Bait

 Released Year: 2012

Directed by Kimble Rendall

Casted by:

Phoebe Tonkin as Jaimie
Xavier Samuel as Josh
Julian McMahon as Doyle
Sharni Vinson as Tina

戚玉武 Qi Yuwu as Steven

 Story:

 The movie opens with a hungover Josh being woken up by Rory. Rory tells Josh that he shouldn't have proposed to his sister, Tina. Rory says Tina is at the beach, and that she has something for him. Josh sees Tina and she shows him a seahorse. Meanwhile, an old man is swimming out in the ocean and Rory, a lifeguard, is also out on the water. Another lifeguard on the watch tower sees the old man being eaten by a shark, but is unable to alert Rory. Josh quickly takes a jet ski and goes to get him; but before he can explain, a shark bursts through Rory's board and sends him flying into the water. Josh struggles to get Rory up onto the jet ski but the shark pulls him under and he is devoured.

A year later, Josh walks to the supermarket where he now works. As he gets there, 2 people in a car - Doyle and Kirby - are discussing a robbery. They drive into the car park where Kyle and Heather are parked for a make-out session, with Heather's dog, Bully, sitting in the back seat. Meanwhile, in the supermarket, Jaimie begins to shoplift and is subsequently chased by a security guard. She hides in the delivery room where she meets her boyfriend Ryan. Ryan's boss Jessup walks in with the security guard and tells Jaime he has called the police. He also fires Ryan.

On the floor, Josh is stocking shelves with Naomi when he sees Tina with her new boyfriend Steven. Just as he's about to engage in a conversation with her, Jessup steps up and tells Josh to go clean himself up. Meanwhile, a police officer, Todd, arrives, and is revealed to be Jaimie's dad.

Doyle and Kirby make an agreement about what happens after the robbery, and proceed into the supermarket. Doyle forces Jessup to open a safe, but it is empty. He then asks where the money is as they walk towards the cash registers. There, Todd stops him, but Kirby holds a gun to a woman's head.

Outside, Ryan walks over to Todd's car that Jaimie is in and lets her out. While Jaimie goes back into the supermarket to get her boyfriend his job back, Ryan walks back to his van to leave, but a flat battery keeps him from leaving.

Back in the supermarket, Josh hears a gunshot and runs through to the others. Kirby has shot the woman and is now holding Tina at gunpoint. Suddenly, a tsunami wave floods the supermarket, trapping Kyle, Heather and Ryan in the car park. The only survivors inside the supermarket are Tina, Josh, Doyle, Kyle, Heather, Steven, Jaimie, Jessup, Kirby, Todd, Naomi and Neil. As they try to find a way out of the supermarket, Neil is killed by a 12 foot great white shark. Meanwhile, a second great white approaches Kyle and Heather, who are trapped in their car. A wire in the supermarket starts to spark so Steven turns off the electricity, but drowns after his success. The shark in the car park smashes Kyle's window, filling his car with water. Ryan, standing on top of his flipped van, cuts off a dead woman's hand and puts it in the water, distracting the shark. Kyle and Heather swim to the van, but Kyle lets the dog go in order to save himself at the last minute.

The survivors in the store try to escape through a vent, but Jessup is bitten in half by the shark, attracted by crabs falling from the vent. Kirby gets knocked into the water, prompting Doyle to feed Jessup's other half to the shark in order to save Kirby. Back in the car park, Ryan attempts to get back to his van using the pipes, but he falls in. Kyle saves him, but is knocked into the water and killed. Inside the supermarket, the remaining group make a plan to catch their shark. The plan fails due to the lack of live bait, so Kirby grabs a hook and puts it through Naomi's shirt, using her as bait. Before the shark can attack, Doyle stabs Kirby and saves Naomi, making Kirby the bait. With live bait, the survivors catch the shark successfully.

As the group in the supermarket make their way out and find Bully alive, Jaimie hears Ryan banging on the pipes. She and Josh go to rescue Ryan and Heather from the car park, but are chased by the second shark to Todd's car. Josh grabs Todd's taser and shotgun, jumps into the water and kills the shark with the shotgun. The four of them get back into the supermarket and and are moving to the exit when a tremor strikes, breaking the first shark loose. Josh realizes he still has the taser, and uses it to kill the shark. Ryan, Josh, Todd, Jaimie, Tina, Heather, Bully, Doyle and Naomi leave the supermarket, reaching the severely damage street. The camera follows a bird out to sea, where a shark jumps up at the camera.

