Fat Choi Spirit 嚦咕嚦咕新年財

 Released Year: 2002

Directed by 杜琪峰 Johnnie To & 韦家辉 Wai Ka Fai

Casted by:

劉德華 Andy Lau as 德華 Andy

梁詠琪 Gigi Leung as 詠琪 Gigi

劉青雲 Sean Lau as 青雲 Sean

古天樂 Louis Koo as 天樂 Louis

應采兒 Cherrie Ying as 采兒 Cherrie

王天林 Wong Tin Lam as 天叔 Tin

黃文慧 Bonnie Wong as 媽媽 Mother

 Story: 

Andy is an extremely compulsive Mahjong player. Thrown out of the house by his mother and ignored by his more academically gifted and successful younger brother, Louis, he had a hard time running away from debt collectors until one day he met a young girl named Gigi after a run-in with some of the debt collectors' men. Gigi started out as a thief, but because she fell for him and gave him immense luck, Andy gained great success with his extreme good luck in mahjong games and became very rich. However he refused to marry Gigi because she, though a nice woman when with him, was in reality quite a sore loser who threw temper tantrums while on the verge of losing mahjong games. She could not understand that he couldn't stand the way she behaved. As Andy said, her behaviour could be revealed by just playing a game of mahjong where when she lost, she would throw the tables. He promised her that he would marry her if she could play a game of mahjong without such a bad temper. She couldn't and so he couldn't marry her though he loved her. In the meantime, Andy found his mother who was now suffering from Alzheimer's disease and his brother who faced bankruptcy and moved in with Andy, who coincidentally lived in a bungalow. Not wanting to lose out in finding a job, Louis who had excellent luck in Mahjong but zero skill, was conned out of all his money and even his clothes by a skilled, yet devious mahjong player, Sean. But being a kind hearted simpleton, Cherrie on the con team, fell for him and decided to mend her ways.

In the meantime, Gigi who was very disappointed with Andy's refusal to marry her, went with the bad crowd, in the form of mahjong con men led by Lau Ching-wan. Andy who was cursed by Gigi lost his winning streak and instead found a living as a taxi driver and moved into public housing. Being ever optimistic, he did not complain. However, not wanting Gigi to fall into the con men's trap, he played a game of mahjong with Sean and lost terribly. But Gigi was touched by his actions and went back to him, promising she will return a better woman. But before she left, she gave Andy a blessing and from there on, Andy's winning streak came back. Louis who had created a mahjong computer game with his new girlfriend, Cherrie, received word that there would be a Mahjong tournament sponsored by his game. The ever optimistic Andy decided to join the contest which saw him competing against Sean. Before the tournament began, he discovered that Gigi had returned to her old job as a stewardess and gave him a lot of good fortune items from around the world. During the tournament, Andy was able to secure a seat in the final match which also included Sean, Sean's father and a henchman. Andy easily won the match but was then confronted by Sean to have a rematch. Andy agreed and the two of them squared off. Before the match could end, Andy gave up and gave the prize to Sean. Sean, surprised at what had happened, decided to look at Andy's hand, which was a major breakthrough set. Sean realized all his mistakes and decided to learn from Andy. Andy then regained all his money and started a Mahjong school by the sea. He eventually got married with Gigi.

 L² Scored: 4.5/10

L² Comment:

No matter how many times I rewatch this movie, i just feel stupid. But this year, I changed my mind. Referring back Gigi Leung's filmography, she has make a big change on the way she perform in the movie. Beside of willing to drive her way into a character that is a bit "not her style" during that time, this character challenged her in expanding her way to different styles of acting. Beside that, she's the one who is mainly bringing out the comedy part throughout the whole movie, so this 4.5 score goes to her :) Looking at other actor like Sean Lau & Louis Koo, I feel like puking at them in this movie seriously... while Cherrie all these while never bring any glorious moment to any of her movie, the scene where she smoke is also sickening, she's so fake! In another hand, Andy Lau did not bring any big surprise and Bonnie Wong's scenes are too little for her to shine~

