Chik yeung tin si (2002)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Corey Yuen

Writer:

Jeffrey Lau (writer)

Release Date:

12 September 2002 (Singapore)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Looks can be deceiving.

Plot:

A conflict of interest between two high-kicking assassin sisters is complicated as they're pursued by the criminals who hired them and an equally high-kicking female cop.

Plot Keywords:

Computer | Professional Assassin | Death | Cyanide | Sunglasses

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Qi Shu	...	Lynn
Wei Zhao	...	Sue
Karen Mok	...	Hong Yat Hong
Seung-heon Song	...	Yen (as Song Seung Hun)
Yasuaki Kurata	...	Master
Derek Wan	...	Master
Michael Wai	...	Ma Siu Ma
Siu-Lun Wan	...	Chow Nunn
Sau Sek	...	Chow Lui
Ki Yan Lam	...	Alice
Josie Ho	...	Ching (as Josephine Ho)
Sheung Mo Lam	...	Lai Kai-joe
May Kwong	...	May
Henry Fong	...	Dad (as Fong Ping)
Hee Ching Paw	...	Mom
Tats Lau	...	Secret King (as Lau Yee Tat)
Hing Ying Kam	...	Captain
So Pik Wong	...	May
Ben Lam	...	Ben
Ricardo Mamood-Vega	...	Peter (as Ricmamood)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brian Kinney	...	Reporter
Johnnie Guy	...	Conference Chairman (uncredited)
Leon Head	...	Flashback Hitman (uncredited)
Leo Ku	...	(uncredited)
Jude Poyer	...	Flashback Killer (uncredited)
David John Saunders	...	Flashback Hitman 2 (uncredited)
Dave Taylor	...	Flash back killer 3 (uncredited)
Russell Wait	...	Conference Member (uncredited)

Directed by
Corey Yuen		(as Cory Yuen)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jeffrey Lau		writer

Produced by
Po Chu Chui	....	producer

Original Music by
Sam Kao
Kenji Tan

Cinematography by
Kwok-Man Keung

Film Editing by
Ka-Fai Cheung

Production Design by
Eddy Wong

Costume Design by
Jessie Dai
Chung Man Yee

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kai Keung Lai	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Sung Pong Choo	....	storyboarding
Kar Yan Yip	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Chris Goodes	....	sound editor
James Harvey	....	sound editor
Chung Wai Leung	....	sound
Francis Ward Lindsay	....	sound editor
Robert Mackenzie	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Pirola	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Roger Bolton	....	digital compositor: Complete Post
Francis Fung	....	visual effects editor
Harry Ching Wei Hung	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond Electronic Art
Laurence Lok	....	digital compositor
Samuel Mok	....	visual effects compositor
Kerri Schwarze	....	visual effects producer: Complete Post
David Tso	....	opening credit sequence
David Tso	....	visual effects compositor
Waikit Wan	....	visual effects
Peggy Wong	....	visual effects coordinator

Stunts
Jianyong Gao	....	stunt coordinator
Corey Yuen	....	stunt coordinator

Music Department
Wesley Tan	....	music arranger

Other crew
Jianyong Gao	....	action choreographer
Peggy Lee	....	production controller
Corey Yuen	....	action choreographer

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia
• Eastern Productions

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Italia (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• EDKO Film (2002) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2004) (Argentina) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar
• ERA Home Entertainment (2002) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2003) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Complete Post
• Menfond Electronic Art & Computer Design Company

Other Companies

• Salon Films  camera equipment provided by
• Salon Films  grip and lighting equipment
• Kodak (Hong Kong) Ltd.  film supplied by
• Mandarin Laboratory (International) Ltd.  subtitles
• Cinevex  film processing
• Showreel Film Facilities  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

So Close (International: English title)
Virtual Twilight (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)
Xi yang tian shi (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive violence and a sexual conversation.

Runtime:

UK:110 min | Poland:106 min (dvd release) | Argentina:111 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin | Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Indonesia:Dewasa (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Poland:15 (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia

Goofs:

Factual errors: Hong is accused of having concrete evidence supporting her apparent murder of Lynn - yet she had a solid alibi chasing Sue with other cops. The evidence is obviously barely circumstantial - a strand of hair and a necklace planted at the scene. Forensics would have picked this up and Hong's fellow officers would have confirmed her alibi. There was absolutely no reason to believe that Hong killed Lynn.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007)

Exciting

The writers get no points for creating a cohesive or logical plot. It's all over the place. A guy creates a worldwide spying device and then he's killed in an attempt to steal it. Years later his two daughters use the device to become hired assassins and get away with all their crimes. One of the sisters falls from some Korean sex symbol and decides she wants to stop killing people for money. The other sister wants to keep going and so she tries to do a job on her own and she screws up. There's a rookie cop who pretty much figures it all out and she's hot on the sisters' trail. One of the guys who paid for a hit decides he wants to wipe out the sisters and the cop and then it's all kicking and shooting and wire fu for the last exciting 20 minutes or so. Like I said, the story is pretty poorly put together but you will enjoy almost every moment any of the sisters or the cop is on the screen. Karen Mok is brilliant as the tough, smart, sassy and sexy cop. Shu Qi and Vicki Zhao make for the cutest sisters you'll ever see on screen. Whenever any of these characters are fighting with good guys, bad guys, one another or each other, you will be amazed at the stylized kung fu artistry. Yes, there's a lot of wires and camera trickery but it never takes away from the enjoyment. And how many movies can turn "Close To You" into a action theme? Don't watch the English dubbed version if you can avoid it. Watch it either in Mandarin or Cantonese for full enjoyment.