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A Moment of Romance

Original title: Tin joek yau ching
  • 19901990
  • 1h 27m
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7.3/10
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Andy Lau and Chien-Lien Wu in A Moment of Romance (1990)
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During a bank heist, the getaway driver Wah took a young woman Jo Jo hostage. After preventing her from getting killed by his accomplices, they began a forbidden relationship causing mayhem ... Read allDuring a bank heist, the getaway driver Wah took a young woman Jo Jo hostage. After preventing her from getting killed by his accomplices, they began a forbidden relationship causing mayhem and chaos for their friends and family.During a bank heist, the getaway driver Wah took a young woman Jo Jo hostage. After preventing her from getting killed by his accomplices, they began a forbidden relationship causing mayhem and chaos for their friends and family.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.4K
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    • Benny Chan
    • James Yuen
  • Stars
    • Andy Lau
    • Chien-Lien Wu
    • Man-Tat Ng
    • Benny Chan
    • James Yuen
  • Stars
    • Andy Lau
    • Chien-Lien Wu
    • Man-Tat Ng
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    • 9User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Andy Lau and Chien-Lien Wu in A Moment of Romance (1990)
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    Andy Lau in A Moment of Romance (1990)
    Andy Lau and Chien-Lien Wu in A Moment of Romance (1990)
    Andy Lau in A Moment of Romance (1990)
    Andy Lau in A Moment of Romance (1990)
    Andy Lau and Man-Tat Ng in A Moment of Romance (1990)
    Chien-Lien Wu in A Moment of Romance (1990)
    Andy Lau and Chien-Lien Wu in A Moment of Romance (1990)
    Man-Tat Ng and Chien-Lien Wu in A Moment of Romance (1990)
    Andy Lau and Chien-Lien Wu in A Moment of Romance (1990)
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    Andy Lau
    Andy Lau
    • Wah
    Chien-Lien Wu
    Chien-Lien Wu
    • Jo Jo
    Man-Tat Ng
    Man-Tat Ng
    • Rambo
    Kwong-Leung Wong
    Kwong-Leung Wong
    • Trumpet
    Joseph Chi
    Joseph Chi
      Kingman Cho
        Tiet Wo Chu
        Tiet Wo Chu
        Yung Chung
        Shui-Chiu Gan
        Kwok Wing Ha
          Chi-Ming Huang
          Shirley Huang
          Shirley Huang
          Tung-Kim Hung
          Tung-Kim Hung
          Lo Kam
          Lo Kam
          Chung Lam
          Chung Lam
          Sandra Lang
          Sandra Lang
          Kong Lau
          Kong Lau
          Shan Liang
          Shan Liang
              • Benny Chan
              • James Yuen
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            • Goofs
              The denim jacket on Wah Dee's body changed from perfectly put on to loose on one end of his arm, right before and after he slammed Jojo to the ground during their struggle in the field.
            • Connections
              Followed by A Moment of Romance II (1993)
            • Soundtracks
              As If Heaven Has Love
              Music by Ta-Yu Lo

              Lyrics by Lee Kin-Tat

              Performed by Fung-Ying Yuen

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            9/10
            Unforgettable Drama of Romance
            'A Moment of Romance' is undoubtedly one of those old HK cinematic gems, but to appreciate and applaud the movie utmost, one should really understand and familiar with the origin of the movie itself. By the time around late 80's to mid 90's, plenty of HK movie appeared in theme dominated not far from Triad Flick, a sad ending love story, hard boiled gun fight action or some silly comedy (mostly by Stephen Chow and gang). AMOR in this case still follows the mainstream, combining the tragic love story in the midst of underground Triad affair. The main lead Andy Lau around that time enjoyed the peak of his popularity that he did starred in not less than 10 movies a year while the main lead Jacklyn Wu rolled in her very first debut which propelled her to stardom. Andy played Wah Dee, a young and rebellious triad member with some remorse within, while Jacklyn played Jojo, an innocent young girl come from a rich family.

            The plot actually flows so lightly and in some way over dramatically, yet it never get you boring and leave a mesmerizing impressions. A coincidence encounter between Wah Dee and Jojo in a robbery went wrong lead to an endearing feeling between them. And when a love story happens between a triad member and the only heir of a wealthy family, it doesn't take a genius to get the idea of how it wasn't a silky smooth romance, amidst the conflict occurred between Wah Dee and fellow brutish gang leader Trumpet(Tommy Wong) in account of Jojo. The friendship between Wah Dee and Rambo(Richard Ng), an all time loser who normally nobody would even took a glance at, added some depth to the story and put an implicit character depiction of Wah Dee himself.

            The thing that differs AMOR from movie alike is the chemistry that was too well built between characters, and on top of all is the beautiful score and unforgettable soundtrack(by the remarkable HK band Beyond and Shirley Yuen), which were perfectly fit into each scene. Andy himself never look better and perfectly match the character of a prince charming figure on a 500cc racing motor-bike, with his heart-robbing eye glance, charismatic and intriguing good-looking, in my opinion is those of very rare to be leveled even after decades. Jacklyn herself who portrays an innocent young girl in love is truly convincing both by her looks and demeanor. In short way : Perfect casts! And despite the seeming a little aged action scenes and some lines, it still delivers a powerful gesture all the way.

            In conclusion, for those who are already familiar with classic 90's Hong Kong cinema, AMOR has placed itself as unforgettable cinematic experience, type of cult which you grew up with, and for those who are still unfamiliar, AMOR would be a fine introductory.

            -Very Highly Recommended-
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              • June 14, 1990 (Hong Kong)
              • Hong Kong
              • Cantonese
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              • Paka Hill Productions
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            • 1 hour 27 minutes
              • Color
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