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A Hearty Response
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The first 70-minutes of this 90-minute film is a sweet and gentle romantic comedy with Chow Yun Fat and Joey Wong meeting and slowly falling in love. But this is a HK film - something that always has to be kept in mind - and sure enough - wham - the last twenty-minutes is like getting hit by a brick repeatedly over the head.

Joey Wong is smuggled into HK from the Mainland, but the fellow who helps her tries to molest her and Joey hits him in the face with a bottle and escapes. She soon gets accidentally caught up in the middle of a police bust by Chow and his partner and in the melee gets a slight concussion. When she wakes in the hospital, she pretends to have lost her memory and starts calling Chow her husband. Feeling guilty for getting her hurt, Chow takes her home and lets her stay until she gets better. Chow's mother loves her right away - but his girlfriend doesn't exactly share the same feelings.

Having Joey around eventually leads to thoughts of love and there is even the requisite music video segment with the two of them playing basketball, riding the tram, staring at the ocean - the sorts of things young lovers do. Joey does a good job here. She is attractive and sympathetic, yet full of energy. Chow is very handsome and likable as he turns the charm on to full speed.

Then it all turns very black as the guy that Joey escaped from comes back and kidnaps her. Chow's partner, Lui Fong, follows him back to his apartment where he is keeping Joey chained up. Fong then calls Chow to come rescue her. And we wait and wait and wait for Chow to show up as Joey gets brutalized, leading to a bloody finale.

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