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~

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~

Naked Weapon 赤裸特工

 Released Year: 2002

Directed by 程小東 Chin Xiao Dong

 

Casted by:

Maggie Q as Charlene Ching
 安雅 Anya Wu as Katherine
 吳彥祖 Daniel Wu as Jack Chen
 黃佩霞 Almen Huang as Madame M
 鄭佩佩 Cheng Pei Pei as Faye Ching
 李菲 Jewel Lee as Jing
 連凱 Andrew Lin as 龍三郎 Ryuichi

 Story:

 The movie opens with the assassination of a man of unknown identity. A team of three CIA officers, including Jack Chen, a rookie, watch through surveillance as a sexy female assassin named Fiona Birch enters the man's heavily guarded apartment suite and, after having sex with him, kills him by breaking his spine with her bare hands. As she makes her escape in her white Porsche 911 GT3, her car is hit by a rocket. As the officers rush over to extricate her from the wreckage, a woman in a limousine shoots her to death.

The woman in the limousine is revealed to be Madam M, the leader of a mysterious assassin organization, to which the killed assassin belonged. After the incident, young girls across the globe start disappearing one after another. The only relationship among them is that they are all trained in martial arts or sports. As Jack correctly theorizes, these girls have been abducted by Madam M and transported to an island to be trained to become professional assassins. After six years of gruesome training, only Charlene Ching, Katt and Jing survive and "graduate". The last test in order for them to graduate was a fight for survival/to the death test. Katt and Charlene, being friends, could not kill each other, and so each is accepted as the third survivor. To celebrate Madame M gives them all different wine which has drugs in it. As the drugs take effect Madame M calls her guards who brutally rape the girls, thus (in Madame M's words) making them ready for what was to come.

The three girls are then sent on several missions around the world. During one of her missions in Hong Kong, Charlene coincidentally runs into her long-lost mother, Faye Ching. Jack, who has been following Madam M's case for the last six years, tracks Charlene down, but Charlene manages to knock him out and escape. Believing that Charlene would return to seek her mother, Jack waits outside Faye's house. However, Jing shows up first and stabs Faye. Jack tries to fend her off but was no match for her. Charlene shows up shortly and kills Jing after a fierce fight. The two then escort the wounded Faye to hospital.

In order to regain their freedom, Charlene and Katt accept a final mission from Madam M. A yakuza boss, Ryuichi, has contracted Madam M to eliminate a traitor in his gang. The mission turns out to be Ryuichi's trap to avenge his partner, who was assassinated previously by one of Madam M's girls (Charlene). Ryuichi kills Madam M and captures Katt, while Charlene escapes. Later, she and Katt went to the meeting place and finds that it was a trap. Ryuichi then shoots a dart containing a drug. Then while Jack was at the hospital, Charlene calls him to meet her at the beach. They end up making love and by the next morning she left a note in his shoe saying if they have fate then they will meet again. When Charlene returns the next day to rescue Katt, she watches helplessly through a bullet-proof glass as Katt, after being tortured, is killed by Ryuichi, with a sword. The enraged Charlene battles Ryuichi and through an intense fight, finally manages to kill him, using the technique used by Fiona Birch.

After everything is over, Jack and Charlene's mother, Faye, are at a Chinese temple offering prayers. Faye jokingly says that these things (the gods that she has been praying to) must have been all nonsense in Jack's point of view. But Jack tells her that although he never had a religion he feels peace every time he is in the temple. Faye commends his behavior and says that he should visit the temple more often. Meanwhile, we see Charlene in a Chinese temple praying for Katt's soul to rest in peace and she tells the deity that she wishes to be with the one she truly loves, Jack himself. Jack claims at the end of the movie that there are times when he is sure that Charlene is beside him; the last scene of the movie is Charlene watching Jack rush through the crowd looking for her.

 L² Scored: 7.5/10

 

L² Comment:

For me the whole movie does not really go on the peak. Hey come on, even though Chin is directing this film, but it was producted by the nasty Wang Jing!!! Where is the excitement?!? Especially the theme is good enough~ I need to see Maggie Q has some body contact with Anya, or at least a lesbian kiss; how about Daniel Wu? He should show us his nice fine ass on the beach sex scene; and don't forget about Almen, she's way too conservative in here, she should at least get a rape scene with Andrew Lin!!! Gosh~ this is rubbish, but i'm still gonna like it :P

 

Summer I Love You 好心相爱（天荒情未老）

 Released Year: 2002

Directed by 杨勇 Yang Yong

Casted by:

任贤齐 Richie Ren as 阿力 Lek

卢巧音 Candy Lo as 韦晴 Qing

 Story:

 Qing is an emo girl after a car crash which she cause 2 of her best friend to die on the spot. She been spreading virus through ICQ, but she met Lek from Koh Samui who invited her to his hotel. Qing found out though Lek is unable to walk but he live in a happy life. On a ride, Qing cause Lek to paralyze. Qing donated out her cel to cure Lek and both of them fell in love.

