terrorists, who announces that they have kidnapped his wife, and wants Joe Lee released in return.

 L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

I'm kinda out on the HK movie lately, its not because that I'm more focus on the Western movie, but HK movie is getting so much disappointing lately. As cold war 2 goes on the big screen this year, everyone is telling me how exciting the movie was, but it is linked with the first movie. So before I even want to watch the second movie, I need to watch this first. But as you know, I'm kinda lazy and in the end the movie was postponed till now lol

Overall the movie is quite ok, but its a bit similar like internal affairs which i feel that HK is totally out of any ideas. Tony Leung definitely delivered his best in this movie, so as Andy Lau even though he just came out as a guess appearance. Aaron Kwok is a bit not so good whenever the scene show of him with Tony Leung together; Charlie is as beautiful as always but seems useless in this movie....

The Monkey King 2 西游记之孙悟空三打白骨精

 Released Year: 2016

Directed by 鄭保瑞 Cheang Poh Sui

Casted by:

郭富城 Aaron Kwok as 孙悟空 Sun Wukong

巩俐 Gong Li as 白骨精 Baigujing

冯绍峰 William Feng as 唐僧 Tang Sanzang

小沈阳 Xiao Shen Yang as 猪八戒 Zhu Bajie

罗仲谦 Him Law as 沙僧 Sha Wujing

费翔 Fei Xiang as 云海西国国王 King of Yun Hai Xi Kingdom

陈慧琳 Kelly Chen as 观世音菩萨 Guan Yin

魏璐 Lu Weu as 蛇精 Snake Evil

齐浠儿 Xi'er Qi as 蝙蝠精 Bat Evil

母其弥雅 Miya Muqi as 箭猪精 Pig Evil

 Story:

500 years after Sun Wukong's imprisonment under the Five Fingers Mountain, a young Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang is sent on a journey to India to collect Buddha's scriptures. On his travels he accidentally frees Wukong and the Monkey King learns from the Mercy Goddess that he has to protect the monk throughout the journey. They also meet Zhu Baije, a lustful pig demon, and Sha Wujing, a djinn-like monk. All three demons accept Sanzang as their Master.

The company travel to the Yun Hai Xi Kingdom, a land terrorized by the White Bone Demon who snatches children. As the demoness learns about Sanzang, she decides to eat him in order to stop her reincarnation cycle and achieve everlasting demon-hood. She transforms into an old woman and beguiles the group into her cottage in the woods. While her disguised minions lure Wukong, Baije and Wujing into the forest, the demoness tells Sanzang a story about how she was forced to marry as a young girl, and when her village suffered with famine, the people blamed her for it, even calling her an evil demon, and left her atop a cliff as a sacrifice for the gods. As Sanzang comforts the old lady, she attempts to kill him, but is stopped by Wukong who has seen through her disguise with his Fiery Eyes. He kills the old lady and the demoness escapes. Sanzang and the others don't believe Wukong that all the women he murdered were demons, and blame him for killing the innocent.

The group arrives to the kingdom's capital and the King throws a feast for them, begging Sanzang to exorcise the bloodthirsty demoness. Suddenly the Lady White appears and demands the monk, but he expresses his desire to enlighten her. She tries to persuade Wukong to let her eat the monk, because only then he will be free of the spell that subdues his will. With Sun deceiving the demoness, a fight ensues. During the chaos, the King's guards kidnap Sanzang, but before the King kills the monk in order to cure himself of a disease - as he has been actually kidnapping all the children and blaming the White Bone Demon - Wukong saves him and the children as well. All of the group are celebrated as heroes, but as a little girl approaches Tanzang, Wukong kills her and her mother as well, seeing the demoness possessing them. That angers Sanzang, and, accusing him of seeing demons everywhere, orders Wukong to leave. Wukong flies away, but as soon as he does, the White Demon kidnaps Sanzang.

