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Tragic
Fantasy: The Tiger of Wanchai |
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Year: |
1994 |
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Director: |
Stephen
Lo Kit-Sing |
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Cast: |
Simon
Yam Tat-Wah, Lau Ching-Wan,
Charine Chan Ka-Ling, Wan
Yeung-Ming, Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung,
Marianne Chan Miu-Ying,
Yvonne Yung Hung, Chik King-Man,
Lam Kwok-Bun, Lo
Lieh, Guk Fung |
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The
Skinny: |
Based-on-fact
triad picture that's sporadically entertaining, but also overdirected
to the point of distraction. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Sensationalized account of real life triad, the “Tiger of Wanchai,"
played here by Simon Yam. This gritty, overly violent piece entertains,
but not effectively. It’s hard to like or identify with anyone in
this film, even nice guy Lau Ching-Wan. Simon Yam is an effective
actor and the meandering story has its moments. Sadly, the whole
thing is set to syrupy pop songs that are among the worst I’ve heard
in HK Cinema.
The film does earns points for referencing
the famous Anita Mui incident where she was slapped by a gangster
in a karaoke, whereupon the Tiger appeared to defend her honor.
Somehow, all this is supposed to link up with the real-life Tiger’s
tragic death, when he was shot to death by three killers wearing
motorcycle helmets. That’s portrayed accurately, but the Tiger didn’t
win the Macau Grand Prix. He came in second and was disqualified.
Oh, well. This is a movie, after all. (Kozo 1997) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Universe Laser
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
English and Chinese Subtitles |
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