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The Road Less Traveled

Aug 182012
 

The Road Less Traveled (2010) Chinese Movie Information

Title in Chinese – 一路有你
Title in Pinyin – Yi Lu You Ni

Genre – Drama

Subject/theme – A Hong Kong cross border truck driver kills a pedestrian in China

Language – Cantonese

Region – Hong Kong, China

Release date
China – 31 December 2010
Hong Kong – 6 January 2011  

Movie Runtime – 108 minutes

Director – Derek Chiu Sung-kei

Cast & Role Played
Louis Koo – Liang, cross border truck driver
Huang Yi – Lu Yan, pregnant wife of dead pedestrian
Karen Mok – Susan, Liang’s girlfriend
Lai Yiu-cheung

Story
Liang is a Hong Kong truck driver who drives between Hong Kong and China. He is a typical nice guy who is considerate to every one and leads a moral and respectable life. One night in China he accidentally runs over a restaurant owner and kills him, leaving his pregnant wife Lu Yan to manage a road side restaurant by herself.

Against his materialistic girlfriend Susan’s wishes, Liang goes out of his way to help Lu Yan. He as already paid compensation for the accident but feels morally obligated to help more. The situation is complicated when Lu Yan does not know Liang is the man who killed her husband.

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On His Majesty’s Secret Service

Jun 242012
 

On His Majesty's Secret Service (2009) Chinese Movie Information

Title in Chinese –  大内密探灵灵狗
Title in Pinyin – Da Nei Mi Tan Ling Gou

Genre – Kungfu comedy

Subject/theme – A group of bodyguards face a number of threats when protecting the Emperor’s life

Language – Cantonese

Region – Hong Kong

Release date
China – 30th July 2009
Hong Kong – 6th August 2009

Movie runtime – 98 minutes

Director – Wong Jing

Cast & Role Played
Louis Koo – body guard Royal Dog
Barbie Hsu – Faithful, Royal Dog’s girlfriend
Louis Fan – eunuch Lord Unicorn
Lam Chi-chung – bodyguard Royal Pig
Liu Yiwei – Emperor
David Tung – bodyguard Royal Tiger
Sandra Ng – Empress

Story
The Chinese emperor is protected by 12 hand picked royal bodyguards who vigilantly guard him 24 hours a day. With the exception of Royal Dog, all the bodyguards are martial arts experts. Royal Dog is a genius inventor who uses his brilliant gadgets instead of martial arts to protect the emperor’s life. In the midst of repeated attacks by Ninja assassins, Royal Dog has to deal with a manipulate fiancée, a plotting chief eunuch, a traitorous empress and a number of foreigners who want the emperor dead.

Editor’s Review of On His Majesty's Secret Service – Score 4/10
On His Majesty's Secret Service is a parody of Stephen Chow’s 1996 hit movie Forbidden City Cop which itself is a parody of several other movies. As you can imagine, a parody of a parody does not work well and this movie is a dismal flop. The acting is bland and fans of Louis Koo will be disappointed, the plot extremely weak and the action very weak.

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Triple Tap

May 062012
 

Triple Tap (2010) Chinese Movie Information

Title in Chinese – 枪王之王
Title in Pinyin – Qiang Wang Zhi Wang

Genre – Action

Subject/theme – A pistol champion kills three robbers during a armoured car hold up

Language – Cantonese

Region – Hong Kong

Release date
30th June 2010 – China
30th June 2010 – Hong Kong
1 July 2010 – Singapore

Movie runtime – 118 minutes

Director – Derek Yee

Cast & Role Played
Louis Koo – Kwan Yau-bok, Champion pistol marksman and Forex trader
Daniel Wu – Chong Tze-wai, pistol marksman and police inspector
Charlene Choi – Ting, nurse and girlfriend of Kwan
Li Bingbing – Anna, Kwan’s investment broker boss and lover
Chapman To – Pang To, escaped robber and friend of Kwan
Alex Fong – Miu Chi-shun, ex pistol champ and Chong’s mentor

Story
On the way home from a pistol competition, the champion Kwan kills three robbers in a botched armoured guard hold up with his competition pistol. Police headed by Chong take him into custody and charge him for the murder of the three robbers even though he tried to save the life of a traffic police who was at the scene of the hold up. Kwan is bailed by his rich and powerful boss cum lover and later found innocent by a sympathetic jury.

As Chong continues to investigate the case that was an inside job, Kwan’s role in the hold up begins to look much more sinister which connections between Kwan, the one surviving robber emerging. Confident that Kwan is not as innocent as he seems but with out proof, Chong turns to his mentor Min for guidance. The movie continues with several unexpected twisted and a stunning finale.

Editor’s Review of Triple Tap – Score 6/10
Triple Tap is a well acted movie with several interesting premises such as self defence with a firearm that is ethical but illegal, rogue trading and criminal psychology. It is a little grim though watching Kwan the charismatic and supposed hero gradually revealed as a criminal who destroys any chance of a happy ending to the movie. Triple Tap is an enjoyable movie but is a bit to slow for an action movie and a bit lacking in depth for a serious thriller or intrigue movie. Alex Fong adds a nice touch in his minor supporting role adds to the quality of Triple Tap.

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