| I was intrigued by seeing a HK film I knew nothing about. I was pleasantly surprised. The film was no masterpiece, but it was a lot of fun. It was penned by Wong Jing, so it was the everything-but-the-kitchen sink approach, but it was fun. It went from a suspense thriller, to chop socky action, to gun-fu ultraviolence, to late fifties nostalgia, to love story all in an hour in a half. Quite a feat.
All of this under the avid eye of Clarence Fok, it all seemed to work. The story involves Wan and Ng and their joining of the Triad as Teenagers in 50's HK, then the two split for life when one becomes a cop.
The script can get extremely corny, and so can the violence, but there is a fun in this film that exists in most HK films such as the 'Heroic Trio' and 'Wicked City', although i would put a little more merit in this film than those, the cheese factor is a little less.
Overall, a pleasant surprise. Good acting from Wan (the Asian Benicio DelToro!), great direction by Fok, and a spastic script from Jing. |
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