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Option
Zero |
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Year: |
1997 |
Julian Cheung |
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Director: |
Dante
Lam Chiu-Yin |
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Producer: |
Gordon
Chan Car-Seung |
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Action: |
Chin
Kar-Lok |
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Writer: |
Chan
Hing-Kai |
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Cast: |
Julian
Cheung Chi-Lam, Carman
Lee Yeuk-Tung, Anthony
Wong Chau-Sang, Monica
Chan Fat-Yung, Cheung Hung-On, Farini Chang,
Madam Nancy (Lan
Sai), Michael Wong
Mun-Tak, Michael
Tong Man-Lung |
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The
Skinny: |
Interesting
"Cop Soap Opera" that sustains interest despite
a strained storyline. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
More Cop Soap Opera from the men who do it best: producer
Gordon Chan and writer Chan
Hing-Kai. Like
Final Option and First Option, this film
concentrates on HK cops and their home lives. Julian
Cheung is our hero, a member of the Special Branch,
HK’s local espionage force. He’s just moved in with
his girlfriend Carman Lee (in an effective, but nearly
annoying performance) and he has a hard time balancing
the two parts of his life. Anthony Wong is one of his
team members, who neglects his live-in girlfriend (Farini
Cheung). Rounding out the team is Cheung Hung-On and
Monica Chan, who form two points of an unrequited love
triangle with Julian Cheung as the third point.
As set-ups go, this one is
overly strained. The plot is barely there, and the character
elements are contrived. The relationships among the
group make for some rather unnecessary moments of thinly-disguised
romantic longing. Somewhat similar to Chan
Hing-Kai’s Task
Force, this film isn’t as good because it lacks
the other film’s human poetry. Option Zero is
fine in the action department, though. The only other
large flaws in the film are Julian Cheung’s stiff acting
and the almost inexplicable shift in focus from the
Special Branch to G4, HK’s secret service. At one point,
the members try out for G4 and are trained by none other
than Michael Wong, who thankfully only appears for three
minutes. This shift makes the film seem disjointed,
but this is still an entertaining movie and much better
than the atrocious First Option. (Kozo 1997) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Mega Star/Media Asia
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Dolby Digital 5.1
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles |
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