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Lao shi jia lao da (2008)
Fann Wong kicks ass as a traid leader...
Jack Neo uses his leading lady from Just Follow Law (Wo Zai Zheng Fu Bu Men De Re Zhi) aka. the beautiful Fann Wong once again to helm his latest kongfu cum comedy cum underworld traid flick ... as expected from a Jack Neo's typical fare, there must be a theme for his every master piece and putting aside education, politics or whateva current national issues, he has chosen to focus on the oldest profession of the world instead... *ahem* Loan Sharks (illegal money lenders)...
*might be spoilers ahead* Fann Wong, fresh out of her role from Just Follow Law (as a man trap in a pretty office executive body), has once again taken up the challenge to don on the offensive by acting as a cigar chewing, knife wielding leader of an underworld gang specializing in money lending business in Malaysia ... being a newly annointed "lady boss" (after the previous leader sudden retirement), the fiesty lady decided that violence would not be the key in recovering bad debts and thus decide engages unwilling (at first) husand aka. Mark Lee, a sissy dance instructor to contribute his hilarious but creative new ideas to change the gang policies and steer them to the "right path" ... but of course, nothing will comes easy for the mismatched couple who finds themselves in all sorts of wacky situations ...
*end of plot* As with every Jack Neo's movies, each one has its goods & bads and the man tends to focus way too much on certain issues and neglect some equally important details... as much as we can never see Loan Sharks change their antics in real life, its refreshing to see how Neo attempt to make the impossible happen with a bit of fun & silliness throw in... there was even a touch of sympathy for these so-call "rogues" helming from the world of illegal money lending business ... don't criticize this movie for the sake of just putting it down... its all in the name of good fun & laughter & nothing is really to be taken too seriously, so just sit back, relax & enjoy
Chow lok yuen (2003)
A couple of youths seek out a haunted theme park on the quest to search for one of the youth's missing brother ...
On the surface , this appeared to be a cool movie , with the 3D effects and all but on the inside , it's all crap , just like what any sane movie goer would tell you . So , what do we have in The Park ? We have special effects , plenty of unnecessary noise , loads of screaming and shrieking , and a whole lot of you-run-and-the-devil-seek situations our gorgeous young characters are being trapped in . Everyone is just plain annoying and walking around looking for trouble , screaming their head off when something jumps out and shouts BOO ! . You don't flinch when you see the youths gets finished off one by one in the most gruesome fashion . They just deserved it , you will think , shaking your head and wondering why are you even watching this movie in the first place . There is no suspense , no shock , no violence , no sex and most importantly , NO Plot line ... can you believe this is exactly a product of one of HK most acclaim and well established director , Andrew Lau ,who is also the guy who brought you the highly rated and well received trilogy , Infernal Affairs I , II and III ? No , you can't and neither can I . The ending is predictable and cheesy , you know who dies and who doesn't . An attempt to give a surprise twist in the ending didn't help . It merely leaves more questions unanswered and made the whole show look even lamer than ever that they might as well do without it. Badly written piece of trash , a thumbs-down plus an F .I don't mean to be critical but it's really so lousily done that it's just overly worthy of criticism . Don't watch it , don't buy the vcd or DVD just because the word 3D caught your kid's attention ... U have been warned ... this might be proven a waste of good money ... go watch The Haunted Mansion starring Eddie Murphy instead , at least that one has got some humour in it to worth a few good laughs ... honestly speaking , The Park was a movie that started out with good intentions and a fresh concept but which turned out disasterously and became totally unwatchable when it loses hold of it's objectives ....