| Produced by Tony Leung Kar-Fai (also lead) and Stanley Kwan, this low-budget drama comes with suffering. Characters are torn and loveless towards themselves, as is the direction on display by first timer Nelson Yu. In a stripped down hands-off style, Yu draws out every image he can despite them being filled with nothing but basic meaning. In an odd way, that stretching makes sense as Yu portrays a slice of seedy life consisting of almost constant dullness but it sure doesn't make for a compelling study on film. |