Rule Number One (第一诫 -2008)

Starring:
Ekin Cheng
Fiona Xie
Shawn Yue
Stephanie Che

A police officer after injured and killing a serious criminal gets transferred to another department called "Miscellaneous Affairs Department" where Rule Number One is " There Is No Such Thing Called Ghost".



This was one totally insane movie. It was cool!

At first it was like really weird. Then it got weirder. Then I thought I had it figured out. And I did really, but they twisted the movie and had me doubting myself. But then at the very end, I was right all along. Aaagh!

The movie pretty much tells you at the very beginning of the story the ending. Listen. And then figure it out at the end. I just gave you a hint.

This was totally freaking but totally thrilling.

I just loved Shawn' and Ekin's characters. I love them individually put when they are together, it's totally an awesome movie thrill ride.

"Nothing isn't at seems, or is it?"

Love in the City (2007)

Starring:
Shawn Yue
Gao Yuanyuan
Takuya Suzuki
Miyake Nao

Director Jingle Ma's Love in the City presents two wholesome little stories about love set in rural China. However, the interest and effectiveness of each differs quite a bit. Traffic cop Yang Le (Shawn Yue) has a thing for deaf-mute Xiaolou (Gao Yuanyuan), who wanders by his crossing every day. The infatuation goes both ways, and before you know it, Le is learning sign language in an attempt to impress his ideal girl. She responds to his smiles and glances, but when he finally gets the nerve to ask her out, she leaves the city and goes to the countryside to visit her father's farm. Le hightails it out there too, confesses his love, and before long they're holding hands and are deeply in love.

Meanwhile, Japanese-Chinese translator Makoto (Takuya Suzuki) falls hard and fast for actress Yuko (Miyake Nao). He's assigned to be her assistant/translator while her current one is in the hospital, and there's a noticeable initial attraction between the two. Circumstances lead them to spar a bit, but the sparks and situations give way to a pure affection, and before long they're holding hands and are deeply in love.

Ahhhh! This was such a slow, sweet movie about love. I don't recommend this to girls to watch with their guys. Definite girl movie. If my husband watched this, he would have gagged and walked away within 2 minutes of the beginning of the movie.

I would have have thought I would see the day that Shawn Yue would play a loving, sweet guy. This is not his normal type movie. Heck the last movie I saw with him was Shamo and he was a psychotic ultimate fighter. I thought I would never see the day. And to tell you the truth.....I loved him this way. It was so....so....strange but yet nice. Oh so nice for a change.

Another actor, Suzuki Takuya, was a new one to my AsianOtaku eyes. Strange that I've never seen him before. And if I have, well, this was a first that he was a main character in the forefront, per se. His love story was a sub story. A filler, I guess. That story wasn't as catching because of the time frame it was given. Not enough emotion and character to get into their story. Also, their story, had a sudden twist that bound the first love story with Shawn Yue. I won't say but it was different but it really didn't make a difference to any of the story but it would have been nice to have tied off that twist. They could have magnified onto that but left it to fray in the wind.

Happily, it was a good ending, but I do advise those female counterparts to have a few tissues handy because it is a heart tugger at the end.

Suzuki Takuya

Shamo (军鸡 -2008)

Starring:
Shawn Yue - Ryo Narushima
Francis Ng - Kenji Kurokawa
Ryo Ishibashi
Dylan Kuo
Terri Kwan
Siu-Lung Leung
Annie Liu
Masato - Sugawara Naoto

Director Soi Cheang's follow up to Dog Bite Dog, SHAMO tells the story of the psychotic anti-hero Ryo, and his rise through the brutal world of competition fighting.

After barbarically slaughtering his parents, 16 year old Ryo is sent to a prison for boys. Continually tortured by his fellow inmates, Ryo takes up karate training after a savage beating leaves him for dead. Returned to society after 3 years, Ryo catches the attention of the local triads for his natural ferocity and dedication to destruction. Convinced to enter underground, no rules fighting tournaments, Ryo easily demolishes the competition. Seemingly unstoppable, Ryo's inevitable confrontation with champion Sugawara may be his only chance for respect by the society that has so completely rejected him.

