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Oi yue shing (2000)
A Great Film, A Poor BO
This movie,"Oi yue shing",is an unknown one,even for many fans of HK movies.But I think it's a great film,if not a masterpiece.
2,000 year is a low tide of HK movie.This movie,whose cast contains Francis Ng,Dave Wong,Daniel Chan,GiGi Leung(these are all famous stars but not super stars),tells an unusual story.It refers different kinds of emotions--Francis and GiGi, a love of no-obvious Francis and Daniel,brother's friendship with conflict Francis and Dave,a pure and loyal fellowship.
The beginning of the movie has fully shown that it won't be a common commercial film.It's a pity that the movie got a box office a little more than 2 million HKs,which caused the loss.This is an important reason why it is unknowns for majority.
Another reason is the director was not famous before his work"infernal affairs"came out.
Bless you,Hongkong movie!
Chi Wan San sap sam tai bo (1995)
A qualified movie but not outstanding
This movie has drawn materials from a real case happened in Hongkong.It has a good topic but the story is not wonderful enough, even a little tedious.Fracis Wu did a good job.Though he's known as a singer more than an actor,his performance is exciting and affecting.For this,he got a "the best new actor"prize .Beyond this,the music of the movie,which is also composed by Wu,fits for the development of the story.The interlude and the theme song is the two most popular songs of Wu.Wu,whose nationality is Singapore, is very popular in Chinese world.
Kent Cheng,an experienced actor in Hongkong,also sufficiently showed his acting.I really respect him.Due to his fat appearance,many people take him as a single comic actor,I want to guide them to appreciate more Cheng's movies.
In 1995,HK movies are decreasing,but this film is still worth watching,though it seems to be too simple.