Mr. Tree

Mar 192013

Mr. Tree (2011) Chinese Movie Information

Title in Chinese – Hello, 树先生
Title in Pinyin – Hello, Shu Xian Sheng

Genre – Art House Drama

Subject/theme – The life of a simple man and the urbanization of his village

Language – Mandarin

Region – China

Release date
Switzerland – 4 August 2011
Canada – 9 September 2011
Brazil – 6 October 2011

Movie Runtime – 88 minutes

Director – Han Jie

Cast & Role Played
Wang Baoqiang – Shu
Tan Zhuo – Xiaomei

Plot
Shu is a not to clever but funny mechanic who lives in a small village in northern China that due to be demolished to make way for a coal mine. Shu is employed and having trouble finding a job and is also caught up in organizing his cousin’s wedding. Shu meets Xiaomei who is a mute massage parlour worker who slowly starts to fall in love with Shu. The two of them decide to get married and on the eve of their wedding, Shu is struck by visions of his dead brother and father. The visions are warnings and predictions and Shu takes on the unlikely role of the village’s prophet.

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Hi, Fidelity

Jan 122013

Hi, Fidelity (2011) Chinese Movie Information

Title in Chinese –出轨的女
Title in Pinyin – Chu Gui De Nv

Genre – Drama

Subject/theme – Four Hong Kong women go to China for paid sex

Language – Cantonese

Region – Hong Kong, China

Release date
Hong Kong – 24 March 2011

Movie Runtime – 91 minutes

Director – Calvin Poon

Cast & Role Played
Michelle Ye – Josephine
Carrie Ng – Mrs. Ho
Pat Ha – Bing Bing
George Lam – Bing Bing’s husband
William Chan – Bill, lead gigolo
Chapman To – Josephine’s triad husband
Bonnie Xin – youngest of the four friends

Plot
A story of four upper class Hong Kong women who venture across the border into China to visit a male brothel. On the surface these woman appear to be reawakening their neglected sexuality or just pampering themselves by spending time with handsome men. The truth is more complicated and each of the four women have their own reasons and secrets. Bing Bing’s husband is having an affair so she agrees to keep her pal Josephine company. Josephine on the other hand is a friend and customer of the brothel’s number one gigolo Bill and is afraid that one of the other gigolo’s may know her husband’s friends and reveal her presence at the brothel.

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Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu

Jan 122013

Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu (2011) Chinese Movie Information

Title in Chinese –蔡李佛拳
Title in Pinyin – Cai Li Fo Quan

Genre – Kung Fu

Subject/theme – A son returns to China to save his father’s kung fu school

Language – Cantonese

Region – Hong Kong, China

Release date
Hong Kong – 10 May 2011

Movie Runtime – 96 minutes

Director – John Ching Tung

Cast & Role Played
Michelle Ye – Jing
Wang Baoqiang – Danny Chen
Ng Man-tat – Master Chen
Louis Fan Siu-wang
Xie Miao – Canglong
Wong Yat Fei – Chen family butler
Kara Hui

Plot
Danny is an in and some what naïve young man living in US who returns to China to take over his father’s Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu school. At the airport Danny mistakes a beautiful woman called Jing for a thief that stole his mobile phone and luggage and confronts her. A fight between Danny and Jing’s friend Canglong breaks out and Danny is no match for Canglong. Back at the home the family butler is secretly plotting to take over the Kung Fu school and Danny is his only obstacle. With school facing closure and a reputation under siege, it is up to Danny to win a prestigious kung fu championship and redeem the school’s good name.

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Where are you from?

Jan 122013

Where are you From? (2011) Chinese Movie Information

Title in Chinese – 你是哪里人
Title in Pinyin – Ni Shi Na Li Ren?

Genre – Comedy

Language – Mandarin

Region – China

Release date
China – 27 May 2011

Director – Jiang Xu

Cast & Role Played
Kristy Yang – Lei
Yao Di
Miao Haojun
Michael Tong
Sonya Pan

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Under the Influence

Jan 102013

Under the Influence (2011) Chinese Movie Information

Title in Chinese – 戒烟不戒酒
Title in Pinyin – Jie Yan Bu Jie Jiu

Genre – Comedy

Subject/theme – A mans life falls apart after a night drinking

Language – Mandarin

Region – China

Release date
China – 3 February 2011

Movie Runtime – 90 minutes

Director – Zhu Shimao

Cast & Role Played
Zhi Shimao
Vivian Wu
Ying Da
Kristy Yang
Monika Mok
Liu Xin
Liang Tian

Plot
Yan Baojiu gets drunk during a business meeting and signs a bad contract and he spends the night sleeping next to a woman. Yan tries to pull the pieces of his life back together after he loses his job and his family becomes angry about his night out.

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Mr and Mrs Incredible

Jan 062013

Mr. and Mrs. Incredible (2011) Chinese Movie Information

Title in Chinese –神奇俠侶
Title in Pinyin – Shen Qi Xia Lu

Genre – Comedy

Subject/theme – A married couple in ancient China with super powers deal with their stalled marriage

Language – Cantonese

Region – Hong Kong, China

Release date
Hong Kong – 3 February 2011
New Zealand – 3 February 2011
Taiwan – 12 February 2011

Movie Runtime – 100 minutes

Director – Vincent Kok

Cast & Role Played
Louis Koo – Gazer Warrior
Sandra Ng – Aroma Woman
Li Qin – Phoenix Bleu
Wang Bo-chieh – Baixao
Chapman To – Drunk

Plot
Mr and Mrs Incredible are a retired super powered married couple living in ancient China. Apart from saving pets, capturing criminals and being role models, they go about their daily family life and reminisce about the days when their marriage had passion. Their placid life is disrupted when a Kung Fu tournament is held by clan leaders. The tournament is meant to be friendly but the megalomaniacal crazy Baixiao has other plans and plans to subvert the tournament to further his hunger for power. It is up to Mr and Mrs Incredible to stop him.

