This is my second time watching this movie and god, why did they decide to turn this to the movie and not an anime adaptation? It's goddamn so bad it's good and funny, but the anime would have been better.
I'm so glad that he changed his agency and Fantagio does a good job defending his rights! I'm so sick of people…
At one time, I was shocked to learn that some people on this site literally create catalogs based on real or speculative dirt on certain stars. I mean, I'm no saint and I love rumors myself, but I haven't seen anything like this even on Western film resources during the Culture Wars.
You say that as if targeting a female audience means lower quality.
It's kind of stereotypical. Moreover, gender appeal is more about how it's written than what it's written about. Just look at how many overtly romantic anime and manga are aimed at men.
Little bit of romance? Or at least some spicy chemistry?
There is a noticeable romantic subplot in the original manga, but it is very subtle and the live action ends long before it gets seriously developed. The story also has a very large womance arc with homoerotic undertones, but again, the live action and anime just don't get there, focusing entirely on slice of life cooking.
This film is a shining example of untapped potential, when you literally have to hype yourself up to fully utilize it. As a result, a dark realistic neo-noir with quite interesting motives and subtexts simply turns into a typical police action movie with ultra-violence of its era, suffering from an obvious rawness of the script and not the biggest budget.
I also couldn't help but feel that Yuen Biao seems very cramped in a film of this kind,. While he can give the performance that is needed for this kind of story, the man who is famous for his cool kung fu fights with complex acrobatics is clearly uncomfortable and difficult to play a simple realistic cop who uses a gun 90% of the time. Years later, Jackie Chan would try to repeat this approach in one of his first American films, and it would look no less sad.
In cheating, both people are always to blame. One because they cheat on their partner, and the other because they know that their partner is in another relationship and agree to it.
American viewers: Are there any gays here?
I also couldn't help but feel that Yuen Biao seems very cramped in a film of this kind,. While he can give the performance that is needed for this kind of story, the man who is famous for his cool kung fu fights with complex acrobatics is clearly uncomfortable and difficult to play a simple realistic cop who uses a gun 90% of the time. Years later, Jackie Chan would try to repeat this approach in one of his first American films, and it would look no less sad.