Cat And Mouse: Viewer Comments

There were some good moments but this is just a movie for people who just want a bit of a laugh and to clear their heads.

With a few Andy Lau films under my belt, I feel that I am an Andy Lau aficionado. His acting ability and warm smile have endeared him to me. However, I profess that I am to be considered but a snot nosed babe among the Andy Lau fan club. A "nubie," a "fish," or simply "fresh meat," would be adequate terms of description. Imagine then, my wondrous surprise, nay ecstatic shock, on the occasion of discovering that A.L. has made frequent brushes with the comedy genre.

Fulltime Killer, Infernal Affairs, and the like are dramatic pieces devoid of the staples that typify their laugh getting cousins. Considering that these were the only films exposed to me, perhaps you will understand my apprehension towards viewing anything else. But I called on the spirit of such adventurers as Lewis & Clark, Columbus, and Indiana Jones (yes a fictional character tis true, but motivation knows no bounds) and forged into unknown and potentially disastrous territory. Hang on while I go watch it...

Hooray! It is good! No Stephen Chow mind you...but still!

Yes indeed. Andy Lau plays defender of the weak, Zhan! Gentlemen, swordsman, and chick magnet (particularly the cross-dressing mustachioed outlaw kind), Zhan is famous for rounding up criminals vast and sundry with partner in crime...er..justice, Bau. Andy does a good job of laugh-getting through the use of his ticket selling features.

As good as Zhan is, I have to say that Cecilia Cheung steals the show as an extremely feminine Bai. Donning mustache and men's clothing, Bai fools everyone into believing that she's a he (it's an old chestnut, I know). Strangely this is not the only time Ms. Cheung has plastered hair in the vicinity of her gob. Fans will remember her appearance alongside Karen Mok in Shaolin Soccer as a particularly attractive, yet bearded, soccer player.

The bottom line? Cat and Mouse is funny, yet it won't make your sides hurt. But if you are looking for an Andy Lau movie that will make you laugh a few times and that gives you Cecilia Cheung with a Charlie Chan mustache, look no further.