Viewer Comments:Cheap Killers
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The Chinese title of the film implies the influence of Hold You Tight (gay films) and A Better Tomorrow (hero films). Truth is, it does push to the extreme the hero film's much maligned currents of male bonding, to the point of making an open joke on Happy Together. Kathy Chow is used to parody Anita Mui of Eighteen Springs and the white linen clothing of Alex Fong and Sunny Chan are exact duplicates of producer Wong JingÕs earlier work, Return to a Better Tomorrow. Clarence Ford's images are, as usual, indulgent and flamboyant, and the plots are so fantastic they defy logical explanations. It can be said that he is the most "cult" of local filmmakers and that his films can only be appreciated as camp. This film goes even farther than his previous Her Name is Cat and is definitely not suited for regular audiences.
-Li Cheuk-to
Under the thin guises of a male chivalry and a "women are evil" veil, the film is merely trying to sell the bodies of a few men (Alex Fong, Sunny Chan and Stephen Fung) and a woman (Kathy Chow). The camera is merciless towards Chow - in a series of scenes that are supposed to highlight her sexy allure, she comes across as pathetically ludicrous. The cinematography does pay more attention to the men, though it's nothing more than objectifying them as bodies that pose in front of the lens, images totally divorced from the story, if there ever was one. Under such an opportunistic scheme, the film is little more than a twin of Love Generation Hong Kong. In a film as lifeless as this, the audience can't help but feel sorry for the actors who are working so hard, especially Fong.
-Loretta Chang
Although the film is flawed, its concerted effort in depicting male camaraderie and fear of women is fascinating. The comic-book-like heroes (Alex Fong and Sunny Chan) and their bullet-proof prowess are decidedly childish and the inspiration of much laughter during screenings, but, come to think of it, the director is only trying to recreate the martial-arts world of bygone films like The One-ArmedSwordsman -- one man against hundreds, sacrificing one's body for revenge... -- and combine it with the male camaraderie of John Woo films. The femme fatale Kathy Chow is the arch enemy. She not only goes between the brothers and ruins their relationship, she even turns one of them impotent, a man's worst nightmare.
-ManAlone Ho
Without a doubt this is one of the most violent movies I've seen in a while. Trust me, when it comes to hurting someone, the writers in the movies were sure creative. When it comes to the torture and mutilation in the movie, it's definetly not for people with a uneasy stomach.Then there was the blood...let's say that it wasn't spared. Now that the details are given, there is the rest of the storyline to be given. ALex Fong and Sunny Chan has the strange hero/partners/friends relationship. They are very close and the movie hints that Alex is homosexual. The plot is pretty much the same in other movies. Guy falls for girl, girl screws guy and then guy and friend gets revenge. Only Alex Fong can make a character seems so heroic, gay, nuturing and masculine at the same time. The totally over done action sequences made this movie worth watching. Very interesting to watch, trust me!
-sharon
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