Chin gei bin (2003)

Directors:

Dante Lam
Donnie Yen (co-director)

Writer:

Jack Ng (writer)

Release Date:

8 March 2003 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

A new age of darkness is dawning

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Brother Sister Relationship | Martial Arts | Vampire

Awards:

9 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Ekin Cheng	...	Reeve
Charlene Choi	...	Helen
Gillian Chung	...	Gypsy
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Prada
Edison Chen	...	Kazaf
Jackie Chan	...	Jackie
Mickey Hardt	...	Duke Dekotes
Josie Ho	...	Lila
Ricardo Mamood-Vega	...	Ethan (as Ricardo Mamood)
Maggie Lau	...	Nurse Maggie
Karen Mok	...	Ivy
Winnie Leung	...	Deborah
Mandy Chiang	...	Momoko
Digger Mesch	...	Vampire Thomas
Marky Lee Campbell	...	Vampire Boz
Mark Strange	...	Vampire Smashing
Philip Chen	...	Vampire Lebrow
Daniel Whyte	...	Vampire Ice
Simon Robida	...	Vampire Zoolander
Daniel O'Neill	...	Vampire Dan
Bey Logan	...	Vampire John
Robert Meister	...	Vampire Elron
Michael Clements	...	Vampire Nobals
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jason Chong	...	Jackie Chan (English Revoice)
Don Ferguson	...	Vampire Train
Philip Ng	...	Ambulance Vampire (uncredited)
Matthew Sturgess	...	Vampire Food (uncredited)

Directed by
Dante Lam
Donnie Yen		(co-director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jack Ng		writer

Produced by
Carl Chang	....	producer
Bey Logan	....	producer
Albert Yeung	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Kwong Wing Chan

Cinematography by
Man Po Cheung

Film Editing by
Kei-Hop Chan
Ki-hop Chan		(as Ki Hop Chan)

Production Design by
Bill Lui

Art Direction by
Bill Lui

Production Management
Sylvia Liu	....	production manager
Yuk-Lam Pang	....	production manager

Visual Effects by
Jesse Ho	....	animator
Harry Ching Wei Hung	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond Electronic Art
Keith Leung	....	digital compositor
Eddy Wong	....	visual effects supervisor
Victor Wong	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Chris Fazikas	....	stunts
Don Ferguson	....	stunts
David Ismalone	....	stunts
Gang Wu	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Jimmy Wong	....	camera operator: second unit
Jimmy Wong	....	steadicam operator: second unit

Editorial Department
Jeff Pavlik	....	assistant editor (re-cut)

Music Department
David Klotz	....	music editor (additional music: US version)

Other crew
Bob Buchholz	....	english language director
Phattana Sansumran	....	key set production assistant
Donnie Yen	....	action director

Production Companies

• Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG)
• Million Channel Ltd.

Distributors

• Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA) (2007) (France) (DVD)
• Arclight Films
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video
• Comstock (Japan) (theatrical)
• Gelvars (2004) (Kazakhstan) (theatrical)
• Gelvars (2004) (Moldova) (theatrical)
• Gelvars (2004) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Gelvars (2004) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
• Gelvars (2004) (Uzbekistan) (theatrical)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (VHS)
• Millennium Films (2004) (Brazil) (video)
• Universal Home Video (2004) (Brazil) (video)
• Universal Pictures (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Menfond Electronic Art & Computer Design Company

Other Companies

• Cine Art Laboratory  film processing
• Fine Art Film Production Company  subtitles
• Kodak (Hong Kong) Ltd.  film supplied by
• Media Business Service Limited  sound post-production
• Salon Films  camera equipment provided by
• Salon Films  grip and lighting equipment
• i Zone Sound Design  foley

Also Known As:

Qian ji bian (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
The Twins Effect (Hong Kong: English title)
Vampire Effect (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence. (also edited/subtitled version)

Runtime:

Finland:102 min | Argentina:88 min | UK:102 min | Hong Kong:107 min (original version)

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Philippines:PG-13 | South Korea:12 | UK:12 (edited version) | USA:R (edited version)

Company:

Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG)

Goofs:

Continuity: When Gypsy and Helen are fighting over the teddy bear, Gypsy breaks a table. After the table has broken, the table is standing at a tilt. In the next shot, the table is perfectly straight.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Shi bu di tou (2004)

Soundtrack:

Change, Change, Change

Quite entertaining flick, though not great

This movie, as my Chinese girlfriend informed me, features two well-known Hong Kong pop stars. While this may make the movie a mere marketing stunt, I found the acting acceptable, and they're both cute.

The story is pretty poor overall. The vampiric traits and weaknesses are, however, used in humorous ways, and created some uniquely entertaining bits. The quarreling between the two girls made me chuckle, and this gave a fine balance together with the well-executed action scenes to create an entertaining movie.