The side effect of donating out her cel cause Qing to grow old faster than her usual age. Now she looks like a 60 years old woman who came back to see Lek. Lek feel comfortable to deal with Sam (Qing's another identity). Lek later found out Qing is actually Sam who help him. Lek went to doctor and took out his cel as well. Now both of them look old and live happily together.

L² Scored: 2/10

L² Comment:

I have expected too much on this movie because of the nice song sang by Candy Lo. The whole movie is not good, storyline is normal, and the director didnt even show us how beautiful Koh Samui is... very dissapointed~

Sleeping with the Dead 枕边凶灵

Released Year: 2002
Directed by 郑伟文 Wei-wen Cheng

Casted by:
陈小春 Jordan Chan as David
林熙蕾 Kelly Lin as Cindy
陈敏之 Man Chi Chan as David's wife
雷宇扬 Simon Loui as Detective Cheung
Story:

David is stress out from his work as a doctor and was depress after his beloved mother passed away. He met Cindy in a bad and have sex with her. 2 man fall from tall building, Detective Cheung went for investigating and discover these 2 man is his long lost friends.

Actually, Detective Cheung, David, Cindy and the 4 other man are best friend. The 4 guys rape Cindy in one event and killed her and buried her behind a brick wall. Cindy was back for revenge which include David & Detective Cheung. David and Detective Cheung went back to the scene and discover Cindy's corpse. The spirit came out and explained her reason for revenge.

In the meanwhile, David thought his wife is fooling around with his friend, but actually the wife has already passed away. Her spirit is back just to take care of David.

L² Scored: 0.5/10

L² Comment:

The title of this movie attracted my attention, but the movie is lame. The pace is slow and the scene is not scary/horrible. Just a plain boring horror movie, yawn~

Inner Senses 異度空間

Released Year: 2002
Directed by 罗志良 Law Chi-Leung

Casted by:
张国荣 Leslie Cheung as Jim Law
林嘉欣 Karena Lam as Cheung Yan
李子雄 Waise Lee as Wilson Chan
周嘉玲 Valerie Chow as Mrs Chan
徐少强 Norman Chu as Mr Chu
Story:

Psychiatrist Dr. Jim Law tries to treat his patient, Cheung Yan, a woman who believes that she sees ghosts. Law does not believe in the supernatural and thinks that she is repressing her past. Law reads Yan's diaries to better understand her psyche and learns that her parents are divorced and do not care for her. Yan's condition improves gradually and they develop a romantic relationship at the same time.

However, Law feels that he cannot become too close to Yan because she is his patient and tries to convey the message to her indirectly. Yan understands his words and feels hurt, as she thinks that he is dumping her in the same way as her ex-boyfriend did. She starts having hallucinations again and sees the spirits of her landlord's deceased wife and son, after which she attempts suicide by overdosing on antidepressants and slitting her wrist, but survives. Law travels to Yan's apartment later and hears strange noises in the bathroom and thinks that her neighbour upstairs is responsible. Once, Law sees a female ghost while looking out of his window, and sees her again on another two occasions while driving and swimming. He starts taking antidepressants as well and tries to electrocute himself, but is rescued in time and recovers.

Law eventually helps Yan recover from her mental illness by reuniting her with her parents. Following that, he starts dating Yan as she is no longer his patient. While in a restaurant one day, Law is attacked by a woman, whom he remembers to be the mother of the ghost he saw. He starts having nightmares and begins sleepwalking, behaving erratically and reacting violently when Yan and his colleagues ask him. The ghost that Law sees is actually Siu-yu, his ex-girlfriend in high school, who committed suicide after Law broke up with her. Law has visions of Siu-yu following him wherever he goes and flees in horror until he finally reaches the top of a building. He is confronted by Siu-yu's ghost, who wants to force him to jump off. Law shows remorse for causing Siu-yu's death and the ghost disappears.

After that, he sees Yan walking towards him and embraces her, and the film ends with both of them sitting together on the top of the building.

L² Scored: 5.5/10

L² Comment:

After this movie, Leslie Cheung which actually claim that he's being follow by spirit that lead him to suicide on 1st April 2003.

The whole film is not bad, the storyline is kinda familiar with some Korean or Japs horror, but hell yea~ all the ghost story are usually the same right? :P The part which actually shock me a bit is when Karena open the toilet cabinet and saw 2 heads appear in muddy situation. Cool~

The last movie of our beloved Gor Gor Leslie Cheung, we love you.

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...

Haunted Office - Office 有鬼

Released Year: 2002
Directed by 麦子善 Marco Mak

Casted by:
　　 　陈小春 Jordan Chan as Richard
　　冯德伦 Stephen Fung as Ken
莫文蔚 Karen Mok as Pat
罗兰 Helena Lo as Mary　
舒淇 Qi Shu as Shan　
苑琼丹 Kingdom Yuen as Babra
Story:

3 stories happen in an office building. Every year there will be 9 people who's working in the same building died because of evil spirit finding replacement. Pat was instructed to work at night shift for the New York sharemarket. On the noon time, Pat met Babra from downstair and they quickly become friend.

