Han cheng gong lüe (2005)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Jingle Ma

Writers:

Jingle Ma (written by) &
Brian Chung (written by) ...

Release Date:

3 February 2005 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Action

Plot:

In this sequel to "Tokyo Raiders", wisecracking, kung-fu-fighting spy/private eye Lam jets off to Seoul...

Plot Keywords:

Thief | Chase | Sequel | Spy | Double Cross

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu Wai	...	Lam
Richie Ren	...	Owen Lee (as Richie Jen)
Qi Shu	...	J.J. (as Shu Qi)
James Kim	...	Black Bear
Jeong-jin Lee	...	Jeon (as Jung Jin)
Meme Tian	...	Kim
Saki Seto	...	Saya
Yeo-jin Choi	...	Choi Sun Ah (as Choi Yei Jin)
Su-Hyun Jo	...	Lee Youn Mi (as Jo Su Hyun)
Ji-hyoung Lee	...	Police Captain (as Lee Ji Hyoung)
Joyce Cheung	...	Lady in U.S. Embassy
Mathew Tang	...	Police Commissioner Yam
Sasha Hou	...	Policewoman
Hilary Yeung Sum Yee	...	Policewoman
Seung-wan Do	...	Model (as Do Seung Wan)

Also Known As:

Hon shing gung leuk
Seoul Raiders (International: English title)
Tokyo Raiders 2 (International: English title)

Runtime:

95 min | Hong Kong:99 min

Country:

South Korea | Hong Kong

Language:

English | Cantonese | Korean | Cantonese | Mandarin | Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Taiwan:PG-12 | Hong Kong:IIA | UK:15 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Media Asia Films

Movie Connections:

Follows Dong jing gong lüe (2000)

Soundtrack:

CHEN WO XIAN ZAI SHI WO

Could this movie suck even more?

I'd give this a lower rating if I could, and that's not because I don't "GET the Asian genre." I love Asian films (being Asian myself), even during times when the story lines become overbearingly sentimental, cute or cloying.

But this one... I could barely get past the first 15 minutes. Each time I saw that smug face of Richie Renn's character I wanted to punch him in the nose. No offense to the actor himself (as I know there are many of his fans probably reading this), but I really hated the character. And his entourage of 3 Korean "babes" -- give me a break! All they did was follow him around and display the worst martial arts skills this side of Kung Pao.

I like Tony Leung, and Qi Shu always makes nice eye candy, but c'mon -- couldn't they have come up with something better than this? It's like they're all sleepwalking through their roles. And the ridiculous subtitles? Who distributed this? I've seen more coherent sentences coming from a 3-year old preschooler.

Movies like this make films like the incredibly bad "Dream of a Warrior" instant classics by comparison. What next? Calcutta Raiders? Mercy, please...