Baak nin hiu gap (2003)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Directors:

Johnnie To
Ka-Fai Wai

Writers:

Ka-Fai Wai (written by) &
Nai-Hoi Yau (written by) ...

Release Date:

25 January 2003 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A martial arts and Chinese medicine expert, Midget leads the famous 'Ngor Mei' clan in China. One day...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman

Cast

Sammi Cheng	...	May
Louis Koo	...	Tiger Hung
Suet Lam	...	Fatty (as Lam Suet)
Bingbing Li	...	Li Mo Shau (as Li Bing Bing)
Emotion Cheung	...	Hung's Aide (as Emotion)
Belinda Hamnett	...	Cat (as Hamnett, Belinda)
Nan Zhou	...	Tiger's PRC Employee (as Zhou Nan)
Ko Ko
Yong You	...	Tiger's PRC Employee (as You Hang)
Hua Wei	...	Omei's 4th Sister Disciple (as Wei Hua)
Wah Yuen	...	Tiger's Father
Fung Li	...	Tiger's Mother (as Li Fung)

Also Known As:

Bai nian hao he (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Love for All Seasons (Hong Kong: English title)

Runtime:

Hong Kong:93 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

China Star Entertainment

Re-watching this comedy is advisable!

The first time I watched this movie, I didn't think too much of the plot because I was looking for laughter during the Chinese New Years. Now that I have more time to watch it once again with my DVD and digest this movie. I found it is not only entertaining, it also provokes a lot of thoughts from me. First of all, I would like to comment on Alan's critic of this movie. He must be watching the mandarin version instead of the Hong Kong version. The fact that Sammi's character used a different name in China and H.K. tells us which version one is watching. The China version is a little bit different as compared to the H.K. version. The H.K. version is more slick, and fast pace. Yes, we do not know when Louis Koo's character is supposed to fall in love with Sammi or he just tried to help her to achieve the "hurt" feeling. Well, neither is the main character himself. That's the beauty of this movie, even the character itself do not know he fell in love with the kungfu master (Sammi), he thought he was helping to "hurt" the feeling, yet he subconsciously did something without himself realizing that he indeed has fallen in love. Isn't it that's what Love is all about.

i recommended this movie mainly because it is funny. Furthermore, the breath taking scenery of the Omai Mountain in Szechun, China is a gem. It sure worth the price of the DVD.