Turn Left, Turn Right 向左走·向右走

Released Year: 2003

Directed by 杜琪峰 Johnnie To & 韦家辉 Wai Ka Fai

Casted by:

金城武 Takeshi Kaneshiro as 劉智康 John Liu

梁詠琪 Gigi Leung as 蔡嘉儀 Eve Choi

陳之財 Edmund Chen as 胡醫生 Dr Hu

關穎 Terri Kwan as 小紅 Ruby

 Story:

The story tells of two people who live in buildings right next to each other, separated only by a wall, and are always near each other but can't seem to find one another.

John Liu is a violinist who works from job to job. During one of his gigs, he meets June, who offers to give him a ride home. However she flirts aggressively with John during the ride which frightens him. To get away from her he jumps out of her car and makes a run for his apartment building. The next day he sees her waiting for him on the left corner of his building which makes him avoid going to the left of his building.

Eve Choi is a translator for a book publishing company. Her job is to translate foreign books into Chinese. She is given the daunting task of translating a horror novel into Chinese. At night while translating the horror novel she gets frightened and thinks her home is haunted. The next day she notices a scary-looking tree to the right of her apartment building and, frightened, she refuses to go to the right of her building.

John and Eve meet by accident at the park fountain, when he helps her pick up her papers that have fallen into the fountain. They find out that they had met each other when they were younger at an amusement park, when both their schools had organized a field trip to the same place. Then, Eve had asked John for his telephone number, but the two never got in touch because she left her school bag on the train and lost John's phone number. The two laugh about the past and exchange phone numbers without asking for each other's name before parting quickly because of a coming rainstorm.

That night, both are happy and excited to have met each other again, but both also came down with the flu because of the earlier rainstorm. The flu medication John has on hand has expired and he decides not to take it. Eve is overjoyed and forgets to take her medication. The next day the two are devastated to find out that the phone numbers they had exchanged are unreadable due to the paper getting wet during the rainstorm. Both can only make out a few numbers and vainly call several phone numbers at random hoping to get through to one another.

One of the numbers they called is a restaurant that Ruby works at as a waitress and delivery person. Both John and Eve, ill and not wanting to leave their home because they're afraid that they would miss the other person's phone call, decides to order delivery from Ruby's restaurant. Ruby falls in love with John at first sight when she arrives at his home to make her delivery. Seeing the smudged pieces of paper on both John and Eve's table, Ruby soon finds out that the two are trying to find each other. To distract John from the apartment located in the next building Ruby tells him an old lady lives in that apartment.

John's and Eve's flu become so severe that they are both taken to the hospital, John by Ruby and Eve by an ambulance. They both meet Dr. Hu, but Dr. Hu happens to be a former University classmate of Eve's, who has a crush on her. He tells Eve that it must be fate that they met each other again and proceeds to check her into the hospital to get the best care possible, while discharging John from the hospital, changing his mind only when Ruby argues with him about how severe John's illness is. Both John and Eve give their home keys to Ruby and Dr. Hu to set up voicemail at their home in case the other person calls.

Once John and Eve are discharged from the hospital they find out that Dr. Hu and Ruby had literally moved into each of their apartments, but both make it clear that they are not interested in them since they already love someone else. Heartbroken, drunk and sobbing to each other Dr. Hu and Ruby decide to get together. Taking revenge on John and Eve for breaking their hearts, they send pictures to them showing how many places they had missed finding each other. John and Eve find Dr. Hu and Ruby to talk about the pictures they had received in the mail. Ruby gives Eve's phone number to John telling him it's her number to test if she was ever in his heart and Dr. Hu does the same to Eve, but they do not call.

John and Eve are frustrated about not being able to find each other and decide to take jobs abroad. On the day they are to leave Taiwan, an earthquake strikes, destroying the wall that separates their apartment. Both finally find each other.

