Kei fung dik sau (2003)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Ringo Lam

Writers:

Mike Cassey (screenplay)
Ringo Lam (writer)

Release Date:

3 April 2003 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Drama | Action | Comedy | Romance

Plot:

A policewoman has always had the worst luck in love. On a trip to Malaysia, she finally meets the man of her dreams. However, her Perfect Man might not be all he appears to be.

Cast

Qi Shu	...	Grace
Simon Yam	...	Poon
Andy On	...	Alex
Yat Ning Chan	...	Joey (as Isabel Chan)
David Wu	...	Richard
Suet Lam	...	Bobby Chan
Shiu Hung Hui	...	Teddy
Ruby Wong	...	Poon's Girlfriend
Ho-Yin Wong	...	Vincent (as Raymond Wong)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mike Cassey	...	The Preacher
Nelson Cheung	...	James
Chapman To

Also Known As:

Finding Mr. Perfect (Hong Kong: English title)
Looking for Mr. Perfect (Hong Kong: English title)
Qi feng di shou (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Malaysia | Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

China Star Entertainment

Trivia:

Although finished in 2001, producers at China Star released "Black Mask 2: City of Masks" (2001) instead thinking that it would make more money. It didn't so the release date for "Looking For Mister Perfect" (2003) was severely pushed back. This movie still didn't do well at the box office due to the outbreak of SARS in Asia. (Scource: hkfilm.net's review of "Looking For Mister Perfect.")

Who choreographed the fight scenes ?

This movie is an action comedy with comedy part mostly coming from silliness of Bobby who's trying to woo actresses he comes in contact with through his work. Shu Qi is a woman cop who decides to go on a vacation in Malaysia with her actress friend.

This style of movie making (silly comedy and characters acting irreverently) was popular in the early '80s, and I'm surprised that the producers decided to make another movie in this format in 2003.

The action sequence is so obviously choreographed, and it was a big turn off to watch.

There was no effort to make the cinematography as good as it can be. The whole movie was rather like professionally done home video.

Shu Qi and Simon Yam was about the only good thing that was happening with this movie, but the poor production value of the movie was unsalvageable even with these two talents on board.

This actually was a dumb movie even for a mindless entertainment buff like me.

Shame on the director and the producer.