Vicious, uncompromising and raw, SHAMO is the razor's edge of extreme Asian cinema.



This movie was W I C K E D !!!!!! First off, I wasn't expecting the first 20 minutes to blow my mind away. My poor Shawn gets raped. It was sad, gross, but yet I couldn't turn my eyes away. The violence he had to succumb to while in prison because the inmates learned he "killed" his parents was just so pitifully sad. Again, yet, I couldn't turn my eyes away.

This was in some ways horrific. Not the typical slash horrors you see in everyday big screens but horrific in a human sense to witness. As time goes by, he learns karate from a fellow inmate and yet at the same time his heart hardens and the sweet, innocent boy that was thrown in jail was gone.

All the while, as this time goes by, he is in search for his sister who had to lose everything because of her brother and ended up selling herself to prostitution to survive. And, at the same time, Ryo (Shawn Yu) has to support himself as well and succumbs to the same career path.

I will say that as the movie went on it was hard to support Ryo who was traumatized throughout the movie. His motto...."To never let anyone look down on me again." He was a good kid turned bad boy through out the movie. In just a few handful of scenes, we see the good kid come out....but the bad side always won in the end.

And as a twist, we learn something about the whole beginning of the movie, that makes Ryo's character even more sad. You sort of feel yourself give at the conclusion.

I didn't cry....it was a profound ending but crying would have just made the movie's message dissolve into nothing. So I held back....and just sort of smiled.

This is definitely a man/guy movie. Serious kick butt action, non-stop, blood spurting, aggressive, and barely a tender moment. And for us girls....eye-candy in the names of Shawn Yue and Dylan Kuo! Woo-hoo!

And for those of you who wondered why this movie was called Shamo....well, Shamo, means "gamecock". A fighting rooster.

Dylan Kuo

Where has this guy been all my life? LOL! Okay, he got beat up by Shawn's character but damn if he still didn't look......HOT!!!

The Moss (Qing Tai / 青苔 -2008)

Starring:
Shawn Yue - Jan
Seli Xian - Lulu
Siu-Wong Fan - Lo (beggar)
Matt Chow - Fai
Jay Lau - Nurse
Kai Chi Liu - Four-eyed Tong
Suet-yee Si - Fa
Yam Yam Siu - Sister Yum (Chong Mom)
Shaun Tam
Eric Tsang

Jan is one of the many dirty cops living in the area. He's really more like a gangster than a cop. Self-serving and living aimlessly in this hellhole of an area, he constantly have dealings with the mobs and offers protection to the prostitutes in exchange for sexual favours. Of all the girls, he fancies Lulu most. He finds her non-inquisitive and quiet nature comforting, almost like a place where he can seek solace. Jan's peaceful routine is disrupted when the son of God mom Chong goes missing in a rival gang's territory headed by the four-eyed Tong. Along with his disappearance is a valuable green gemstone that was meant as a birthday gift from her son. Jan is tasked by Chong to confront Tong. At this moment, a mysterious beggar makes an attempt to kill Tong. (Source: Sensasian)


This was a pretty good unlike a previous movie that just pissed me off to no end! And this was a Chinese movie, unlike yesterdays fiascos, was decent and kept me awake enough to watch it.

Shawn Yue, the master of dirty cops, is yet one again. Not really dirty, per se, but not clean either. Always well-suited for his character, love his fighting (not so choreographed looking or with special effects) because it always looks real, and his ability to stay focused in his character. He's definitely one of my HK favorites.

This movie might not be for some because it is slower than most action movies. I wouldn't even really call this action but I have to because there are some definite fighting scenes with blood thrown in the mix. I won't give this as one of his best movies because it isn't but it's deserving of praise because it was quite enjoyable to watch him fret over his possible unborn child. That actually made my heart jump a few beats faster............

