“Now or before?” is the puzzling reply that Ga Yin, the protagonist of Fruit Chan’s “The Longest Summer” gives to his boss when asked the mundane question: “Ga Yin, you have any goals in life?”.
“Now or before” could also be a good synopsis for this movie, as it encapsulates the mood of a precise moment in time and highlights the turmoil created by that historical crossroad.
Bagpipes play Auld Lang Syne, while a metallic voice recites empty words: “The Corps’ disbandment is also a time for reflection and pride in all that the Hong Kong Chinese soldiers have achieved”. “The Longest Summer” starts solemnly with some real footage of the disbandment of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps, three months before the Handover to China. When the camera pans over the Corps, we can spot the protagonists of the movie; they are those very soldiers that are just...
“Now or before” could also be a good synopsis for this movie, as it encapsulates the mood of a precise moment in time and highlights the turmoil created by that historical crossroad.
Bagpipes play Auld Lang Syne, while a metallic voice recites empty words: “The Corps’ disbandment is also a time for reflection and pride in all that the Hong Kong Chinese soldiers have achieved”. “The Longest Summer” starts solemnly with some real footage of the disbandment of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps, three months before the Handover to China. When the camera pans over the Corps, we can spot the protagonists of the movie; they are those very soldiers that are just...
- 9/17/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Reviews on it have been mixed, but surely it’s a must for Asian horror fans and all things Pang? The Pang Brothers horror The Child's Eye - the first ever Hong Kong film shot completely in digital 3D - is heading for the U.S on DVD, and we’ve just picked up on the artwork and release date. Eye stars Taiwanese idol Rainie Yang, with Shawn Yue, Elanne Kong, Gordon Lam and Jo Koo in an old-school horror story about a group of youngsters trapped in a run-down Bangkok hotel filled with terrifying secrets. Child’s Eye streets in the States on October 11. Synopsis: Stranded in Thailand by the political uprising and airport closure, Rainie and her friends were unable to return home. Reluctantly, they decide to stay in an aged and shabby hotel. Among them is Rainie’s almost-breakup boyfriend, Lok, Ling and her brother Rex and Ciwi with her beloved boyfriend,...
- 7/28/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
As the craze continues to sweep cinemas across the globe, Hong Kong gets its first digital 3D film with “The Child’s Eye”, the latest in the long running horror series which began back in 2002 with “The Eye”. Appropriately enough, the film sees the return of original directors the Pang Brothers, who have since become well known for their cutting edge use of visual effects and techniques, as seen recently in their spectacular “Storm Warriors”. The film has a hip young cast, headlined by Taiwanese idol Rainie Yang (“Spider Lilies”), continuing to win more respect for her acting career, with support from Elanne Kong (“Rebellion”), Gordon Lam (“Infernal Affairs”), and Jo Koo (“The Detective”), and with Shawn Yue (“Love in a Puff”) in a guest role. The film is set back in the Pangs’ hometown of Bangkok, where Rainie (Rainie Yang), sulky boyfriend Lok (Shawn Yue) and two other couples...
- 1/13/2011
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
In the Us, we've got vampires coming and going -- the great Let the Right One In came out a couple of weeks ago, and the much-anticipated Twilight is due in just over two weeks. In Hong Kong, prolific filmmaker Wong Jing got a horror-comedy version of the classic Chinese hopping vampire into local cinemas just in time for Halloween. As producer and writer, he filled the cast of The Vampire Who Admires Me with beautiful real-life models (Jj Jia, Ankie Beilke, Maggie Li, Tanya Ng) wearing bikini tops and a police station's new female boss (Jo Koo) shoehorned into a tight olive tank top as her official uniform. What else do you need?
Kozo at LoveHKFilm says that something more than "a slapped-together script, lazy situations and unfunny jokes" would have been nice. To be fair, he suggests the models-turned-actresses should be given a pass for their "unremarkable acting...
Kozo at LoveHKFilm says that something more than "a slapped-together script, lazy situations and unfunny jokes" would have been nice. To be fair, he suggests the models-turned-actresses should be given a pass for their "unremarkable acting...
- 11/5/2008
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
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