 L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment:

Shark attack is never a bad movie, unless the storyline is really sucks. But i love seeing shark chomp up the human flesh~ hehe :) The storyline is not bad, due to the tsunami and it has cause the sea water flooded the whole city. Of course the scary sharks came in at the same time. I love Qi Yu Wu, his acting and his body is so so superb ~ no doubt, but too bad he is not the main actor~

Into The Blue

 Released Year: 2005

Directed by John Stockwell

Casted by:

Paul Walker as Jared
Jessica Alba as Sam
Scott Caan as Bryce
Ashley Scott as Amanda

Tyson Beckford as Primo

 Story:

Jared  and Sam  are two lovers, living a rustic life in in the Bahamas.

When Jared loses his job and friend Bryce  comes for a visit, the opportunity to realize his dream arrives. Bryce, a lawyer from New York City, and his girlfriend of the week Amanda, acquired the use of a luxury vacation house and boat. Both couples take a boat trip and do some snorkeling. As they investigate the area, they come across the remains of a crashed plane containing a large quantity of cocaine. They decide not to report the crashed plane and its cargo until they have secured their claim on the sunken ship.

Jared and Bryce go to a local boat supplier. However, Jared soon finds out that Bryce, on a trip to Las Vegas, borrowed money from a loan shark. Without Jared's knowledge, Bryce and Amanda plan to retrieve some of the cocaine and sell it to local dealer/night club owner, Primo. Primo turns out to be an associate of drug lord Reyes to whom the cocaine belongs. Reyes threatens Jared, Amanda and Bryce at gunpoint.

Jared is forced to retrieve the cocaine with equipment provided by Reyes. The trio breaks the bad news to Sam. He tries to convince her that it's a one-time thing, but Sam leaves him, saying that 'they' are over. Jared, Bryce, and Amanda head to sea that night after securing the gear. Before retrieving the cocaine, they decide to take advantage of the situation to uncover the site of the Zephyr. With the blower equipment, Jared is finally able to confirm the ship's identity.

Amanda is attacked by a tiger shark. She dies later in hospital. Hearing of the tragedy, Sam goes to the hospital and she and Jared are reunited. While driving back from the hospital, the threesome are confronted by Primo. A short, but intense car chase ends up with Jared leaving their truck. He surrenders to Primo and tries to get them to back off. Primo still takes him to Reyes' boat. The boat looks deserted, so Primo tells Jared to lie down on the floor of the state room. After some time, Jared goes to explore. He finds Primo, Reyes and several others shot dead in one the bedrooms. Out from the toilet emerges Bates (Josh Brolin), a local salvager and former employer of Jared's. Jared bolts from the boat and heads for shore.

Meanwhile, Sam insists on informing the police, and Bryce drops her off at her friend's home, a local cop named Roy. He takes off to meet Jared without waiting for Sam. Roy comforts Sam and tells her he knows a guy who can help. Roy betrays Sam and takes her to Bates, who captures her.

Jared and Bryce meet up and Jared calls the captive Sam, who is handcuffed and gagged with duct tape. Bates answers her cell phone and tells Jared he will let her go immediately if Jared discloses the location of the cocaine to him. Jared refuses and insists that they meet to settle the situation once and for all.

Jared is taken aboard Bates' boat and shown the scene. The Sea Robin heads for the location where Jared directs them, but as they approach the area, they see a white substance floating on the surface. Jared tells Bates that it's half of the cocaine, ruined, and that he is about to destroy the rest. Jared jumps into the water with his hands still tied behind his back. Bates and his men change into scuba gear to go after him. Below the surface, in the plane, the divers look for Jared, who is assumed to be able to breathe to stay alive as there is trapped air in the plane. Bryce has switched places with one of the dead pilots and mount a surprise attack. An underwater struggle follows, killing all of Bates' men and wounding Bryce.

Sam frees herself with a forgotten machete, which brings one of Bates' men down into the engine room, where she locks him in. She then goes up to the bridge to call for help. The man escapes from the engine room; a chase around the boat ends in a struggle and they fall into the water. The man, wounded by Sam with a boat hook, is attacked by a tiger shark. Below, Jared and Bates are the only ones left. Jared uses an air tank as a missile by hammering off the valve. It misses Bates, but hits the fuel tank at the back of the plane, causing the entire plane to explode, killing Bates and destroying the rest of the cocaine. Sam jumps into the water, fearing for Jared's life.

This segues into a scene six weeks later, where the trio are shown to have survived and are salvaging the Zephyr. An attempt to bring a cannon up fails when the rope snaps and it sinks to the bottom. It’s a blessing in disguise as the cannon's hard landing exposes hidden gold bars. Sam and Jared are about to call it a night, but Bryce sees something in the water, and dives in on a hunch. As the scene of the boat pulls back, we hear Bryce shout that he has found the gold of Zephyr, bestowing untold wealth on the three friends.

 L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment:

Love the 4 hotties in the movie... of course my fav Tyson Beckford is here too :) All of them are so hot that you can't even take your eyes off from them~ The story is not bad, i thought it will be those sexy sexy romance film, but who knows the sank aeroplane has twisted the whole movie and create a better story :) Love it....