Shawn Yue

Undercover

Starring:
Shawn Yue
Sam Lee Chan-Sam
Monie Tung Man-Lei
Eddie Peng Wai-On
Ben Ng Ngai-Cheung
Ken Tong Chun-Yip
Osman Hung Chi-Kit
Otto Wong Chi-On
Marco Lok Lik-Wai
Michael Lam Wai-Leung

Shawn Yue is Feng, a former undercover cop who would definitely come in last place in a "cover your tracks" contest. Not only does he allow his former undercover life to drag his current post-undercover life to crap, but he seems only vaguely interested in self-preservation. One night while he's hanging with former triad pal Fai (Sam Lee), the two get caught snorting coke by a cop (Otto Wong of EO2), resulting in the cop's death at Fai's hands. Fai immediately must go on the run, and looks to his buddy Feng for some assistance. However, their wires get crossed, and Fai starts to think that Feng is out to bust him.

Feng isn't really trying to bust Fai, but the cops are wise to Fai anyway, and it's only a matter of time before they get to him. To save Fai (and probably also himself) from incarceration, Feng must go where he shouldn't: back to Tuen Mun, where everyone hates him for ratting out their former triad boss (Ken Tong). The journey is fraught with the expected difficulties, namely triad guys wanting a piece of him, plus a run-in with his former girlfriend Sandy (the ubiquitous Monie Tung), who has angst-a-plenty over the disappearance of her former beau. Meanwhile, there's a parallel investigation into a just-discovered skeleton, the sight of which unnerves Feng so much that he pukes and passes out. What gives? Is Feng really that much of a pansy about dead bodies? Can he rekindle things with his sweetheart Sandy? And can he clear his name with Fai?



This was sooooooo boring. I mean it bored me so badly I actually fell asleep for an hour and had to rewind where I remember leaving off to finish it. That was a stupid waste of my time.

I really love Shawn Yue, especially when he's working with Nick Tse, but damn if this movie dissappointed me.

There was no sense to be had in this movie. It was more of a "whoa is me" type movie. I felt nothing. Didn't even get upset at the end. Thankfully this movie was only an hour and 20 minutes long. I don't think I could have handled anymore of this crap.

The story could have been great. I idea of a messed up cop was good. They the production company screwed this movie up so badly. There was too much going on or not enough. You choose. It was just a messy movie.

I read another review and they gave it 2 1/2 stars. Really? They had to be sh*tting me! It wasn't even worth a 1/2 star. Why did I finish this movie? Because damn it....it had Shawn Yue. It should have been good. Not!

Playboy Cops (Hua Hua Xing Jing / 花花型警-2008)

Starring:
Shawn Yue
Kun Chen
Supporting Cast
Shaun Tam
Kayan Chung
Danny Lee
Michelle Mee
Xin Xin Xiong
Vincent Kok
You-Nam Wong

Two very different crime-busters are linked together by a murder case.

Mainland's former policeman Lincoln, whose brother was robbed and killed, comes to Hong Kong in search for the murderer. Michael, a rich kid as well as a local cop, always disobeys his supervisor's orders. At one time, he even uses his private helicopter to chase after a suspect. This caused him to be suspended from duty.

At first, Michael doesn't care about Lincoln, who is a bumpkin in his eyes, but when he knows Lincoln is his ex-girlfriend Lisa's admirer, his bursts into anger and asks him to leave Lisa alone. In order to shrug him off, Michael promises to offer his help in searching for the murderer.

As the son of a Hong Kong millionaire, Michael spends a lot of money to build up the strongest informant network. This allows easy access to the latest news and secrets from the underworld. Lincoln, having inherited his brother's club house business, also does not need to worry about money. Being a meticulous guy, Lincoln enjoys chatting with different people, and is good at finding out clues from the conversations. The two guys with very different investigating methods work together and eventually track down a key person named "Lo Keung"!

Lo Keung claims that he is the witness of the case, and the murderer is a man with scorpion tattoo on his back. Michael and Lincoln find the suspect out, thinking that the case is almost solved. But soon they realize that the tattoo man is merely a diversion. Trouble has yet to come...