 L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment:

Wow, never it has been more than 10 years i have watch this movie in the cinema. I was so touched by the movie and storyline at that time, after the movie, i asked my partner whether we will still be together in the next 10 years or "turn right and turn left"... Promise i get was "together"~ but it did not~ though i feel sad thinking about it now, but well, this is life, i appreciate everyone who ever appear in my life~ 

The Shopaholics 最愛女人購物狂

 Released Year: 2006 

Directed by 韋家輝 Wai Ka Fai

Casted by:

張栢芝 Cecilia Cheung as 方芳芳 Fong

劉青雲 Sean Lau as 李簡仁 Yan

陳小春 Jordan Chan as 何窮富 Fu

官恩娜 Ella Koon as 丁叮噹 Dong

徐小鳳 Paula Tsui as 陸小鳳 Feng

羅家英 Lo Kar Ying as 何西 Sai

 Story:

Fong is a shopaholic and she was in horrible debts. She finally got a job after she helps Yan's nurse to give birth in a shopping mall. Yan as a psychological doctor treated her but in the same time fall in love with her as well. Fong met Fu, one of the richest guy who got psychological illness as well. Both Fu and Yan wanted to marry Fong; in the same time both of them wanted to marry Yan's girlfriend Dong too.

The situation goes crazy, and it needs the ultimate shopaholics Feng for help. Feng used her psychological knowledge to let them 4 knows who they really wanted to marry to...

L² Scored: 9/10

L² Comment: 

Even though its a bit similar like "The confession of a shopaholics", but i think the HK version took it to a better extend and i love it. The best part would be seeing Paula Tsui shopping session. "This, this, this... i don't want, the rest please pack it for me"... lol! how cool is that~

Storyline of course its good, a bit confusing will be the part when Paula Tsui directed them by phone to the wedding destination. I have to watched twice to discover, all these while Paula was directing Sean to Cecilia & Jordan to Ella. A very good movie which shopaholic like us shouldn't miss...

Wu Yen 鍾無艷 2001

 Released Year: 2001

Directed by 杜琪峰 Johnnie To & 韦家辉 Wai KaFai

 

Casted by:

郑秀文 Sammi Cheng as 钟无艳 Wu Yen
梅艳芳 Anita Mui as 齐宣王 Emperor Chai

张柏芝 Cecilia Cheung as 夏迎春 Ying Chun
黄浩然 Raymond Wong as 吴起 Ng Hei

 Story:

Emperor Chai accidentally released the foxy demon which can either be a man or a woman. Emperor Chai wanted to marry Wu Yen but only discover she has a red birth mark on her face. But for the country, Emperor Chai promised to marry Wu Yen for help.

 

Foxy demon transform into a pretty woman Ying Chun and cause a lot of trouble to the country. Wu Yen was send out to defeat the enemy at war. While Wu Yen is fighting at war, Emperor Chai and Ying Chun is gambling in the palace and lose out the whole country and Emperor Chai even sell off Wu Yen, this has broke Wu Yen's heart and she left.

 

Ng Hei start a war to fight Emperor Chai, Emperor Chai pretend as woman to escape and went to look for Wu Yen to help. Emperor Chai is competiting with other kings to win back Wu Yen  but the foxy demon win. Foxy demon and Wu Yen each discover they were pregnant and went back to palace to save Emperor Chai. After that the three of them live happily ever after...

 L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment: 

Its funny, its hillarious... First time ever in history, a film was conquered by 3 famous woman Sammi Anita & Cecilia in making such a comedy film... Sammi Cheng was even nominated as best actress with this film...

