Chin gei bin (2003)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Directors:

Dante Lam
Donnie Yen (co-director)

Writer:

Wai Lun Ng (writer)

Release Date:

8 March 2003 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

A new age of darkness is dawning

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

First Part | Brother Sister Relationship | Martial Arts | Beautiful Woman | Vampire

Awards:

9 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Ekin Cheng	...	Reeve
Charlene Choi	...	Helen
Gillian Chung	...	Gypsy
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Prada
Edison Chen	...	Kazaf
Jackie Chan	...	Jackie
Mickey Hardt	...	Duke Dekotes
Josie Ho	...	Lila
Ricardo Mamood-Vega	...	Ethan (as Ricardo Mamood)
Maggie Lau	...	Nurse Maggie
Karen Mok	...	Ivy
Winnie Leung	...	Deborah
Mandy Chiang	...	Momoko
Digger Mesch	...	Vampire Thomas
Marky Lee Campbell	...	Vampire Boz

Also Known As:

Qian ji bian (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
The Twins Effect (Hong Kong: English title)
Vampire Effect (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence. (also edited/subtitled version)

Runtime:

Argentina:88 min | UK:102 min | Hong Kong:107 min (original version) | Finland:102 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Brazil:16 | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Philippines:PG-13 | South Korea:12 | UK:12 (edited version) | USA:R (edited version)

Company:

Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG)

Goofs:

Continuity: During the final scene when Gypsy and Helen are fighting Duke Dekotes, Helen gets hit by the Duke's mechanical claw. When Helen falls down, there are three scratches on her stomach. When she stands up, the scratches are gone.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Shi bu di tou (2004)

Soundtrack:

Change, Change, Change

Blade meets Mr. Vampire!

Vampire hunter Reeves loses his beloved partner and girlfriend in a fierce fight against a vampire duke. While his new partner Gypsy starts work with him, his sister Helen befriends... a vampire prince! But he is a good vampire and would "rather starve than suck the blood of humans", as she says. Too bad the evil vampire duke is after him because he wants to open the vampire bible and therefor needs the blood of five vampire princes...

This starts spectacular and serious like "Blade", but unfortunately, as the film goes along we are soon in familiar "silly Hong Kong vampire comedy" territory. But wait! It's really funny, cute and sometimes even romantic to the point where it can be considered a date movie! The ending then becomes rather serious again. Another strong point is that the movie is filled with Hong Kong stars: Ekin Cheng, Gillian Chung, Charlene Choi, Josie Ho, Edison Cheng and so on make a great cast, add to those the incredible Anthony Wong (yeah right!), super-cute Mandy Chiang and... Jackie Chan! Let the show begin.