MOVIE REVIEW: “BREAK UP 100 / 分手100 次 (2014) HONG KONG.

“BREAK  UP” 100 (2014) HONG KONG MOVIE REVIEW

 “BREAK UP 100″ is written for the big screen by LAWRENCE CHENG who also directed it to keep a firm grip on creative control.

Boss knows best, right?

It stars EKIN CHENG, CHRISSIE CHAU, comedian IVANA WONG and the capella group who goes by a wacko name of C ALL STAR. (are they referring to See all Stars)?

EKIN is double CHRISSIE’s age, according to the gossip mills, so the pairing is wrong.

EKIN is “too uncle-ish” to be the boyfriend.

So what’s the big deal?

The world is filled with dirty old men courting young spring chickens who are willing to get fried for money.

EKIN still looks dashing to begin with, and he is more than happy to prance around in the film acting like a kiddo.

He’s probably looking forward to a second childhood. It’s great to be young “once again”, as though we don’t know.

Yes, this film is downright silly to a fault.

It cajoles that love can be a game, and you should play games when you are bored.

And when you get tired of it, you can go in for a break up and yet another …. until you form a loop.

Then you swing back together as a couple again, when you start missing each other.

As this movie begins, the couple has arrived at break-up point “99”. One more time would complete the “100” loop.

How can you mend a broken heart?  Then go sign up for this refresher course.

Sam (EKIN) and Barbara (CHRISSIE) have been cohabiting for eight whole years.

Each time Barbara threatens to leave, Sam would give in and begs her to come back, giving her an increasing upper hand.

This time, after their 99th breakup, the couple decides to cement their love.

So they open their own cafe.

Served by employees the Four Boys this cosy cafe is frequented by the neighborhood eatery owner Shui Kee (IVANA WONG) and Sam’s primary schoolmate FreeWin.

In no time, the cafe “with the soulful difference” would become the hottest hangout cafe in town.

Especially after Sam drums up the idea of creating “the Breakup Mini Storage,” corner where customers can exhibit mementos of their breakups for like-minded lovers to see.

“BREAK UP 100″ clearly, is targeted at a young audience.

The script is excellent.

As for the  ensemble cast, the ladies beat the guys hands down.

But it is with aplomb that we must accord IVANA WONG as the next comedian on the horizon. She is a scene stealer.

Cheers!

RATING: 3.5 out of 5

Local Distributor: GSC MOVIES

“KICK ASS GIRLS” Movie Review. 爆3俏嬌娃 電影

 “KICK ASS GIRLS” Movie Review

爆3俏嬌娃 電影

Get set to switch off your suspension of disbelief if you wanna sail smoothly alongside this chick flick.

Because, midstream, you might want to switch gears and dock ship to kick some nasty ass.

It  has a female director GC GOO BI on board.

GC with the unique name also doubles as a scriptwriter who knows how to wrangle a good story. She’s the Jill of all trades and knows every trick in the book about effective film making

Scene opens with three lovely but lethal femme fatales arriving in Malaysia. They are the direct exports from Hong Kong.

Lured by bright lights and big time money, they drop everything at home and zoom for Malaysia.

Count in the pouty Chrissie Chau, alluring Hidy Yu and squirmish queen Dada Lo.

Apart from Christie Chau, I’ll be honest to declare that I have yet to hear of the other two Hong Kong actresses.

Here’s a piece of grim reality:

Our home-bred Malaysian actresses  Chris Tong and Emily Lim who can easily give their three counterparts a run for their money are playing minor roles here. Justifiably so, as the principal markets are Hong Kong and China.

Here’s the plot line-up:

The three female leads, Bao (starring Chrissie Chau), Miu (starring Dada Lo) and TT (starring Hidy Yu) are messed up and fickle-minded when they are confronted to solve problems of the heart and friendship betrayals.

They are headhunted as female bodyguards by a mysterious Malaysian lady Zhu Ge (Chris Tong) who promises them the heaven and the earth.

So seduced by the taste of attainable wealth, they throw caution to the four winds and fly to Kuala Lumpur.

But their initial lavish lifestyles are nipped in the bud as they are soon to discover that they are recruited as women warriors.

They have to fight tooth-and-nail for survival against murderous women fighters as pawns inside huge animal cages for lecherous gambling men who place their bets on whoever that’s deemed to emerge as winner.

Now, how are these bewildered damsels going to redeem their lives and regain their honor?

The movie has all the answers, so go watch.

‘KICK ASS GIRLS” is an action packed movie loaded with so much fun by a bevy of beautiful stars.

It’s ferocious, fearsome, full on and packs one hell of a punch! 

The Press Conference on 16th November, 2013 in Kuala Lumpur

SPORTY MALAYSIAN ACTRESS EMILY LIM HAD SO MUCH FUN FILMING, DESPITE A CAMEO ROLE.

Lead actress CHRISSIE CHAU laments:

“I injured my left leg on the first day of shooting. It’s the result of spin-kicking some thugs whilst wearing a tight mini-dress and a pair of cumbersome six-inch heels.”

PRESS CONFERENCE PICTURES COURTESY of FRANK NG

“THIS ACTION COMEDY PACKS ONE HELL OF A PUNCH”

“KISS ASS GIRLS” is FUNNY, FEROCIOUS and FULL-ON!”

“IT’S LIKELY WE SHALL ALL RETURN WITH A SEQUEL!”

Here’s the movie TRAILER complete with whatever you should know BEHIND-the-SCENES.