8/10 because TLCW acts well when his characters are wisecracking and look cool. Honestly, I preferred his wisecracking character in Dr Mack.
Shu Qi and the 3 Korean babes provide excellent eye candy. I actually like the 3 Korean babes because the way they spoke their Mandarin (I saw the dubbed version, which might have been quite inaccurate) sounded so cute beyond words.
Ritchie Ren's portrayal of Owen was quite believable, complete with the rather American accented Mandarin (for those who saw it in Cantonese, the effect might have been different, I didn't catch it on DVD). I actually thought he was the evil character at first, and when the twist came that Lam was actually his partner, that came as a bit of a shock. The so-called victim, Lam, was playing a trick on Owen to lure out Polar Bear, and not the other way around. That bit was quite cool.
To see 4 babes fight just screamed Charlie's Angels. In short, unbelievable. But hey, the film wasn't meant to be taken seriously, right? It's film! It's fantasy.
The trick played on Owen, with the wasabi was fun, the effect believable (did Ritchie Ren actually eat the wasabi when acting out the scene? If he did, it was quite good!).
Other than the eye candy and fight scenes without guns, which again screams Charlie's Angels, it isn't a totally bad film. I'd give the film 8/10 because I'm feeling generous, that's all.
Shu Qi and the 3 Korean babes provide excellent eye candy. I actually like the 3 Korean babes because the way they spoke their Mandarin (I saw the dubbed version, which might have been quite inaccurate) sounded so cute beyond words.
Ritchie Ren's portrayal of Owen was quite believable, complete with the rather American accented Mandarin (for those who saw it in Cantonese, the effect might have been different, I didn't catch it on DVD). I actually thought he was the evil character at first, and when the twist came that Lam was actually his partner, that came as a bit of a shock. The so-called victim, Lam, was playing a trick on Owen to lure out Polar Bear, and not the other way around. That bit was quite cool.
To see 4 babes fight just screamed Charlie's Angels. In short, unbelievable. But hey, the film wasn't meant to be taken seriously, right? It's film! It's fantasy.
The trick played on Owen, with the wasabi was fun, the effect believable (did Ritchie Ren actually eat the wasabi when acting out the scene? If he did, it was quite good!).
Other than the eye candy and fight scenes without guns, which again screams Charlie's Angels, it isn't a totally bad film. I'd give the film 8/10 because I'm feeling generous, that's all.