Sleepless Town (Fuyago-1998)

Starring:
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Mirai Yamamoto
San Boon Mei Loi
Eric Tsang Chi-Wai
Sihung Lung
Kathy Chow Hoi-Mei

Kenichi (Kaneshiro) is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghainese gangs intent on taking overall control. Things are calm, however, his former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is rumoured to have returned to Kabukicho, having fled years earlier after killing the number two to gangland boss, Yuan (Tsang). Yuan wants to get even and attempts to do so by using Kenichi. Meanwhile, Fu-chun's girlfriend, Natsumi Sato (Yamamoto) turns up to sell something to Kenichi.

Sleepless Town was a pleasant surprise for me, a well-written and well-executed film, with a gangster storyline containing enough twists to win a dance contest.

I'm a totall Kaneshiro fan. Another actor whose movies have never failed me in their aptitude, drama and action.

The fast paced setting actually started me out quite confused. Mainly, I couldn't read the subs fast enough to save my life. I'll admit I ended up having to pause many times to read what they were saying. So fast the pace....the subs couldn't keep up...so neither could I. But that actually had nothing to do with the movie in itself.....just the viewer who had to read at a 100mph. LOL!

The beginning mainly began with a lot of talking (hence my dilemma). Eventually, once I caught on, the story unfolded so fast but there were sooooo many twist and turns that once you thought you had the movie figured out...*poof*...something else would happen leaving you to scratch your head.

The best part of the movie was the end. OMG! It was a beautiful ending. I sat there gasping. I wouldn't really call this movie a romance but the ending was so moving that it had me wondering all along. I didn't cry but oddly sat there in awe...............

Gen-X Cops (Dak ging san yan lui,Te jing xin ren lei-1999)

Starring:
Nicholas Tse - Jack
Stephen Fung - Match
Sam Lee - Alien
Grace Yip - Y2K
Eric Tsang - Inspector Chan
Daniel Wu - Daniel
Tôru Nakamura - Akatora
Terence Yin - Tooth
Francis Ng - Lok
Jaymee Ong - Haze
Moses Chan - Superindentent To
Bey Logan - SDU Commander
Jackie Chan (cameo) - Poor Fisherman

"Revenge? Is this a kung fu movie?"

When a shipment of lethal explosives goes missing, a veteran Hong Kong policeman forms a team of off-beat young cops to track it down. These generation X law enforcers find themselves up against a similarly youthful gang boss, and the shadowy Japanese mastermind behind him.



This was a great movie! This didn't have as much as the kung-fu type action as the previous movies I have recently reviewed. The storyling kept me entertained with Sam Lee and Stephen Fung's comedic action. Sam Lee....LOL! He was a riot.

This was a great guy movie even for the young male generation. This is something I know my boys would love. Of course, Jackie Chan had to add a little comedic spice in the end. Hee-hee!

Nicholas Tse


Stephen Fung


Daniel Wu