Baije and Wujing decide to disband, Baije heading to the Flower-Fruit Mountain to beg Wukong for help, and Wujing rushing to the demoness' lair. Baije arrives at the mountain, but Wukong's not there. In her lair, the demoness confesses to the monk that the story she had told him earlier was true, recounting her previous life. Sanzang gets to understand why she doesn't want to become human again, and gives up. Outside the cave, Wujing fights the the Lady White's skeleton army, and later is joined by Baije and Wukong, who saves Sanzang. After a hard battle, the White Bone Demon is defeated by the Monkey King. However, Sanzang pleads Buddha to save her soul, only to be told he would have to give up his own life in order to save her. Tanzang accepts that and the demoness is absorbed into his body. In his subconsciousness, the monk tells the Lady White he will do anything to help her, but she refuses, rather destroying herself. In the real world, Sanzang pleads Wukong to kill him, which he refuses to do. The monk tells him he desires to help the demoness change her doom, no matter how many lives it will take to accomplish. Wukong tearfully agrees, promising to wait for his return forever, and kills him. Because of Sanzang's sacrifice, the demoness is led to her reincarnation to human, finally free of her pain and hatred.

Some time later, Wukong and his friends still wait for the return of the monk, but continue their journey to the Thunder Monastery. It seems that Sanzang actually reenters life, as a human finger cracks through the Buddha statue Wukong is carrying with him.

 L² Scored: 6.5/10

L² Comment:

Due to Donnie Yen not able to act in this sequence, Aaron Kwok was given the chance to took up the main character and fight against Gong Li the diva. Comparing to the first movie, this is definitely much more better and follow more on the fiction. Well, if they have anymore sequence, will it be Donnie Yen or Aaron Kwok acting as the Monkey King?

The Monkey King 西遊記之大鬧天宮

 Released Year: 2014

Directed by 鄭保瑞 Cheang Poh Sui

Casted by:

甄子丹 Donnie Yen as 孫悟空 Sun Wu Kong

郭富城 Aaron Kwok as 牛魔王 The Bull Demon

周潤發 Chow Yun Fatt as 玉皇大帝 Heaven Emperor

何潤東 Peter Ho as 杨戬二郎神 Er Lang Shen

夏梓桐 Xia Zhi Tong as 九尾狐 Nine Tails Vixen

陈乔恩 Joe Chen as 铁扇公主 Princess Iron Fan

 Story: 

The Bull Demon attacked the heaven with his army of hell, but was defeated by the emperor of heaven. When he almost get vanished, sister of the emperor of heaven, Princess Iron Fan beg her brother to let him go and willing to follow The Bull Demon away and never return back to the heaven. Even though the war has settled, but it also ruined a lot of the Heaven's structure. NuWa goddess uses her diamond stone to cure the ruined part but one of the stone drop into the earth and created a monkey evil in it.

The Monkey evil get to know a nine tails vixen when he was stuck in it, but after that the nine tail vixen has gone by saving from the Bull Demon as his apprentice. GuanYin Buddha informed Subhuti that this monkey evil need to be train and control his evilness. Subhuti trained monkey evil and named him as Sun Wu Kong. But Sun Wu Kong is too arrogant and went back to his Hua Guo Shan to live with his monkey fellow. The Bull Demon wished to attack heaven again and try his best to influence Sun Wu Kong to attack Tian Nan Men. Before that the Bull Demon has plotted Nine Tail Vixen beside Wu Kong as a spy. Wu Kong also went to Shui Jing Palace to steal his weapon Jing Gang Bang and caused a lot of life to die.

The Bull Demon went to Hua Guo Shan when Wu Kong is doing his work duty in the heaven. The Bull Demon's army of hell has killed all the monkey at there together with the nine tail vixen. Wu Kong believed The Bull Demon's lie and attack the heaven with the army of hell. Even Er Lang Shen & Emperor of Heaven can't stop him. But on a twisted moment, Wu Kong suddenly realize the Bull Demon is behind all this and turn back to fight against the Bull Demon...

