Chin gei bin (2003)

Directors:

Dante Lam
Donnie Yen (co-director)

Writers:

Hing-Ka Chan (writer)
Wai Lun Ng

Release Date:

8 March 2003 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

A new age of darkness is dawning

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Hero | Blood | Beret | Parkour | Action Hero

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
Mark Strange	...	Vampire Smashing
Philip Chen	...	Vampire Lebrow
Daniel Whyte	...	Vampire Ice
Simon Robida	...	Vampire Zoolander
Daniel Patrick O'Neill	...	Vampire Dan (as Daniel O'Neill)
Bey Logan	...	Vampire John
Robert Meister	...	Vampire Elron
Michael Clements	...	Vampire Nobals
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jason Chong	...	Jackie Chan (English Revoice)
Don Ferguson	...	Vampire Train
Ryûki Kitaoka
Philip Ng	...	Ambulance Vampire (uncredited)
Matthew Sturgess	...	Vampire Food (uncredited)

Directed by
Dante Lam
Donnie Yen		(co-director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hing-Ka Chan		writer
Wai Lun Ng		(as Jack Ng)

Produced by
Carl Chang	....	producer
Kingman Cho	....	assistant producer (as Ging-man Cho)
Bey Logan	....	producer
Albert Yeung	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Kwong Wing Chan

Cinematography by
Man Po Cheung		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Ki-hop Chan		(as Ki Hop Chan)

Production Design by
Bill Lui

Art Direction by
Bill Lui

Production Management
Sylvia Liu	....	production manager
Yuk-Lam Pang	....	production manager

Visual Effects by
Desmond Chan	....	visual effects
Jesse Ho	....	animator
Harry Ching Wei Hung	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond Electronic Art
Keith Leung	....	digital compositor
Eddy Wong	....	visual effects supervisor
Peggy Wong	....	visual effects producer
Victor Wong	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Chris Fazikas	....	stunts
Don Ferguson	....	stunts
David Ismalone	....	stunts
Li Jing	....	stunt double
In Seob Lee	....	stunt double
Heng Li	....	stunt double
Kenji Tanigaki	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Gang Wu	....	stunt double
Donnie Yen	....	action director
Huan Yun	....	stunt double
Nan Zhang	....	stunt double
Jackie Chan	....	stunt actor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Rocky Tsang	....	first assistant camera
Jimmy Wong	....	Steadicam operator: second unit
Jimmy Wong	....	camera operator: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Man Kit Chow	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Jeff Pavlik	....	assistant editor (re-cut)

Music Department
David Klotz	....	music editor (additional music: US version)

Other crew
Bob Buchholz	....	english language director
Phattana Sansumran	....	key set production assistant

Production Companies

• Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG)
• Million Channel Ltd.

Distributors

• Comstock (Japan) (theatrical)
• Gelvars (2004) (Kazakhstan) (theatrical)
• Gelvars (2004) (Moldova) (theatrical)
• Gelvars (2004) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Gelvars (2004) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
• Gelvars (2004) (Uzbekistan) (theatrical)
• Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA) (2007) (France) (DVD)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2004) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (VHS)
• Millennium Films (2004) (Brazil) (video)
• Universal Home Video (2004) (Brazil) (video)
• Universal Pictures (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Veronica (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Menfond Electronic Art & Computer Design Company

Other Companies

• Cine Art Laboratory  film processing
• Fine Art Film Production Company  subtitles
• Kodak (Hong Kong) Ltd.  film supplied by
• Media Business Service Limited  sound post-production
• Salon Films  camera equipment provided by
• Salon Films  grip and lighting equipment
• i Zone Sound Design  foley

Also Known As:

"The Twins Effect" - Hong Kong (English title)
"Vampire Effect" - USA (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence (edited version)

Runtime:

107 min | 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:

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

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:

References Amélie (2001)

Soundtrack:

Change, Change, Change

Pretty Decent Fun Film

Well don't expect anything deep an meaningful. Most of the fight scenes are pretty decent. The two leading ladies are quite endearing but their lack of HK action background shows at times. The ending maybe lacks something but I quite enjoyed it none the less. The cheesy humour isn't probably going to appeal to anyone who hasn't watched a bunch of HK films but if your down with that sort of thing and have a couple of hours to fill with something meaningless you could do a lot worse than this. (OK so you could do better but.......)

Certainly on a par with most of the Hollywood blockbuster action drivel.

7/10