Chin gei bin 2: Fa dou daai jin (2004)

Directors:

Patrick Leung
Corey Yuen

Writers:

Kin Chung Chan (writer)
Suet Lam (writer)

Release Date:

12 August 2004 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Plot:

In the mythical land of Huadu, Charcoal Head, a humble boy born to rule an empire must undertake his journey to claim his throne. It is an epic action adventure combining romance, fantasy, comedy and cutting edge Hong Kong style martial artistry.

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Charlene Choi	...	13th Young Master
Gillian Chung	...	Blue Bird
Donnie Yen	...	General Lone
Jaycee Chan	...	Charcoal Head
Edison Chen	...	Peachy
Tony Leung Ka Fai	...	Master Blackwood
Ying Qu	...	Queen
Daniel Wu	...	Wei Liao
Jackie Chan	...	Lord of Armour
Bingbing Fan	...	Red Vulture
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bo-lin Chen	...	Blockhead (as Wilson Chen)
Sui-man Chim	...	Rebel Leader

Also Known As:

Qian ji bian II: Hua du da zhan (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
The Huadu Chronicles: Blade of the Rose (International: English title)
Twins Effect 2 (Hong Kong: English title)

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Yunnan, China

Company:

Emperor Motion Pictures

Trivia:

This film marks the acting debut of Jaycee Chan, 'Jackie Chan' 's son.

Movie Connections:

Follows Chin gei bin (2003)

Soundtrack:

Love Invincible

Strange Franchise for the HK Twins

This film reminded me of Halloween 3. Remember? The third film that had nothing to do with the continuing storyline of Michael Myers. Thats pretty much what this film does... takes the same title from an entertaining first film and slaps it onto a film with a completely different story.

Apparently, the Twins Effect films are not supposed to have any continuity because it's just a franchise vehicle to market these popular HK twin celebrities. Which is sad, because the first film was entertaining. This film is just strange and more so comedic. In laymens terms, women have taken over the world and an evil woman sorcerer wants to change all the remaining men in the world into women as well. I honestly found myself fast forwarding a lot in this film because I kept getting so disinterested with the plot. Which upsets me because I love HK films and rarely do that. I even bought this film based on the fact I loved the first one... but I'm sadly selling it off. It's not that much of a keeper. This film has only one good scene, the cameo fight scene with Jackie Chan. Which you can find that entire fight online somewhere without having to watch this film.