Don't Go Breaking My Heart 單身男女

Released Year: 2011
Directed by 杜琪峯 Johnie To & 韋家輝 Wai Ka-Fai

Casted by:
高圓圓 Yuan-Yuan Gao as 程子欣 Chi Yan
古天樂 Louis Koo as 張申然 Sean
吳彥祖 Daniel Wu as 方啟宏 Kevin
林雪 Lam Suet as John
瑞莎 Larisa Bakurova as Angelina
賈曉晨 JJ Jia as 喬伊絲 Joyce
尹子維 Terrence Yin as 程子欣的前男友 Owen
李詩韻 Selena Li as 程子欣前男友的老婆 Owen's wife
Story:

Chi Yan is an analyst who just broke up with her boyfriend as he was having a baby with another woman. Sean a CEO of a broker firm knew Chi Yan as her office is just opposite of his. He liked Chi Yan all the while, but knew that she was in a relationship and did not want to interfere, and started to take action as he saw what happened in the bus between Chi Yan, her ex, and his current wife.

However, Kevin, an engineer, who dressed shabbily, and an alcoholic helped Chi Yan out when she was heartbroken by her ex. With Chi Yan's support and, Kevin decided to pick up designing again, and dated her to meet up again a week later. Chi Yan totally forgot about it as she was starting out with Sean, but it did not work out as Sean had a one night stand with Angelina who started with a misunderstanding and ended his relationship with Chi Yan. Sean later shifted his office as he economy crisis made him lost a big sum of money and went over to US.

Three years later, Sean came back as Chi Yan's boss. He tried to win her heart again, but was always pulled back as he could not endure women seduction. Chi Yan was disappointed with him, and met Kevin back, as he's new office was Sean's old office. Both guys are now chasing after Chi Yan. She loves both of them, but chose Kevin in the end as he moved her with great sincerity and love.

L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment:

This is a very good romantic film by Johnie To & Wai Ka Fai. Seriously~ i never thought the storyline is so good, though got a bit like Ally McBeal. Love the parts when the both guys miss their chances to tackle the girl that they want. And when you thought Chi Yan will choose Sean in the end,boom~ she chose Kevin instead.

Its been a few times since Louis Koo & Daniel Wu works together, they are really giving us a good time in the cinema :)

My Left Eye Sees Ghost 我左眼见到鬼

Released Year: 2002
Directed by 杜琪峰 Johnnie To & 韦家辉 KaFai-Wai

Casted by:
　郑秀文 Sammi Cheng as 何丽珠 May
刘青云 Sean Lau as 王劲威 Ken / Sam
林雪 Lam Suet as 何父 May's father
　李珊珊 SanSan-Lee as Susan
应采儿 Cherrie Ying as Tina
林熙蕾 Kelly Lin as Sam's girlfriend
任达华 Simon Yam as Ben
Story:

May Ho is a woman who inherits a vast fortune when her rich husband drowns in a scuba diving accident in the Caribbean. May told several joking lies to win her Stanford-educated, extremely successful husband, and his mother and sister are less than pleased when they find out, especially since they still harbor suspicions about her motives in marrying her husband after knowing him for only seven days. Nonetheless, the house, fortune, and a portion of the family fashion company are hers. Depressed, alone, and deeply missing her husband (feelings further exacerbated when her husband's dog, Whisky, dies), May goes on a binge of eating, drinking, smoking, watching television, and stealing from her own company's stores, culminating in a drunken car ride and near-fatal car accident.

May finds herself lying on the ground outside her car and thinks she is unscathed, until she approaches her vehicle and sees her bloody body in the driver's seat. Ken Wong appears to her and scares her into returning to her body, reviving herself.

Although she just barely evaded death, the left side of May's face is heavily injured. Later in the hospital, when she removes the gauze covering her left eye, she suddenly realizes she can see ghosts with that eye. She soon finds herself in the constant company and care of the ghost Ken, who claims that he is her former classmate who died when he was 13 in a typhoon out at sea. Throughout their escapades in the realm of the supernatural, May slowly develops a connection with him. However, despite all the ghosts she has encountered, her husband has never appeared to her and she deeply wants to see him, even for just an instant. Ken attempts to help her fulfill this wish before he crosses the Twilight Junction to be reincarnated though it initially appears she did not succeed. Only the spirit of her husband's late dog, Whisky, appears - seemingly close to Ken as if the canine knows him. Ken ask May for a final wish to hug her before he moves on, and in doing so she had to pretend that he was her husband.

