Friday, February 16, 2007
门徒/ Protege - Warning: Spoilers Ahead!
Watched 门徒 with my colleagues last night. I went with no expectation whatsoever but thoroughly enjoyed the show.
门徒 is a Hong Kong movie starring big names like Daniel Wu, Andy Lau and Anita Yuen, about a drug syndicate. The plot itself is not exactly fresh, but the movie is still refreshing enough to warrant a watch. It shed light on the destructive nature of drug addiction as well as the cold-hearted calculations of drug trafficking. We were joking that we all want to quit and become drug traffickers after seeing the profit margin of trading in heroin! Hhahahaha :) But on a serious note, some scenes of drug addicts getting high on drugs and the things they would do to get their next fix made me feel very sad indeed. Especially for the family members who are affected in one way or another by their addiction. I am reminded of Indonesia's "anti-narkoba" (anti-drug) campaign, which I have always thoroughly supported.
Anita Yuen put on weight and is convincing in her minor role as the pregnant wife of the drug lord, Andy Lau. I thought Lau lacked depth in his portrayal as the diabetic yet enigmatic drug lord, but he deserves some applause for his effort all the same. Daniel Wu does not exactly shine as the protagonist, an undercover cop, but the circumstances surrounding him in the show helped make up for that.
Please be warned that the movie is rated NC16, and so is riddled in some parts with rather disturbing scenes of the effects of drugs on the body and also some mutilations. The most gruesome is probably the one involving the drug-addicted Zhang Jingchu, which I shall not reveal here. Enjoy!
门徒 is a Hong Kong movie starring big names like Daniel Wu, Andy Lau and Anita Yuen, about a drug syndicate. The plot itself is not exactly fresh, but the movie is still refreshing enough to warrant a watch. It shed light on the destructive nature of drug addiction as well as the cold-hearted calculations of drug trafficking. We were joking that we all want to quit and become drug traffickers after seeing the profit margin of trading in heroin! Hhahahaha :) But on a serious note, some scenes of drug addicts getting high on drugs and the things they would do to get their next fix made me feel very sad indeed. Especially for the family members who are affected in one way or another by their addiction. I am reminded of Indonesia's "anti-narkoba" (anti-drug) campaign, which I have always thoroughly supported.
Anita Yuen put on weight and is convincing in her minor role as the pregnant wife of the drug lord, Andy Lau. I thought Lau lacked depth in his portrayal as the diabetic yet enigmatic drug lord, but he deserves some applause for his effort all the same. Daniel Wu does not exactly shine as the protagonist, an undercover cop, but the circumstances surrounding him in the show helped make up for that.
Please be warned that the movie is rated NC16, and so is riddled in some parts with rather disturbing scenes of the effects of drugs on the body and also some mutilations. The most gruesome is probably the one involving the drug-addicted Zhang Jingchu, which I shall not reveal here. Enjoy!
Labels: Review
// posted by Jenn @ 8:37 AM 
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]