Thursday, April 4, 2013

Ip Man - The Final Fight 葉問:終極一戰 (2D - P13)





Movie Details :
Release Date: 28 March 2013 
Language: Cantonese
Subtitle: Chinese / English / Malay
Genre: Action / Drama / Martial Arts
Running Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Director: Herman Yau 邱禮濤
Cast: Anthony Wong (黄秋生), Anita Yuen (袁咏仪), Gillian Chung (钟欣桐), Eric Tsang (曾志伟), Chu Chu Zhou (周楚楚), Jordan Chan (陈小春) ; Others refer:http://movie.mtime.com/167678/fullcredits.html

Synopsis : 
In post war Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more, when what begin as simple challenges from rival kung fu styles soon draw him into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads. Now, to defend life and honour, he has no choice but to fight one last time…
(Source : GSC)




剧情:
1949年,患有長期胃病的葉問 (黃秋生 飾) 隻身來港謀生,得一班新收徒弟照顧,在港九飯店職工總會天台開始教授詠春。其中當差的鄧聲 (陳小春 飾) 因鎮壓工人罷工,被逼與同門師弟妹梁雙 (洪天明 飾)、李瓊 (蔣璐霞 飾)、陳四妹 (鍾欣桐 飾)等為敵。期間,葉妻張永成 (袁詠儀 飾) 從佛山來港團聚,可惜香港生活太艱難,來了又還,未料夫妻從此永別。即使生活捉襟見肘,這位一代宗師卻從未折腰,《葉問:終極一戰》還原最真實的葉問,把他在香港的中、晚年生活如實呈現 ── 包括妻死後他不顧徒弟反對,與紅顏知己的一段緣,他與長子葉準之間亦師亦父的父子情,及其對晉身成國際武打巨星的徒弟李小龍的一些看法等。




My details :
Date : 04 April 2013 (Cheng Beng - school holiday)
Day : Thursday
Venue : GSC Gurney Plaza
Price : RM 9.50 (via Maybank 2u)
Start Time : 1220
Seat No : B03 
Rating : ««««

Notes after movie :
- 看这部戏,有一种 “宝刀未老” 的感觉。很多元老在这部戏里,表现出他们最好的一面。黄秋生,不知道多少N年我不曾买戏票看他当主角的戏。友人说得妙,他说:“黄秋生和梁家辉都是令我敬佩的演员。他们在哪一种角色都可以拿捏得很好。” 叶问前两部,都是甄子丹担任,换上黄秋生,却不会觉得不对劲,反而觉得他更有叶问的特色。
- 比较喜欢故事情节,有始有终的故事,从叶文来到香港直到叶准跟他一起生活。其实他真正的育有二子,大儿子叶准和小儿子叶正,但是故事只提到叶准。
- 曾志伟的出现也令人惊讶。很久没有看他演正经的戏码了。加油啊!
- 熊欣欣和卢惠光虽然是当反派,但是表现也是很出色。加上声音的效应,让电影增加声色。
- 疑问:叶问本人真的这样冷静处事的吗?他说得很对,学功夫最终还是要有武德,拿来强身健体,而不是学了就拿来欺负人,找架打。他的冷静和机灵令我敬佩。如果世上,给我遇到一个男人像他这样,冷静处事,有情有义,帮徒弟出头而不计较回报的,应该会记得他一辈子吧。


         

Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Tower (P13)






Movie Details :
Release Date: 10 January 2013
Language: Korean
Subtitle: Chinese / English / Malay
Genre: Thriller
Running Time: 1 Hour 50 Minutes
Director: Kim Ji-hoon  김지훈
Cast: Sol Kyung-Gu, Kim Sang-Kyung, Son Ye-Jin


Synopsis: On Christmas Eve there is a party on going at Tower Sky for VIP's at the super-luxurious landmark building in Seoul. Part of the event involves helicopters circling above sprinkling snow as through it is snowing. As the party progresses and the helicopters spraying snow above Tower Sky, one of the helicopters crashes in the building and a fire broke out rapidly. Together the people trap in the burning building must work together to safe each other....