Working for her night shift for the first day, Pat was alone and needed to go toilet. She met horrible things in the toilet and try to escape. But the evil spirit got Babra who came to find her. Pat went for rescue and only found out Babra was one of the evil spirit in the ladies toilet. Next day, Pat smile evilly and jump down from the office building.

On another level, Richard is a playboy and wasted his father effort in the company. He wanted to fired Mary and instruct his PA to fire her while himself went oversea. When he came back he was weird Mary is still working in the office. At night, Richard received an email saying that 5 staffs in his office has passed away in a car accident. Richard freak out and ran back home. Mary leads other staffs to look for him. They told him if Richard be good and take care of the company, they will not appear to disturb him anymore.

Ken is a new programmer in a new office and he met Shan in elevator. Shan told him that there is a white spirit who haunted the office building. Ken later on found out Shan was boycott and bullied by other staff in the company. Ken wanted to protect Shan and went after the white spirit who got her brother. Ken followed the white spirit up to the top level of balcony of the building and saw Shan pushed down of the building.

Ken rushed to saved Shan but falled down of the building. But he didn't get hurt and he saw the white spirit again. The white spirit told him that she is a real person but with illness. But Shan is a spirit who look for replacement therefore nobody talk to her (Ken believe as boycott). Together with Ken, 9 people was killed and replaced as evil spirit in the office building.

L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment:

This is the best HK ghost movie i ever like, and the one which scared me the most a few years ago. Haha, just imagine you alone working overtime in the office... hehehehe~ scary huh? Among these 3 stories, the scariest one will be karen's version. eee~ freaking scary...

Golden Chicken 金雞

Released Year: 2002

Directed by 趙良駿 Zhao Liang-Jun

Casted by:
吳君如 Sandra Ng as 金如 Kam
曾志偉 Eric Tsang as James Bond
梁家輝 Tony Leung as Professor Chan
刘德华 Andy Lau as Andy Lau
胡軍 Hu Jun as Yeh
黄日华 Felix Wong as Richard
陳奕迅 Eason Chan as Steel Willy
張堅庭 Alfred Cheung as Dr. Cheung
田蕊妮 Krystal Tin as Mamasan
杜汶泽 Chapman To as Club Owner
李茏怡 Tiffany Lee as Kimmy

Story:

Disappointing Kam make her walk towards the bank ATM machine on a night and met James Bond the thieves who's trying to rob her. But sad enough, Kam only got HKD98 which is not even enough to be taken out (Min HKD100). Just when they struggling and arguing, the electricity stop.

Kam decided to tell James about her life as a hooker from 14 years old to 40 years old to calm James down. She told her about how she went to become hooker. She met Steel Willy who is a nerd and pay for her to scream his name loud. She also met the famous celebrities Andy Lau when she is working as a masseur.

Kam is not a pretty woman who gets a lot of business like her friend Kimmy, she can only work as a joker in the club and try to entertain all the bosses for tips. Until she was advice by Mamasan to earn more money for her future, she started to learn all the tactics and moaning which will attract man to find her again. But one day Kam discovered she was pregnant. She decided to go for abortion but was not success everytime, so she thought of finding a father for her unborn child.

She met Richard who is a good man as a father, rich and responsible. After one month, Kam told Richard that she is pregnant, Richard is willing to take care of the child, but Kam decided not to let her child know who she is. After she gave birth, Richard brought the child to US. Kam has to depends on Dr Cheung (Richard's family doctor) to know about her kid along all these year.

Later on, Kam decided to become a masseur. She met the funny and calculative Professor Chan and also the man who she loves the most, Yeh. Yeh never told her his cellphone number but let Kam guess on it. His number is 94851142. Everytime he will leave her a number which represent his number. Until the last time, Yeh asked Kam to lend him HKD50m. Without regret Kam gave her money to this man who she loves and Yeh promise to return her the money soon.

Time passed, the club owner has died and this make mamasan fall in depress. Economic crisis, Kam met Professor Chan again who is looking for job. Professor Chan taught Kam to create her own hooker place for business. Kam followed but business is not good. One day, Andy Lau came to her imagination and taught her how to become a sucessful hooker. And she did it.

Days passed, Kam went to see Dr Cheung again. Dr Cheung told her that Richard had passed away and that Richard actually know himself if not capable to give birth. Feeling sad and glad that Richard has took care of her child, she went for a drink. After that she went to the bank ATM for money and met James Bond.

Flash back to current time, Kam has been waiting 7 years for Yeh to return the money but no news at all. But this year, Yeh has return the debt with the amount of 94851142. Kam feel so happy and willing to help James Bond who need her help for the money.

L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

The movie is quite nice and yet told out the history of HongKong and a life of this woman. Sandra Ng has won her best actress in Golden Horse Awards. Once again, Sandra prove herself is not a comedian but an awards winner.