Hong Kong’s Worst [and Best] Movies of 2005?

Posted by Mack at 7:50pm.

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It has been an up and down year for the Hong Kong movie industry. While fans have been waiting for some sort of ressurection to the powerhouse status it once held the industry is having trouble regaining the confidence of its viewers. And with less films being made each year in comparison to the industry’s hey day the chances of pulling out a winner are slimmer.

An unidentified Shenzhen-based newspaper reported recently that fans felt ripped off the most by four films. All four films came in highly anticipated but performed poorly and below expectations, and left fans more or less frustrated. The four films are The Promise, Seven Swords, Mob Sister and Everlasting Regret.

Viewers didn’t like The Promise because “it abused the use of special effects...[it] lacked a clear theme and didn’t have colorful and solid roles”. Seven Swords suffered viewer’s wrath when it “confused viewers because it was too heavily edited and shortened from four hours to no more than two hours”, something we have agreed upon here at Twitch. Everlasting Regret got the thumbs down mostly because of an ill-percieved choice of Sammi Cheng in the lead role. And Mob Sister, despite the talent in front of the camera, got the shaft because of “its unskilled director and weak story line, according to audiences. The director of the movie is considered as not knowing how to tell a story though he had seven movie stars in the film”.

And what did Hong Kong audiences like in 2005? Election, Perhaps Love, Initial D, Kill Wolf, Wait till you’re older and 2 Young. Alas, the report from ShanghaiDaily.com didn’t give reasons why audiences liked these movies over the others.

Source: ShanghaiDaily via HKEntReview

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wushumasterku 01/09/2006 @ 10:09am

i just seen “all about love”, i thought it was not too bad.
but i agree, seven swords was somewhat a fiasco display