(Source : RAM Entertainment)




Wikipedia Source :

The Tower (Hangul타워RRTawo; "Tower") is a 2012 South Korean disaster film about a fire that breaks out in a luxury skyscraper in central Seoul on Christmas Eve. The film is directed by Kim Ji-hoon,[1] and stars Sol Kyung-guKim Sang-kyung and Son Ye-jin in the lead roles.[2][3] It was released in theaters on Christmas Day, December 25, 2012.[4] 

Plot

Lee Dae-ho (Kim Sang-kyung) is a single father and manager of the 120 story luxurious landmark building complex, Tower Sky in Seoul. He is an earnest employee liked by his colleagues and is secretly in love with Seo Yoon-hee (Son Ye-jin), a restaurant manager. The owner of the complex, Mr. Jo decides to hold a "White Christmas" party for tenants and VIPs on Christmas Day, with helicopters circling above, sprinkling snow onto the party. Dae-ho has promised to spend the day at an amusement park with his daughter Ha-na, but had to cancel when he is needed at the party.
Whilst the party is in full swing one of the helicopters crashes into the building and the building catches fire. Dae-ho moves quickly to save Ha-na, Yoon-hee and his colleagues. At the same time, firefighter Kang Young-ki (Sol Kyung-gu) fight to bring the blaze under control, helping Dae-ho in the process. Together they fight to save the lives of everyone, despite a feud between the two men.[5][6]

Ha-na & Yoon-hee



 The brave fire-fighter


My details :
Date : 23 January 2013
Day : Wednesday
Venue : GSC Gurney
Price : RM 7.00 
Start Time : 1400
Seat No : B03 
Rating : ««««

Notes after movie :
- First time watch Korean based movie. Although not many people in the cinema, but the language "Korean" means a lot to the girl students nowadays. A bunch of them watch and they sits in front. I'm lucky to sit alone in the row, just a China couple sit behind me and slightly talked.
- Overally, this is a very touch movie. I should have watched it earlier. It teaches me several lessons and I know sometimes it's really hard to make it if I'm alone agree with it. 
- Fatherly and motherly love : The main actor is a father in the movie, he got a girl called Ha-na and they really attached to each other very much. No matter how hard, they really just hope to know that they are in the safe mode, even just listen to the voice. Other one is a cleaner that worked in the Sky Tower that borrowed 3 months salary just to want to pay her son's study fees and her son treated her not too good before the tragedy. After he knew that his mother might be died in the tragedy, he was so afraid that he would lost his mother and the last hugging part was really touching.
- Selfishness sometimes suicidal : The friend of the main actor, because he wanted to cross the Tower Sky Bridge, in the terms of wanna get himself over the rid, at last the bridge broke a hole and he fall down and died.
- Carelessness will also brings death : The great fire-fighter, although you see how brave is he during the fire, at last, because the bomb controller was carelessly dropped by him, so he had to sacrifice himself to died in the bomb because he had to detonate the bomb manually....which means he had to die with the bomb.
- Persisting your life, do not give up easily : As the lift stopped at 5th and 6th floor, the guys got the chance to get out from the lift and wanted to pull out the pregnant and girls. So unlucky the lift was uncontrollable and straightly went down to the basement and it was prickly cold. However, because of the love ones, they really uphold their breath and wait for the safety team to come and save them. The most important thing is, they believe in miracle and prayers.
- Not to stay too high level in a building : If not mistaken, the tower has around 80 levels altogether and as the fire leading in level 60 and above. Unfortunately the fire engines can only brings up to level 19 and the fighters has to climb up 40 over levels by stairs just to put out the fire. The next thing is the preparation of the fire safety is not good enough. Got to be careful of the facilities before buy a luxury place like this.
- Cherish the time with your love ones : Another scene that I shred my tears the most is the last call that the fire fighter captain called back to his wife and said how much he want to say sorry for the relationship and how much he really loves her although he do not spare too much time with her during he still alive. So, we need to cherish each other always as that is the last time being together.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Young and Dangerous : Reloaded - 古惑仔 :江湖新秩序 (18) 2D



Movie Details :
Release Date: 10 January 2013 (Penang)
Language: Cantonese
Subtitle: Chinese / English / Malay
Genre: Action / Thriller
Running Time: 1 Hour 43 Minutes
Director: Manfred Wong 文雋
Cast: Paul Wong, Him Law, Oscar Leung, Philip Ng, Dominic Ho
         黄贯中,罗仲谦,梁烈唯,伍允龙,何浩文



Synopsis: A remake of the 1996 gangster flick "Young and Dangerous". Titled "Young and Dangerous : Reloaded", the film will feature a new generation of muscle-bound actors who promise to deliver plenty of bloody violence, foul language, and raunchy sex scenes.

