| From synch sound and a fine women's drama in the form of Right Here Waiting... to the dubbed Black Dream, Joe Hau's quick decline takes place here as he attempts to with depth portray the naive dreamers that are the criminal underworld assassins. Foolishly thinking they can get away, Hau uses props and the city of Hong Kong as pretentious symbolism at center but to his (minor) credit, the film isn't particularly embarrassing. It just tries too much with the extremely limited resources it has, including the actors. They and Hau are working with way too ambitious beats and the result is therefore quite deadly boring. While Hau later gave us the cult favourite Phantom Of Snake, it's very clear he was extremely more miss than hit as a director. Stay with Right Here Waiting... folks. Supporting players Josie Ho, Michael Chan and Yvonne Hung are the sole standout faces in terms of recognition here. |
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