Motherhood

 Released Year: 2009

Directed by Katherine Dieckmann

Casted by:

Uma Thurman as Eliza Welch
Anthony Edwards as Avery McKendrik

 Story:

In Manhattan, Eliza is a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off the event. She is always busy with her housework and taking care of her son when her husband Avery is not helping at all.

Eliza always wanted to complete her novel which she was half way on it, but taking care of the housework and her baby son makes her look ugly and busy all the times, and Avery keeps on bringing back old novel from bookstores frustrated her. During her daughter's birthday, she went out since morning to buy all the preparation stuff. Carrying a lots of thing make her looks clumsy and frustrated, luckily a young man helps her out and she felt young again after dancing with him. She told this to Avery and wanted a new life.

Avery makes his change and sell off all the novel, and he did earn a bit and the family feel happy again.

L² Scored: 6.5/10

L² Comment:

Well, this is not those epic movie, but the story is quite nice, quite real for those mother. Uma Thurman looks so aunty, haha... well, she should looks like that in this movie. What i don't like about this movie, is the pace... Some parts are quite bored actually and the exciting part don't really create the moment for this movie too...

Zhua Gui He Jia Huan 捉鬼閤家歡

 Released Year: 1990

Directed by 钱月笙 Chin Yue Sheng

Casted by:

　郑则仕 Kent Cheng as 诸葛孔平  Ping
　　王小凤 Pauline Wong as 王慧  Hui
　利智 Nina Li as 白柔柔 Yao

　　江欣燕 Elvina Kong as 诸葛小花  Hua
　　张立基 Zhang Lap Kei as 诸葛小明  Ming

 Story:

Ping, Hui, Hua & Ming together with their ghost maid is in the spirit capture business. They always been living in a happy life until one day Ping try to get a western vampire and this has brought the bad luck to him ever since. Their forever rival, Mao came and challenge them. Mao released the vampires & all ghost to attack them, Ping out of idea has to invite his ex girlfriend Yao to help. No matter how Hui dislike it, but together with Yao, when they act like a happy family, the power of happiness can defeat the attack. In the end, they won the fight and Yao has become their family member as well.

L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:

This is funny, but a lot of the scenes are stupid, such as the part when Sandra Ng appeared and act stupid that part... Though its funny, but i felt quite "mou lei tao" ~ but, think of another way, this is just to make us laugh, right? so... hahaha

An Eternal Combat 天地玄门

 Released Year: 1991

Directed by 叶成康 Yip Seng Hong

Casted by:

王祖贤 Joey Wang as 施施 Shi & Gigi

林正英 as 草芦居士 Wizard

黄一山 Huang Yi San as 居士徒弟 Wizard's apprentice

成奎安 Sing Gui An  as尚峰 Feng

 Story:

During the Dynasty Ming, a Japanese Ghost King was causing trouble in China, he forced the beautiful Shi to marry him. The wizard and his apprentice pass by came to help Shi. Feng is an officer who has been instructed to work with the Wizard to destroy the Ghost King. 

During the fight, everyone did their best but all of them fell into the the time-illusion-way and gone to 1991 Hong Kong. The wizard met a girl who looks like Shi in the psychotic centre, but that is Doctor Gigi, and her boyfriend look like the Ghost King. The wizard thought they are from 500 years ago when the Ghost King forced Shi to marry him, and he did his best to stop it. At the same time, Gigi is having argument with her boyfriend, the Ghost King used this chance to devilish his mind. The boyfriend gone crazy and forced Gigi to get marry in the church, but all these was stop by the wizard & his apprentice together with Feng. The fight begins again, this time the good guy win and they also managed to hop on to the time-illusion-way and get back to Dynasty Ming.

L² Scored: 1.5/10

L² Comment:

This movie is kinda boring actually, the storyline is a bit "forcing" to create the whole things... The pace is slow and there's nothing really excite me in this movie, maybe beside Anthony Wong showed us his butt? But hell no, its as boring as Sing Gui An's face!!! lol~

I'm happy to see Sai Guai (Huang Yi San) at here, he's still funny... i mean he looks funny. Anyway, this movie is still boring.

Crazy Safari 非洲和尚

 Released Year: 1991

Directed by 陈会毅 Chen Hui Yi

Casted by:

 历苏 N!xau as 非洲和尚 Xixo the Bushman
林正英 Lam Zhen Ying as 大师 Master HiSing

陳山河 Sam Christopher Chow as 阿森 Sam
周星驰 Stephen Chow as 旁白 Narrator
吴孟达 Ng Man Tat as 旁白 Narrator

 Story:

An ancient but still fleshy Chinese corpse is on auction in England. A young businessman purchases the corpse. The corpse is revealed to be the body of his third great-grandfather and he intends to give it a proper burial in Hong Kong. To keep it from becoming an irrepressible vampire, the descendant hires a good-natured Taoist priest to maintain control of the cadaver using a yellow talisman. The young descendant and the Taoist priest decide that the best way to get the valued ancestor home is via a direct flight to Hong Kong on a private jet.