(Source : GSC Movies)



大天二表妹被“藥王”看上,迫服毒品後被輪姦至死,大天二與其社團大佬陳浩南、同門兄弟山雞及包皮展開復仇,在街上圍斬“藥王”至死。 但由於“藥王”剛剛改拜「洪興社」近年灸手可热的“o靚坤”為新大佬,“o靚坤”為了面子,誓要把陳浩南煎皮拆骨以泄心頭之恨。 浩南等人紛紛遇襲,其前任大佬老叔父 “棠叔”提議他們去找“o靚坤”的死對頭大佬B。浩南與大佬B手下大頭仔連番激戰過後,終能拜見大佬B。大佬B 要他們在三天之內收一百個手下才願意保護他們。 在過程中,山雞到教會請求牧師協助,因而和淑芬重遇。另一方面,浩南制止大天二和包皮去中學強行拉人入會,這一切被大佬B 看在眼裡反覺浩南甚有正氣,答應收納旗下。 洪興龍頭蔣天生擺生日宴,由其女人Anna主持,宴席間“o靚坤”發難為難浩南,蔣天生出面擺平,使“o靚坤”奸計無法得逞,但“o靚坤”心火未平。與此同時,Anna其實與“o靚坤”相好多時,偷情之後雙雙密謀除去蔣天生。大佬B 指派四人去蘭桂坊夜店負責保安。 浩南被派去做城中富豪千金超婷的貼身保鏢,浩南超婷互相留有好印象,超婷讓浩南陪她去高級派對,超婷的前男友出現於派對中,力數超婷的不是,浩南出面解決困局,之後兩人成為情侶。 淑芬與山雞一夜情後懷疑自己懷孕,叫山雞陪同去墮胎,結果原來是淑芬自己弄錯,二人漸生情愫。Anna致電大佬B赴蔣天生的約,沒想到到達時蔣天生已倒卧在地上,其時其他堂主到達現場,Anna 力指大佬B為殺人兇手,“o靚坤”此時出現,表示要禁錮大佬B,之後賣通大佬B手下,手下在密室放走大佬B,同時並告訴大佬B逃到碼頭有船接應,大佬B去到碼頭發覺中計,被“o靚坤”斬死,“o靚坤”更將其全家活埋。另一方面, Gordon 知道女兒與浩南熱戀,同時亦查清浩南的底細,Gordon叫浩南脫離洪興,跟隨Gordon學做生意。但浩南因為收到大佬B 的死訊而拒絕。 “o靚坤”因為Anna 的幫助及堂主的支持下,成功成為「洪興社」龍頭, 在“o靚坤”的登基慶功宴上, 浩南等人趕至,“o靚坤”殺人罪證被揭發,此時警方及蔣天養突然在宴會中出現,幾經追逐,“o靚坤”最後被陳浩南殺死,浩南逃去台灣避難時,在船上遇上了一名患有口吃的女子,名叫蘇阿細。






My details :
Date : 16 January 2013
Day : Wednesday
Venue : GSC Queensbay
Price : RM 7.50 (via Maybank 2u)
Start Time : 1615
Seat No : A05 
Rating : ««««