Later, she goes to check on the restoration of her husband's vintage car and discovers the restorer resembles Ken, who turned to be the real Ken who did not really die when he was 13. She finally realize that the ghost who had been at her side all the while was actually her dead husband in disguise to prevent her from becoming too attached to him and to urge her to move on. She tries several ways to contact him after he had moved on, but all attempts were useless. Her ability to see ghosts had also disappeared. The film ends with a hint of a future romance between May and Ken.

L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment:

This is a very fun black comedy movie of Sammi + Sean. A brand new mix up of these 2 actors ever in the HK film industry. Both of them are superb and able to make us laugh all the ways in the movie. But who make me laugh the most? Of coz is the Fei Mui ghost !!! haha~ omg... she so damn funny... a film never bored to rewatch for a thousand time...

Mad Detective 神探

Released Year: 2007
Directed by 杜琪峰 Johnie To & 韦家辉 Wai Ka-Fai

Casted by:
刘青云 Sean Lau as 陈桂彬 Bin
安志杰 Andy On as 何家安 An
林熙蕾 Kelly Lin as 张美华 Hua
林家栋 Gordon Lin as 高志伟 Wai
李彩宁 Karen Lee as 琪琪 Gigi
刘锦玲 Lau Kam-Ling as 伪善鬼 Wai's Hypocritical Soul
陈慧珊 Flora Chan as 公正鬼 Hua's Fair Soul
张兆辉 Eddie Cheung as 凶残鬼 Wai's Cruel soul
林雪 Lam Suet as 无知胆小鬼 Wai's Fear Soul
李国麟 Joseph Lee as 王国柱 Zhu
李日升 Jonathan Lee as 软弱鬼 An's Feeble Soul
谷租琳 Jo Koo as 冷静鬼 An's Calm Soul
Story:

Bin is a psycho detective who always experience himself in the murdering case. Though his wife Hua feel disgust and left him but An as a new police officer was amaze on how good Bin is. Due to his craziness, Bin even cut off his ear as a gift for the old sarjan when he left.

Few years later, Wai and Zhu is finding the thieve who steal the steel. While chasing after the thieve, Wai lost his gun to the thieve and Zhu insisted to report this to the superior and was murdered by Wai to covered up his mistake. An now as a head request Bin for help in finding out who killed Zhu. Hua told Bin not to help but finally Bin agreed to help. On a dinner, Bin brought Hua out to dine with An and his girlfriend Gigi. The both realize that Hua has died and Bin has been talking to the air all these while.

Bin told An that he can see the soul of a person. Bin suspect that Wai is the one who killed Zhu and trace after him. Bin found out Wai has 7 souls including the hypocritical, fear & cruel. To pissed Wai off, Bin purposely pee on his leg and was beat up. Bin stole An's gun and identity card to investigate Wai's working place. An later on found out that Hua has not died yet, and it was Bin's illusion all these while. The fair soul of Hua has been asking Bin to eat his medicine and heal back but was rejected.

Bin later on discovered that An's feeble soul will be murdered by Wai's cruel soul and try to stop it. An wanted his gun back but Bin ran away with it. An request Gigi to pass him her gun to take down Bin. An and Wai together went to look for the steel's thieve. Just when they track down the thieve, Bin appeared and everybody involved in a gunshot war. Everybody's was dead in the end except An. An's calm soul figured out a way to solve it.

Everybody's innerside is fighting for themselves whether they are good or bad.

L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment:

Seriously, I'm impressed with the storyline and how the character twist and turn. Sean Lau's acting of course cannot be deny, but i was surprise at how good Lau Kam-Ling was. No doubt she's good in both TVB & ATV, but movie? Gosh... though she doesn't have much scene, but she definitely outshine others.