 L² Scored: 2/10

L² Comment:

I never watched this movie in the cinema back in 2 years ago because everyone keep on told me its not worth to; after watching this movie yesterday, I finally agreed with everyone. Not only that the whole movie has twisted the original story of the fiction, it also sounds kinda ridiculous to me as well. No doubt the graphic and effect is welly done, but the story appeared to be empty and the most important is, this is not the Journey To The West that we have all known...

And I Hate You So 小親親

 Released Year: 2000

Directed by 奚仲文 Kenneth Yee

Casted by:

郭富城 Aaron Kwok as 章戎 Rong

陳慧琳 Kelly Chen as 吳秋月 Yue

毛舜筠 Teresa Mo as Cat

曾志偉 Eric Tsang as 武 Mou

宣萱 Jessica Hester Hsuan as 馬丹莉 Lei

雷頌德  Mark Lui as 陳振華 Wah

Story:

The story started because of a vinyl record & a male dog being abandoned. Yue is a newspaper column writer with the title of "Period". She get into a fight with a famous radio DJ Rong, after failing to get back the vinyl record she has bought for her first boyfriend and Rong told everyone in his radio talk. 

Yue and Rong met in a party, and after discover each other identity, Yue angrily splash Rong with red wine. The war has been declared, both attacking each other with their own media. In another hand, Cat & Mou's fate link together because of an adopted dog...

L² Scored: 2.5/10

L² Comment:

Seriously, this movie is not good at all. Not only there's no main point in this movie which lead to no excitement part at all, it ends badly as well. Think this movie only selling point are Aaron Kwok and Kelly Chen...

Legend of the Liquid Sword 笑侠楚留香

 Released Year: 1993

Directed by 王晶 Wang Jing

Casted by:

郭富城 Aaron Kwok as 楚留香 Xiang

邱淑贞 Chingmy Yau as 无花 / 昙花 Wu / Tan

叶蕴仪 Gloria Yip as 苏蓉蓉 Rong

袁咏仪 Anita Yuen as 李红袖 Xiu

刘小慧 Winnie Lau as 宋甜儿 Tian

温兆伦 Deric Wan as 胡铁花 Hu

黄韵诗Wong Wan Shi as 水皮阴姬 Pei

张敏 Sharla Cheung as 水母阴姬Mu

袁洁莹 Fennie Yuen as 中原一点红 Hong

刘子蔚 Liu Zi Wei as 蝙蝠公子 Bat

李丽珍 Loletta Lee as 宫南燕 Yen

 Story: 

Xiang is a handsome warrior who brings along his 3 friends - Rong, Xiu & Tian at his journey. They met Hu (whose fallen for Xiu) and Pei (who is out tricking others for money), together they went Shaolin and met Wu (but actually Wu is Tan, sister of Bat). Bat used Yen (apprentice of Mu) to attack the Shui Ling Gong... in the end, Mu taught Xiang the secret martial arts to defeat Bat, but Tan was hurt and might not be able to be cure again...  

 L² Scored: 4.5/10

L² Comment:

This movie definitely ran out from the original fiction of Gu Long and it was criticized badly by Gu Long's fans during that time... For me, this is just so so, comedy part also very predictable. A lot of the original characters were changed to female version and ... well... i'm kinda speechless after watching it...

The Queen of Gamble 赌后 / 表姐, 妳玩嘢

 Released Year: 1991

Directed by 萧笙 Seow Sang

Casted by:

郑裕玲 Dodo Cheng as Lan

万梓良 Alex Man as Lik

胡慧中 Sibelle Hu as Frances

吴孟达 Ng Man Tat as San

郭富城 Aaron Kwok as Bou

任达华 Simon Yam as Wah

黎姿 Gigi Lai as Linda

 Story:

China girl Lan is very good in tricking during gamble, she finally got her permit to go Hong Kong. She decided to stay with her cousin Bou and his roomate Lik who is very addicted in gambling. Together 3 of them participate in a gambling competition to fight against San, father of Linda (admired by Bou), and brother of Wah. Frances was defeated by San, all the hope rely on Lan to win San, Lan won the game finally by using her trick...