Notes after movie :
- 不折不扣的港产片。特色一般,故事依然围绕着义气,爱情,友情,感情,兄弟,背叛。
- 换了一批新血,当然会有不同的感觉。以前,一提到古惑仔,自然而然就会想到郑伊健,没有人不认识他。没有人不知道,铜锣湾揸fit人就是浩南哥。现在的陈浩南,由罗仲谦担当。虽然引起很多人的不满,然是我觉得是一种创新。要把故事延续,一定要有一批的新血来维持。老实说,不是那么差吧。对我而言,感觉不错的。
- 故事情节简单。因为得罪了靓坤(另外一个洪兴大哥),浩南、山鸡、包皮和大天二被逼找回自己的老大 - 棠叔。棠叔已有退休计划,就把他们四个介绍给大佬 B (黄贯中饰演)。从此,他们就是大佬 B 的手下。不久,大佬 B 被一个女人叫 Anna 的 (其实是蒋天生的女人)害死,所以他们四个就步下天下网,让靓坤堕入,至于他死地。
- 对于梁烈唯饰演的山鸡,看起来,他也真的不适合当浩南。他太瘦了!但是,他成功把山鸡那么淫贱的样子演出来,实在佩服。看好你啦,希望你的戏可以永远大受欢迎。
- 蒋天生的哥哥,蒋天养竟然是多年不见的万梓良!看到他真的有一点受宠若惊!虽然只是出来五分钟,但是,当个客串,真的有一种威力的存在。
- 不算很暴力,也不算很暴露。色情的片断也没有明显的在荧幕上。可能要在香港出产的 DVD 才可以看到 censor 的部分吧。

Monday, December 24, 2012

CZ12 十二生肖 (P13)


Movie Details :
Release Date: 20 December 2012
Language: Multi Languages
Subtitle: Chinese / English
Genre: Action / Thriller / Comedy
Running Time: 2 Hour 03 Minutes
Director: Jackie Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Sang-woo Kwone, Zhang Lan-xin, Laura Weissbecker, Yao Xin-tong


Synopsis: The film revolves around Asian Hawk in his final mission, in which he must collect the 12 statue heads of the Chinese Zodiac to save the world. One may remember that Chan used the Chinese Zodiac symbols as the basis for the first season of his animated series, JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES, back in 2000.
(Source : GSC)

Other People Review in iMDb (by DICK STEEL) :

"No longer the usual one man hero / one man show in his films, his characters become the team leaders, rather than operating in lone wolf fashion, and in some ways, nurturing fresh faces amongst his troupe to do things the JC way, continuing his brand of action-filmmaking. He had arguably made his 100th film with 1911, and with his latest release in CZ12 (Chinese Zodiac 12), you could sense the very obvious slowdown, and less risk taking involved, which culminates in a less than enjoyable audience experience, sad to say, when he tries hard to compensate with an increase in drama and story, which is perfunctory at best for the action sequences to surface.

Wearing multiple hyphenated hats, probably the most in a feature film, having a hand in everything from producing, directing, writing, lensing, deciding on art direction, and the list goes on. Perhaps having to wear too many hats may have diluted his focus and responsibilities in a lot of areas, resulting in what would be a very lackluster Jackie Chan movie by his standards. The usual comedy he puts in are very tired and unfunny, and the stunts give way to some obvious wire work, and a hint at stand-ins which once upon a time would be unthinkable. Perhaps it is these high standards he had already set, that he's woefully unable to achieve, being also bogged down by the latest technology buzz to replace practical effects with CG ones as much as possible.

The story is simple, with Jackie Chan playing JC, a mercenary Indiana Jones type thief for hire, operating with a lean crew (Zhang Lanxin, Kwone Sang-Woo, and Liao Fan) and often posing as a National Geographic journalist. They get assigned by an unscrupulous auction house to steal what would be the bronze heads of the Chinese Zodiac statues, which in the late 19th century sat pretty in a Chinese palace already demolished by the invading Western forces. So he goes jet-setting round the globe to recover these artifacts for the wrong reasons of personal profit, before being told off and influenced by a group of well meaning lobbyists whose objective is to convince owners of any antiques and national treasures, to return them to where they rightfully belong.

I won't even go into too much specifics of the story, because it conveniently introduces characters, from a Chinese woman (Yao Xingtong) working in France, to a French lady (Laura Weissbcker) whose ancestor happen to be one amongst many to have laid eyes on the treasures in China, and helped himself to plundering for profit, including being shipwrecked, which leads the merry crew to an abandoned island where perhaps one of the longest, and most uninspiring set action pieces takes place. Granted this film has got its fair share of investors, it's a little bit of a scrimping felt when this entire sequence was sound-staged, with stunts that try to look dangerous when it's obvious there's no degree or hint of risk. A bunch of multi-lingual, multi-cultural pirates enter the scene as adversaries, and I tell you it's one of the most tedious sequences in the entire film, contributing to the tremendous sag in pace at the halfway mark.

