Drink, Drank, Drunk (HK 2005)

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AZN showed the romantic Hong Kong film Drink, Drank, Drunk directed by Derek Yee that came out in 2005. I like Daniel Wu (One friend aptly said if you like Andy Lau you will like Daniel Wu.) in movies and I was even more excited to find he is an overseas Chinese who is making it in Hong Kong as others are being successful. Kozo wrote a review about this film Drink, Drank, Drunk and this person writes good reviews.

Siu Min (Miriam Yeung) is a beer promotions gal who meets Michel (Daniel Wu) a Chinese French guy chef one night drinking away his sorrows. He has opened a French restaurant but the locals do not understand or appreciate his high end French cuisine and he is losing money. They both come together and open a business because Siu Min is tired of her job and sees it as a good opportunity. Slowly Siu Min falls for Michel because he is living with her (as he no longer has enough money to rent an apartment.) So the road from strangers, friends, roomies, business partners to more than friends happens pretty quickly. But Michel has another conflicting passion, the desire to see and travel the world. What will happen with them?

I actually liked the chemistry between Siu Min (Miriam Yeung) and Michel (Daniel Wu). Siu Min can out drink many people. So she does not trust anyone when they say things when they are drunk. Or it is the popular belief that drink causes people to say the truth as their inhibitions are lowered. Miriam is the queen of HK movies in terms of comedies. By harsh HK beauty standards, she is not considered one but she makes it up in terms of her likeable on screen aura. It is probably why I enjoy her films so much. It was a breezy romance comedy and I was glad to rewatch this film.

Leave Me Alone (HK 2004) Charlene Choi,Ekin Cheng

The movie Leave Me Alone (Ah ma yau nan) by director Danny Pang.

Plot (wikipedia)

Gay fashion designer Yiu Chun Man (Ekin Cheng) is visited in Hong Kong by his straight twin brother, Yiu Chun Kit (also Ekin Cheng). Kit borrows his brother’s driver’s license, and is then involved in a car crash in which a woman dies (see also Ab-normal Beauty), and Kit falls into a coma.
With no ID card, Man is unable to prove his identity, so he assumes the identity of his brother, and takes up with Kit’s girlfriend, Jane, (Charlene Choi), and goes with her to Thailand. Jane, however, is has some money problems, and is deeply indebted to a loan shark (Chi Wah Wong), who pursues Man and Jane.
Kit comes out of his coma and finds himself struggling to fend off the amorous advances of Man's boyfriend (Jan Lamb), who is a high-ranking Hong Kong police officer.

THOUGHTS:

This is movie where Ekin Cheng (know from the Young and Dangerous series) plays a dual role as twins in this flick. Charlene Choi of "TWINS" fame is Kit's girlfriend. Both do a great job. Ekin Cheng has done alot of movies but he is charming playing the twin brothers leaving the nuances of being both gay and straight very well. I found it entertaining even. It was weird seeing Charlene Choi having to act all "tough" as Jane with her cute baby face. She admitted in the "making the film" portions it was her first action flick.

The signature shooting and walking moves (a la "John Woo") and other HK movie directors is in this film. I liked the cameo by Kenny Bee as Charlene Choi's dad. It was funny especially in his first scene with the ridiculous hair!

Good fluffy action movie that has its charms but will never win any movie awards.