The Four 3 (2014)

Emotionless has left Six Doors, as has Cold Blood, who has decided to investigate the death of Lord Bu on his own. The departure of two of the four constables has effectively left Six Doors... See full summary »

Director:

Gordon Chan

Writers:

Koon-Nam Lui, Frankie Tam

Stars:

Chao Deng, Yifei Liu, Collin Chou

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Chao Deng	...	Leng Lingqi (Cold blood)
Yifei Liu	...	Shong Yayu (Emotionless)
Collin Chou	...	Tie Youxia (Iron Hands)
Ronald Cheng	...	Cui Lueshang (Life Snatcher)
Anthony Chau-Sang Wong	...	Zhuge Zhenwo
Emma Wu	...	Ding Dong
Awayne Liu	...	Jiang Lei
Yuki Li	...	Feng Ming
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Qingwen Li
Angela Qiu	...	Dragonfly
Xiubo Wu	...	Lord An Shigeng / The God of Wealth

Storyline

Emotionless has left Six Doors, as has Cold Blood, who has decided to investigate the death of Lord Bu on his own. The departure of two of the four constables has effectively left Six Doors defunct. At this time, trouble begins to brew in the Imperial Palace as Emperor Huizong plans to travel incognito to the outside world. When he is almost assassinated and subsequently disappears, Cold Blood, Emotionless, Iron Hands and Life Snatcher must band together once again under Master Zhuge to save the empire from a massive conspiracy.

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Plot Keywords:

3 dimensional | 

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Genres:

Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence

Details

Country:

China Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin Cantonese

Release Date:

28 August 2014 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

The Four 3

Company Credits

Production Co:

Enlight Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Lawless Kingdom (2013)

User Reviews

A very bland and mediocre third movie...

I might have done the mistake of watching "The Four" and then not getting around to watching part II before moving on to watching part III.

In any event, it turned out that my expectations to "The Four III" (aka "Si da ming bu 3") were much higher than what director Gordon Chan managed to present in this movie. "The Four III" were nowhere near the vicinity of the first movie in any way, story-wise and action-wise.

While the story told in "The Four III" was adequate enough for what it turned out to be, it just wasn't outstanding or particularly innovative, and it merely just scraped by on characters already established in the first movie. If you have seen other Chinese movies in the genre that "The Four III" is in, then you have essentially already also seen this movie. Yeah, it just failed to differentiate itself from the numerous other movies already established in the genre.

Sure, it was good to see recurring cast return to play roles again in "The Four III", and they had managed to put together a great ensemble of cast for the movie. That much credit they should get at least. However, Yifei Liu and Anthony Wong were not given enough screen time, which was a shame, because they really could have bolstered the movie and lifted it up and out of the generic and mediocre place where director Gordon Chan had managed to put the movie.

But the entire movie was just weighed down heavily by the mediocrity of the storyline and the laziness to come up with something new, fresh and innovative. Writers Koon-nam Lui, Frankie Tam and Maria Wong seemed to play it safe and go with something that has already been seen and done countless times before in the genre.

The action sequences in "The Four III" was good enough, but it was hardly enough to sustain the rest of the movie.

I suppose this might be a good movie in itself to round up the trilogy, but it just wasn't a memorable movie by any means, and I doubt that I will be returning to watch it ever again.