The highlights though were the first sequence involving Jackie Chan in what would be a suit of skates, nimbly escaping from soldiers as he weaves in and out through pursuing vehicles, and the quintessential warehouse setting that serves as a villains lair of sorts, which allows for all hell to break loose, and for the man to do battle against a whole host of adversaries, giving opportunity to perform his usual bag of circus acrobatics that have become the hallmark of his career. It's vintage JC just in that segment. And in what would be a case of too many endings, the finale involving a sky-diving fight on approach to an active volcano, is again something of a letdown, given the lack of sophistication in masking and refining its movie magic moments (the outtakes will show just why the hunger and appetite for risk is no longer there).

Running just over 2 hours, CZ12 would have benefited if the pace was tighter, and trimmed without many unnecessary moments that dragged and bloated the thin storyline, be it the light comedy that tried too hard to be funny, action that became repetitive after a while, or the chest-thumping, nationalistic moments with characters exalting their motherland, and preaching from a morale high ground of obligation to seek and retrieve national treasures from the hands of greedy museums and private collectors. It may be amusing for a bit, but too much of something just becomes a little bit abhorring.

CZ12 is full of excessive moments, which I think is natural for JC the filmmaker to have had become a little over self-indulgent with his latest effort. A slew of cameos from Oliver Platt, Shu Qi and Daniel Wu, amongst others like Jonathan Lee, were sought to spice up the ensemble cast especially in the dying moments trying to sweeten the deal, but these add to nothing other than a distraction from fans from what is a rather dull action-adventure. It's one thing going out on a blaze of glory, and another fading into the sunset. Even the usually interesting end credit outtakes of a typical Jackie Chan movie, didn't manage to last to the end, and had little to show for effort put into this film."




My details :
Date : 24 December 2012 (Christmas Eve Movie) 
Day : Monday 
Venue : TGV 1st Avenue Penang
Price : RM 10.00 (on deck, special price for Citibank card member) ~wow~
Start Time : 1430 
Seat No : H06 (Cinema 1)
Rating : «««««

Notes after movie :
- Typical JACKIE CHAN's action movie. Full of laughter, full of humor, full of excitement, full of flabbergast and no doubts when you watch HIS movie for 1st few WEEKS, you would heard lots of talkings and laughters NON STOP surround the theater.
- Seriously, his action movie getting lesser years by years. Apparently, he admits that he was getting older and lots of stunts are not in his range of doing it. However, watching at his movie, other than see his typical actions, I do realize lots of improvements in a very creative way of getting this movie into a BETTER one.
- 12 zodiac was one of our Chinese historical, or maybe legendary story. The title itself makes me got the move to watch it, although the storyline was not about the making or the legend of the 12 zodiac but getting to see the bronze statue itself.....is an ART. Not forget the Pharoah's sticks and the 《玫瑰花》painting.
- He uses lots of people for the last 10 minutes. The most creative part was he brought his REAL WIFE - 林凤娇 into that movie for the last 10 seconds. I do appreciate the storyline and the cast choosing of this movie. Got to say, he made it a little surprise for every one in the theater.
- I got this cute idea about his name in this movie. JC, can be his initial for Jackie Chan..... another comes out was JAYCEE, his son's name. I just wondered... I think he knew about this too.
- The treasure hunting is the ship wreck was a bit exciting. 8 tons of gold just gone into the ocean in 1 minute. I just couldn't believe if that's my gold, I think I would rather die with it in the ocean....hahaha...... and I hate to see the LIZARD which being so BIG. I hate reptiles....!!! I hate to see the LIZARD to be a KODOMO DRAGON in the desert....I HATE IT....!!

