Wong gok ka moon (1988)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Kar Wai Wong

Writer:

Kar Wai Wong (writer)

Release Date:

2 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Two parallel stories of Wah caught in the mist of a love affair with his beloved cousin, Ngor and his relationship with his triad brother, Fly, who seems to never far out of trouble.

Plot Keywords:

Brothers | Cousin | Gangster | Hong Kong | Directorial Debut

Awards:

2 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Andy Lau	...	Wah
Maggie Cheung	...	Ngor
Jacky Cheung	...	Fly
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Chang
Kau Lam	...	Kung
Alex Man	...	Tony
Ronald Wong	...	Site

Also Known As:

As Tears Go By (International: English title)
Carmen of the Streets
Mongkok Carmen (literal English title)
Rexie Naner
Wang jiao ka men (China: Mandarin title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Sweden:15 | South Korea:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Italy:VM14 | Australia:M | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | UK:18

Goofs:

Continuity: Wah's facial bruises shift tremendously near the final scene from the time he got on the bus to the time he met Fly.

Quotes:

Wah: People like us don't have tomorrows

Soundtrack:

Take My Breath Away

Equally Watchable As "A Better Tomorrow"!

Two superstars who dominated the Hong Kong art movies in 90's were produced by this movie, Kar-Wai Wong and Maggie Cheung, although to a large extent "As Tears Go By" is a commercial movie. Maggie Cheung has said it was the first time she knew acting was something beyond making simple expression. Before "As Tears Go By", she was a "vase" rather than a professional actress. The story talks about two gangsters and their friendship. Very typical style of Hong Kong gangster movies. But with a good script and a good director, the movie is indeed very watchable. Wong made the movie visually very attractive. The camera movement and angle are remarkable and in fact have showed the style we can see later in Wong's "Chungking Express"(1994). Equally outstanding is the description to the characters especially the one played by Jacky Cheung - a loser who are willing to give up his life in order to obtain a very short-term respect. All the actors performed very well. The style is very different from that of other gangster movies. May not be better than, but at least equally watchable as "A Better Tomorrow" of John Woo and absolutely a movie worth seeing.