 L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

Basically its not bad~ the same old storyline of the HK 80s 90s comedy... Dodo is very good in this kind of acting no doubt, its funny to see how young and cute Aaron Kwok is during that time :) Overall the movie is not bad, but will only consider to watch it again if i'm really out of movie~

Future Cops 超級學校霸王

 Released Year: 1993

Directed by 王晶 Wang Jing

Casted by:

劉德華 Andy Lau as 鐵面 Vega

張學友 Jacky Cheung as 掃把頭 Guile

張衛健 Dicky Cheung as 陳大雄（余鐵雄）悟空 Hung / Kong

邱淑貞 Chingmy Yau as 大雄的妹妹 / 春美 Chun-Li

鄭伊健 Ekin Cheng as 阿健 Ken

任達華 Simon Yam as 發達星 Dhalsim

劉小慧 Winnie Lau as 小慧 Wai

許志安 Andy Hui as 余忌安 Kei On

楊采妮 Charlie Yeung A  采妮 Choy Nei

周比利 Billy Chow as 泰王 Sagat

苑瓊丹 Kingdom Yuen as 大雄母親 / 春代 Chun Dai

郭富城 Aaron Kwok as 阿龍 Ryu

 Story: 

In the year 2043, an evil crime lord (The General/M. Bison) is trying to take over the world. He was arrested and was sentenced to jail by the Judge. The General's minions, Kent (Ken), Thai King (Sagat), and Toyota (E. Honda) travel to the year 1993 to kill the Judge before he has a chance to get into office. During a battle with The General's minions, the Future Cops Lung (Ryu), Broom Man (Guile), Ti Man (Vega), and Ah-Sing (Dhalsim) hear of their plot. The Police Director decided to send them back to the past also to protect the Judge. Lung ultimately stays behind because he is the Police Director's brother in law.

Once the Future Cops get to 1993, they land in the backyard of 20 something year old high school student Tai-Hung, who helps them stay under cover by letting them live with him and his family. Ti Man pretends to be a fellow student while striking up a romance with Tai Hung's sister Chun May (Chun Li); Broom Man pretends to be a music teacher at the school while also striking up a romance with one of the students, Crab Angel; while Ah-Sing follows Tai Hung pretending to be his servant, all the while protecting him from the evil school bullies, while Tai Hung pursues a romance of his own with his long-time friend Choi Ney. Eventually the villains show up, wreak havoc, and many battles ensue. Tai-Hung ends up being the Judge after his mother remarried and his surname changed.

  L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment:

Street Fighter is the hit game that we play in the 90s, who doesn't know street fighter will have to be slaughter lol~ This is one of my favorite movie even though the characters were dressed differently lol~ Storyline of course is funny (and rubbish), but who cares, the most important is, only Wang Jing can gather so many superstars to  film this during the 90s and this has definitely become one of the classic film for the Hong Kong blockbuster :)

Para Para Sakura 芭拉芭拉櫻之花

 Released Year: 2001

Directed by 馬楚成 Jingle Ma

Casted by:

郭富城 Aaron Kwok as 王锦胜 Philip
张柏芝 Cecilia Cheung as 乐儿 Yee
 陈庆祥  Ah- Niu as Henry Ko

 Story:

Phillip Wong, a colour-blind dance instructor who holds a class devoted to the latest dance craze, the Japanese Para Para. While in Shanghai, Phillip meets Yee, a spoiled rich girl who is running away from her up-coming arranged marriage. Soon, Yee begins using Phillip's dance studio as a sanctuary from her responsibilities, and an attraction begins to form between the two. However, Yee is called back to Japan to be married before long, and Phillip must use more than his dance skills and charisma to prevent her from taking her vows.

L² Scored: 4/10

L² Comment:

Nothing really special about this movie, except the para para dance which is quite famous at that time. Of course having Aaron Kwok & Cecilia Cheung in this movie can guarantee certain percentage of the tickets to be sold off. Basically all the actors/actresses are just simply acting in the film...