06-29-2016, 09:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-29-2016, 09:32 PM by Drunk Monk.)
Lost in Hong Kong is the 2015 sequel by Zheng Xu. It was another huge blockbuster in China. It's a completely different story with Xu directing, writing and starring in it, with many parallel thematic elements. Xu is an everyman facing midlife crises and stuck with a dopey buddy. There's a quest after a dream girl, this time the luminous Du Juan. There's a lot of absurd mishaps, and a few amusing twists, and it shows off HK magnificently. I was put off at the beginning with one of my fav starlets, Zhao Wei, sneak-banging Xu's morning wood in an attempt to get pregnant. Honestly, Zhao is someone dm would use his celebrity-exemption for in a heartbeat. Those huge eyes of hers - you know some actually tried to sue her because her eyes sucked his qi out thru the tv. Srsly. So dm is thinking a morning-wood-bone-jumping by Ms. Zhao is not to be taken lightly. But despite the awkward start, the film comes together in its own charming way by the end.
Note: you really got to know HK film to fully appreciate this one. It's full of nods to classics like Jackie's double-decker bus umbrella hang in Police Story. There are several other nods like to Comrades: a llove story, bit I'm guessing none of you have seen that one.
Won't play well in the U.S. tho. It's way too Chinese.
Note: you really got to know HK film to fully appreciate this one. It's full of nods to classics like Jackie's double-decker bus umbrella hang in Police Story. There are several other nods like to Comrades: a llove story, bit I'm guessing none of you have seen that one.
Won't play well in the U.S. tho. It's way too Chinese.
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