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Rumble
Ages |
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Year: |
1998 |
Eason Chan |
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Director: |
James
Yuen Sai-Sang |
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Producer: |
Henry
Fong Ping |
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Cast: |
Edmond
Leung Hon-Man, Miriam
Yeung Chin-Wah, Bondy Chiu Hok-Yi, Eason
Chan Yik-Shun, Liz Kong
Hei-Man, Kwan Tak-Fai, Jason
Chu Wing-Tong, Denise Ho Wan-Si,
Yip Kwong-Kim,
Ho Ka-Kui,
Henry Fong Ping, Ngai
Sing, Michael Tse
Tin-Wah, Bau Hei-Jing |
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The
Skinny: |
Cheap-looking
youth melodrama that's well-meaning, but ultimately pandering
and unnecessary. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Director
James Yuen’s sophomore feature is a dark Feel 100%
that suffers enormously from lack of depth, plausibility,
and suitable leads. The plot covers all sorts of hot issues
like lesbianism, sex changes, petty crime, triads, whoring,
rich affluence and untimely death. What we’re supposed to
get is a portrait of Hong Kong's youth. What we get instead
is a trio of poorly developed romances. Rumble Ages fails to suspend disbelief. That some of the characters do what they do seems
to be a conceit of the filmmakers rather than a realistic
or even understandable response. Would Miriam Yeung really
track down the guy who robbed her without any backup? The
fact that she lets him go and grows to be his friend in such
a short time is even more puzzling. There are some good sentiments
in this picture, but they’re buried. This film is better intended
than most cheesy melodramas, but it still falters. (Kozo 1998) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Mei Ah Laser
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
English and Chinese Subtitles |
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image courtesy
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