During the flight, the plane malfunctions and an altercation breaks out between the ruthless pilot and the two people. Luckily, they outsmart the pilot and ascend from the troublesome plane by using parachutes. The corpse and the two end up separated during the chaos.

The corpse lands in front of Xixo, where he and his tribe are being confronted by a rival clan led by two greedy Caucasians. The corpse's presence scares away the villains. Xixo somehow learns to control the corpse and he takes it to his tribe. Soon he and his family think of it as a gift from God, as it aids them in various matters, such as bringing down fruit from towering trees.

The descendant and the priest land in a vast and dry area miles away from Xixo's home. Confronting an assortment of African animals, they make their way across the foreign land in search of the corpse and rescue. During this time, the corpse forms a strong bond with the compassionate Xixo and his family. Days later, the descendant and the priest meet Xixo and his family. Not knowing they have the corpse, the two nevertheless stay with them, finding food, water, and shelter. They all abruptly form a solid friendship, despite the language barrier, as they all help out each other when in need.

Days later, the priest figures that the corpse must be nearby, since he connects the strange lack of birds in the area with the ominous close presence of a cadaver. Using magic, he summons the corpse to his hut. Xixo and his family frantically chase the corpse. After the corpse reunites with his descendant, the priest proves to Xixo that it belongs to them, and Xixo eventually agrees. After a few more days of living together, they prepare to part ways with the bushmen and Xixo leads them to the main path to civilization. However, the rival clan is still after what Xixo's homeland has as a natural abundance: diamonds, as they invade the huts and threaten the residents. The corpse, feeling obligated to aid Xixo and his family, goes back, with the priest and the descendant following. A battle takes place between the villains and Xixo's people, with the corpse managing to chase away one of the ruthless leaders. The priest even summons the spirit of the late Bruce Lee to aid Xixo, and the villains are finally defeated. The priest uses the radio left in the villains' Jeep to contact a helicopter. Before boarding, the priest, the descendant, and the corpse bid farewell to Xixo and his family.

L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment:

N!xau got famous after he acted in "The God Must Be Crazy", then the Hong Kong production found him and invite him to act in this movie. Of course, we wouldn't understand a word N!xau said, thanks to Stephen Chow & Ng Man Tat, they are sure the funniest narrator ever in this world. And with their help, i can understand the whole movie even with N!xau giligulu at there :P

Millionaire Cop 千面天王/千面銀狐

 Released Year: 1993

Directed by 張乾文 Nelson Cheung

Casted by:

 郭富城 Aaron Kwok as 波子（林過雲）Bozi

吳孟達 Ng Man Tat as 多春魚 Chun

張曼玉 Maggie Cheung as 沈小蘭 Jacky

邱淑貞 Chingmy Yau as 阿信 Xin

苑瓊丹 Kingdom Yuen as 曾秀清 Qing

溫兆倫 Deric Wan as 陳永信 Wing

 Story:

Bozi & his partner Chun are both CID, they investigate a sex maniac case and Chun's hand got chopped off by the robbery. Chun accidentally picked up the sex maniac's hand and place it on his amputated hand in the hospital, after that Chun has been having trouble controlling his hand.

Bozi received a mission to pretend as the rich heir and work in his company to catch the kidnapper who's coming for him. Bozi has to hide this from his girlfriend Xin & her nasty cousin sister Qing. In the new office, Bozi met Wing's best friend Jacky, who Wing has feeling for her. But Jacky cannot recognize him nor say that Bozi is the fake person at all. Chun went in to investigate with him as well, but at the same time, Xin went into the company to work too. Bozi has created a lot of funny scene when he tried to avoid the 2 ladies fighting for him.

In the end the kidnapper came, he didnt catch Bozi nor Wing. The kidnapper caught Jacky & Xin instead. Bozi did his best to help and finally arrested the kidnapper. When everything done, Bozi go back to his girlfriend Xin; while Jacky found a guy who looks exactly the same as Bozi...

L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment:

Looking back at those period of movie, you can easily noticed that all of the actors & actresses, are more daring to be ugly & funny. Such as Maggie Cheung, the way she act is so funny, i don't think if she ever can act in the comedy anymore... 

Aaron Kwok in another hand is as cute as ever, especially in this movie, he did a lot of funny action together with Ng Man Tat... well, this is a movie that i would recommend to all of you if you're totally not ready for something heavy...