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East Meets West

Dec 222012

East Meets West (2011) Chinese Movie Information

Title in Chinese – 东成西就 2011
Title in Pinyin – Dong Cheng Xi Jiu 2011

Genre – Romantic Comedy

Subject/theme –7 Immortals are reincarnated on earth

Language – Cantonese

Region – Hong Kong, China

Release date
Hong Kong – 24 November 2011
Singapore – 8 December 2011

Movie Runtime – 99 minutes

Director – Jeffrey Lau

Cast & Role Played
Eason Chan – Mr Charles
Karen Mok – Goddess Ashura / Sammi
Kenny Bee – Kenny Bee, Sammi’s father
Ekin Cheng – Chef Da Xiong
Tan Wei Wei – Heiress Jade
Jaycee Chan – Bing, Jade’s assistant
William So – Wen, cab driver
Huang Yi – Scarlet
Stephy Tang – bad girl
Yang Mi – Yang Mi

Plot
Seven immortals have been returned to earth to be reincarnated and face battle with their enemy, the eight immortal Yaksha in a cycle that has been continuing on for a millennia. Previously in every cycle they were all killed by Yaksha but this cycle could be different because of love. The goddess Ashura has been reincarnated as Sammi who falls in love with Mr Charles and their love may provide the key the seven immortals need to defeat Yaksha.

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The Devil Inside Me

Oct 102012

Tony Leung Ka Fai in The Devil Inside Me 2011

The Devil Inside Me (2011) Chinese Movie Information

Title in Chinese –夺命心跳
Title in Pinyin – Duo Ming Xin Tiao

Genre – Thriller

Subject/theme – A psycho doctor commits murder using his medical skills and equipment

Language – China

Region – China

Release date
China – 1 July 2011

Director – Zhang Qi

Cast & Role Played
Tony Leung Ka-fai – Jiang Mu, psycho doctor
Kelly Lin – Lin Yan, transplant patient
Victor Huang – Ma Benke

Story
Jiang is an unstable doctor who performs a heart transplant on Lin and secretly also gives her memory transplants from the same donor. Lin starts to investigate the death or the donor and meets the donor’s boyfriend, Ma. As the two of them fall in love, Lin’s transplanted memories give her increasingly violent and disturbing visions.

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Mysterious Island

Aug 252012

Jordan Chan & Yang Mi in Mysterious Island

Mysterious Island (2011) Chinese Movie Information

Title in Chinese – 孤岛惊魂
Title in Pinyin – Gu Dao Jing Hun

Genre – Horror

Subject/theme – A group is stranded on a deserted island and hunted

Language – Mandarin

Region – China

Release date
Hong Kong – 7 July 2011
China – 8 July 2011

Running Time – 97 minutes

Director – Rico Chung

Cast & Role Played
Jordan Chan – Peng Fei, contestant
Yang Mi – Shen Yilin, contestant
Philip Keung – Jiadong, program head
Jessica Xu – Stanley, television presenter
Shuan Tam – Ken, camera man
Hayam Hiro – Ono, Japanese contestant
Janel Tsai – Guan, contestant
Maggie Lee – Tina, contestant

Story
A group of 8 contestants in a reality TV survival game and a film crew are taken by ship to a deserted island. The aim of the game is that the contestants will split into four groups of two and navigate their way to a flag in the center of the island with no food or supplies. On the way to the island, their boat is attacked by something under the water and most of their luggage and equipment is lost.

Once on the island they are attacked by wild boars and take refuge in an abandoned chapel. Within the chapel they find a note saying they are going to die and there are funeral urns with their names on them. They are then attacked by a an unknown force than pass out as a group and wake up with one of their members missing. The group starts to argue and chaos erupts.

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Magic To Win

Aug 192012

Jacky Wu & Karena Ng in Magic to Win 2011

Magic to Win (2011) Chinese Movie Information

Title in Chinese – 开心魔法
Title in Pinyin – Kai Xin Mo Fa

Genre – Fantasy and comedy

Subject/theme – A college volley ball team use magic go end a losing streak

Language – Cantonese

Region – Hong Kong, China

Release date
China – 1 December 2011
Hong Kong – 1 December 2011
USA – 8 December 2011
UK – 16 December 2011

Movie Runtime – 100 minutes

Director – Wilson Yip

Cast & Role Played
Louis Koo – Gu Xinyue
Wu Chun – Ling Fung
Wong Bak-ming – Professor Hong
Jacky Wu – Bie Wu
Karena Ng – Macy Cheng
Yan Ni – Volleyball coach

Story
Macy Cheung is a student at Pegasus University and on the school volley ball team with her five best friends. Macy and her friends are horrible at volleyball and are on a losing streak until Macy suddenly develops magical abilities that she uses on the court to help her team win. Macy also sets up the “Victory Club” where she uses her new powers to help people for a price. Macy gained her powers after crashing her bike into Professor Hong who is a water magician while he was casting a spell. Unfortunately Macy’s gain is Hong’s loss who loses his powers after the crash.

Unbeknown to the girls, an evil magician Wu is going around killing magicians of different elements so he can get their powers and travel back in time and do evil things. He kills Ling Fung and Macy is next on his list if he can find her amongst her busy schedule of volleyball and Victory Club dealings.

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