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My
Heart is that Eternal Rose |
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Year: |
1989 |
Joey Wong and Kenny Bee |
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Director: |
Patrick Tam
Ka-Ming |
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Action: |
Tony Leung
Siu-Hung |
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Cine: |
Christopher
Doyle, David
Chung Chi-Man |
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Cast: |
Joey Wong Cho-Yin,
Kenny Bee, Tony
Leung Chiu-Wai, Chan
Wai-Man, Gordon
Liu, Ng Man-Tat,
Kwan Hoi-San,
Cheung Tat-Ming |
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The
Skinny: |
Somewhat
overwrought heroic bloodshed picture which features
decent pathos but a rather blank leading man in Kenny
Bee. Faring better are scenery queen Joey Wong and Tony
Leung Chiu-Wai in an award-winning supporting role. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Overly-romantic
heroic bloodshed picture from future Wong Kar-Wai collaborators
Patrick Tam and Christopher Doyle. The story is standard
genre stuff: star-crossed lovers Joey Wong and Kenny
Bee reunite after many years, but those years have not
been kind. Since the death of her father Kwan Hoi-Shan,
Joey has become the lead moll to triad boss Chan Wai-Man.
The formerly happy-go-lucky Kenny is now a hitman for
hire. Circumstances arise which bring the two back together,
but as you'd expect, the bad guys won't let Joey go
without a fight. Gordon Liu shows up as the evil rug-wearing
henchman, and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai is the lowly triad
gofer.
While the plot and execution
are rather standard, My Heart is that Eternal Rose
has some nifty caveats which make it worthwhile. The
film was shot by Christopher Doyle, which means nothing
is its correct color, but is gorgeous to look at nonetheless.
Also, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai is very good as the lovelorn
nice guy who decides to help our heroes at his own risk.
His righteous, emotionally-winning performance is immediately
sympathetic, and a good counterpoint to Kenny Bee's
robot-like lead. Joey Wong is fine in her role, and
Chan Wai-Man and Gordon Liu are suitably menacing. This
really isn't an overly special film, and those turning
in for action are sure to be disappointed. Despite the
occasional brandishing of two guns and some snippets
of slow motion, the gunplay is not cathartic in the
manner popularized by John Woo. My Heart is that
Eternal Rose is more genre pulp than heroic bloodshed,
but nonetheless it's a suitably entertaining Hong Kong
flick. (Kozo 1996/1998) |
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Awards: |
Ninth
Annual Hong Kong Film Awards
• Winner - Best Supporting Actor (Tony
Leung Chiu-Wai)
• Nomination - Best Editing (Cheung Kwok-Kuen)
• Nomination - Best Art Direction (Patrick
Tam Ka-Ming, Eddie Mok Kwan-Kit) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Mei Ah Entertainment
16x9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles |
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image
courtesy of Ocean Shores Licensing, Ltd.
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