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Romancing in Thin Air (2012) Movie Review

10 April 2012 10:15 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

Although best known internationally for his action films and triad thrillers, legendary Hong Kong director Johnnie To has enjoyed huge popularity domestically with romantic comedies and dramas, having collaborated with screenwriter Wai Ka Fai on numerous occasions to great success. Following on from their 2011 outing “Don’t go Breaking my Heart”, the duo team up again for “Romancing in Thin Air”, which also sees the return to the genre of actress Sammi Cheng, who memorably starred for To and Wai in their classic “Needing You” back in 2000. The film also features a fine leading man in Louis Koo, and a top drawer supporting cast of familiar faces that includes Gao Yuanyuan (“Don’t go Breaking my Heart”), Wang Baoqiang (“Love for Life”), Crystal Huang (“East Meets West”), Wilfred Lau (“Overheard 2”), Tanny Tien (“The Jade and the Pearl”), and Li Guangjie. The film starts with Koo as megastar actor Michael, who »

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Review: Romancing In Thin Air marks a welcome return for Sammi Cheng

31 January 2012 10:55 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

In a rare, but much welcome change of pace, Johnnie To came off the back of 2009's disappointing multinational crime thriller, Vengeance, with two relatively light and fluffy romances. Don't Go Breaking My Heart successfully navigated a complex and hard-to-predict love triangle through the tumultuous financial tsunami that hit Hong Kong harder than most. While the next film to be released in cinemas bearing To's directorial moniker was Life Without Principle, a similarly finance-obsessed work, it was a project To had in fact been tinkering with for a number of years already. Instead, once Don't Go Breaking... had been completed, the Milkyway Image crew headed north into the mountains of Yunnan, where Louis Koo and Sammi Cheng would star in snowbound love story, Romancing In »

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