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True
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Year: |
2000 |
Sam Lee and Elle |
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Director: |
Ivan
Lai Kai-Ming |
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Cast: |
Sam
Lee Chan-Sam, Elle Choi
(Siu Suet)
(Siu Suet), Cheung
Kwok-Keung,
Joe Junior,
Sheila Chan Suk-Lan,
Law Lan, Peter Lai Bei-Tak,
Carlo Ng Ka-Lok, Bau Hei-Jing |
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The
Skinny: |
Strangely
dark and needlessly tragic "A Star is Born"
retread, only with a pizza boy (Sam Lee) instead of
the aging songwriter. Also not a very good film. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Vapid showcase for new idol singer Elle (Siu Suet) is
an interesting little exercise that collapses beneath
a truly abominable script. Elle plays Siu Suet, a burgeoning
idol singer whose career goes to hell when she refuses
the sexual advances of her manager Leo (Cheung Kwok-Keung).
When her mom dies, Elle proceeds to spin into a drug-induced
stupor until her long-time admirer Sam (Sam Lee) comes
to her rescue. Sam snaps her out of her self-pity and
gives her back some measure of self-respect. When a
new chance comes by, Sam supports her even though her
return to the stage may mean an end to any chance of
love.
What’s interesting about this
movie is its desire to show the dark side of idol manufacturing.
Elle’s road to stardom is fraught with backstabbing
and two-faced chicanery. The fact that Elle actually
is an idol singer makes the film an unusual experience.
One wonders what Elle actually had to go through to
become a new singer and get her own starring role in
a movie about an idol singer.
Self-reflexive trivia aside,
the film eventually gets submarined by hackneyed plotting,
poor scripting, and just plain terrible direction. Ivan
Lai has yet to direct a truly good movie, and it definitely
shows here. Sam Lee and Elle are appealing enough that
you want them to ride off into the horizon, but they
need a better movie to do that. And a less manipulative
ending would help, too. (Kozo
2000) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Universe Laser
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Dolby Digital 5.1
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles |
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