Saturday, December 22, 2012

The Golden Couple 金童玉女 (U)


Movie Details :
Release Date: 13 December 2012 (Penang)
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: Chinese / English / Malay
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Running Time: 1 Hour 37 Minutes
Director: Tan Kheng Xiong 阿牛,陈庆祥
Cast: Mike He Jun Xiang, Fiona Xie Wan Yu, Steve Yap Liang Chai, Chris Tong Bing Yu, Lai Ming

         贺军翔,谢宛谕,叶良财,童冰玉,黎明姨



Synopsis: SPARK (by Mike He) is a good looking, charming yet a talented guy. His reputation lands him a job in advertising industry that made him a wealthy man. With his earning ability, SPARK started to spend without knowing his limitation. Even to an extent when he can't clear all his credit card debts but he still believes that he can afford to have the best quality lifestyle. When SPARK met JACKIE (by Fiona Xie), a beautiful successful young business lady from a wealthy family. SPARK falls in love with JACKIE, but instead of romance, her existence leads up to SPARK's financial problems and sets off the crisis of his life...
(Source : GSC Movies)













My details :
Date : 22 December 2012 
Day : Saturday
Venue : GSC Gurney Plaza
Price : RM 11.50 (via Maybank 2u)
Start Time : 1230
Seat No : A01 
Rating : «««

Notes after movie :
- 老实说,故事并不是我想象中那么好看。可能是因为隔壁坐了一个九十后的洋娃娃,手一直离不开电话,screen 又大到要死,怕死自己看不到人家打电话或者传简讯给她......从戏的开始就有人打电话给她到散场还是有人打电话给她!害得我不能专心和详细思考戏的内容。
- 看到贺军翔,就想到他的偶像剧。他的声音是没有人可以模拟的。所以,看这部电影,还真的有那种偶像剧的feel,因为他那有钱人的架势,实在是很 “贺军翔”。
- Moral of the story :要告诉自己,不要洗脚不抹脚,用钱还是要有分寸。当然,要还钱首先就要有稳定的工作,有一定的收入才可以有本事花钱。















Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Cold War 寒战 (P13)


Movie Details :
Release Date: 08 November 2012 (Penang)
Language: Cantonese
Subtitle: Chinese / English / Malay
Genre: Action
Running Time: 1 Hour 42 Minutes
Director: Longman Leung, Sunny Luk 梁乐民,陆剑青
Cast: Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Eddie Pang, Aarif Lee, Charlie Yeung, Andy Lau 
         郭富城,梁家辉,彭于晏,李治延,杨采妮,刘德华


Synopsis: In Asia's safest city, the police have long been untouchable. Approaching midnight in Hong Kong, police headquarters receives an anonymous call: a fully-loaded police van carrying the force's, most advance equipment and five highly trained officers has disappeared off the grid. The hijackers possess direct knowledge of police procedures. They're already steps ahead. The police must meet a list of demands to ensure the hostage's release, including the delivery of a large ransom. Any delay will cost lives. The clock has begun to tick...
(Source : GSC Movies)


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My details :
Date : 14 November 2012 
Day : Wednesday
Venue : GSC Gurney Plaza
Price : RM 8.50 (via Maybank 2u)
Start Time : 1630
Seat No : D17 (rare place)

Notes after movie :
- 看这部戏的动力,其实是因为郭富城。好久没有看他在电影幕,实力还不输当年的他,依然那么fit,那么精彩。
- 老实说,我不是很喜欢这部戏的故事情节。有时候我分不清楚到底是正在发生,还是再诉说回去之前发生的事情。
- 以那么多钱来换回四个警察的命,好像不是一贯的作风,最起码,在马来西亚就应该是自己自生自灭吧?哪里可能任由一个不知道是什么人来摆布一个高级警察呢?做戏就是那么做.....
- 钱嘉乐的牺牲是偶然的吗?我想了很久。如果钱嘉乐没有死的话,故事是不是就不用演下去了?故事是说,原来在狗警车的钱,是钱嘉乐劫掉,然后私吞来还债;就迎来 ICAC 的调查,才爆出一连串的谎言和秘密。编剧啊,你真的是用心良苦。
- 看见郭富城的富有父爱的脸,真的让人心动。可怜是他的老婆(马伊俐)和他的女儿在最后一场戏成了牺牲品.......