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Lover's
Tear |
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Year: |
1991 |
Nina Li checks on Ngai Sing |
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Director: |
Jacob
Cheung Chi-Leung |
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Producer: |
Sammo
Hung Kam-Bo |
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Action: |
Lam
Ching-Ying |
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Writer: |
Jacob
Cheung Chi-Leung, Lee
Chi-Ngai, Liu Wing-Leung |
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Cast: |
Nina
Li Chi, Ngai Sing,
Lam Ching-Ying,
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo,
Tsui Kam-Kong,
Si Kai-Keung, Teddy
Chan Tak-Sum, Guk Fung,
Wu Ma, Yukari
Oshima (cameo) |
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The
Skinny: |
Above
average crime thriller/drama that succeeds thanks to
good direction and a fine leading performance from Nina
Li. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
A fairly standard plot about a cop and a witness who
fall in love is helped by good direction and a decent
script, as well as an effective performance from lead
actress Nina Li Chi. She’s a deaf woman who owes gangster/boyfriend
Tsui Kam-Kong big. It seems she was once a prostitute,
and Tsui got her out of the biz by making her his moll.
He’s actually not such a bad guy, and he honestly cares
for her. Still, she doesn’t really feel love for him.
Instead, she falls for the
new cop in town (Jet Li’s usual nemesis Ngai Sing),
when they’re handcuffed together (shades of The Defiant
Ones) and forced to go on the run. The whole thing
happens because she witnessed the shooting of a public
security official (Yukari Oshima in a small cameo),
and Ngai Sing needs her to clear his name. Lam Ching-Ying
turns in a charismatic supporting turn as Tsui’s chief
lieutenant who also has a thing for Nina. Sammo Hung
is the local police chief who must bring Ngai in, though
he believes him to be innocent.
The situations and characters
are handled convincingly and sensitively, but Ngai Sing
proves to be a millstone. He isn’t a credible romantic
lead and he strikes few sparks with Nina Li. The film
is also a tad confusing, with too many loyalties and
relationships running counter to each other. Sometimes
it seems that there may be easier solutions to the film’s
convoluted problems, but nobody bothered to plug those
plot holes. Still, it all ties together well by the
end in a well-staged stand-off. (Kozo
1998) |
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image
courtesy of Mei Ah Laser Disc Co., Ltd.
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