Lust, Caution (Oct 19)
This is a very controversial movie, directed by Brokeback's Ang Lee, stars Tony Leung (an award winning HK actor) and Tang Wei (a new actress in China in the likes of Zangziyi). Set in a Japanese-occupied Shanghai, the movie revolves around the espionage plot of patriot students for the assasination of Mr Yee, a Japanese collaborator played by Tony Leung. Tang Wei acts as the seductive bait. The movie actually got a lot of media attention because of the much talked-about 'erotic love scenes'. This doesnt apply for SG though because the version shown here is the more 'conservative' version, they cut 20+minutes of the whole movie for all the love scenes, tagging it at NC16 instead of NC21 rating (NC16 means suitable for audience of age 16 years and below). Tony is again good as expected. Lee Hom's role is the typical guy I would love to hate, the good-for-nothing, confused and pahamak type. Tang Wei also delivered a fresh performance as a newcomer, she clearly manifested her internal conflicts of hatred and love at the same time for Mr Yee despite that she was 'binababoy'. It's a very deep movie, and the ending is a very DEPRESSING one. Just when everything was set for assasination, Tang Wei's heart softened when Tony gave her a diamond ring as a sign of his true feelings and trust, she was struggling and finally whispered 'run for your life' to save the life of her ultimate love-hate enemy. As an audience, it's really hard to say whether what she did was right, but you'd really emphatize with her all throughout the story. The innate emotional weakness of women, the harshness of war, a well-crafted classic. I do hope people really get to appreciate an art film in the true sense!
Brothers (Nov 4)
This is a 'reunion movie', an all-star cast of the famous HK movie in the 80's, The Five Tigers (Wu Hu Chiang). Stars Andy Lao, Miu Kiu-Wai, Felix Wong Yat-Wah, Ken Tong Chun-Yip, sans Tony Leung (too bad), plus their newcomer Eason Chan Yik-Shun. The typical HK 'cop-chases-triad' movie that makes your heart skips beat, wondering who is the traitor, who will be killed, who is the good guy, who deserves to die. (well as expected, gangster movie equals violence, and normally almost all will die in the end :p).
The story revolves around the two brothers Miu and Eason. They were separated by their triad father because of a prophecy that they would kill each other, Miu tending the business and Eason working abroad. One day the father was assasinated by co-triad, Eason went back. Several actions by Miu led to the suspicion that he is planning to kill his own brother. Cop Andy is hot about chasing these two because of the illegal triad dealings. The other two tigers do not have so much weight in the roles they portrayed. Ken is the main antagonist, his face depicts evil. Felix is the loyal protector cum bodyguard of the two brothers. In the end, it turned out Miu was just preparing Eason to be tough enough to be his successor, he is dying. Watch the movie to get the feeling. This is not a waste of money, as EVERY actor here is of veteran level.
I found this amusing review in the net. Seems like the reviewer is very much distracted by Andy's endorsement of CYMA watch in the movie.:p (By the way, Andy is also the producer of this movie)
http://lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/brothers.htm
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