Overcoming various challenges together, the two guys gradually become good friends. From a video which they get from Rat's girlfriend, they find out that Lincoln's brother was not killed in a robbery. He was killed in somewhere else before being dumped in the "robbery" site. The prime suspect turns out to be David, the seemingly loyal and reliable manager of the club house.

Meanwhile, the club house is holding a boat party. David has invited many millionaire members. Michael and Lincoln believe it is a very good chance to arrest David, but unexpectedly, on the ship there comes a group of gangsters. They kidnap all the millionaires and even killed David!

Michael realizes his father is at the verge of getting bankrupt. Without the money, his father is going to be killed! Now, Michael gets back to the police force. Losing his racing cars and other assets, he has to overcome the difficulties merely with his will, wit and courage.

As more truth is revealed, they find out David is still alive. The one being killed on the boat was just a decoy. The whole plot is an unbelievable a revengeful act against the upper society.

Michael and Lincoln decide to take the initiative to strike back, but meanwhile Lisa is caught and mistreated.

The partners from two extremes finally work in concert to fight against their enemy. It is time for the "playboy cops" to grow up to become real brave men!


Man, oh man! This was a really good movie. Not the typical Hong Kong kung-fu fighting action. Oh there is fighting but not that overdone Jackie Chan stuff. This seemed a little more realistic.

It was fun to watch Michael try to win Lisa over Lincoln. But as the movie goes on, Lincoln is really a pretty nice guy. So is Michael. They eventually become really close friends in the end.

Oh and I will say this. The ending was so surprisingly unexpected. It doesn't end the way you thought it would. So girl's...bring out the tissue. It's a weeper. I'm tellin' ya now. You have been forewarned!!

Dragon Tiger Gate (Long Fu Mon-2006)

Starring:
Donnie Yen ... Dragon Wong
Nicholas Tse ... Tiger Wong
Shawn Yue ... Turbo Shek
Louis Koo ... Shibumi (Voice-over)


Dragon Tiger Gate is a martial arts academy established by three youngsters, Tiger Huang , Little Dragon Huang and Black Dragon Shi. Adopted as children by kung fu master Huang Jianglong, they aspire to impart the spirit of Chinese martial arts to the world. The final showdown between good and evil is a spectacular battle that makes the walls of Dragon Tiger Gate quake.



Can I say something here? I've fallen head over heels for Shawn Yue and Nicholas Tse. I understand now. These two are two to be reckoned with. Holy Moly, Enchilada, Mary Mother of God!!! Whew!

I'm so impressed with their martial art style. These two remind me of Kwon Sang Woo and Song Seung Hun. You put these two together and you have a movie match made in heaven. So be it with Shawn and Nick! I've saved a couple more of their movies and am looking forward to watching them. I'm melting for this art....their martial artwork.

This movie itself, storyline wise, wasn't all that to me. Too rushed. No definition of certain characters. Shawn's character was totally lost in purgatory. I think they should have added atleast another half hour on him alone. His character only had a few lines and didn't seem well worth it for his talents.

Choreograpy...this movie was amazing. I want to learn karate and tae kwon do. I'm so envious of their talent that it makes me want to just learn a bit.

More Nick pics! Yea!!!!

Nicholas Tse

Invisible Target (Nan er ben se,男儿本色-2007)

Starring:
Nicholas Tse - Detective Chan Chun
Jaycee Chan - Officer Wai King Ho
Shawn Yue - Inspector Carson Fong Yik Wei
Jacky Wu - Tien Yeng Seng
Andy On - Ronin Tien Yeng-Yee
Elanne Kwong - Leung Hoi Lam
Sam Lee - Ho Wing Keung

An armoured truck is secretly transporting $100 million for a U.S bank when it is hijacked by a band of robbers calling themselves the “Ronin Gang.” The gang blows up the truck and makes off with all the cash. Three young detectives, led by Chen Jin (Nicholas Tse), are soon assigned to prevent another massive bank robbery organized by the Ronin Gang.


OMG! I'm not a big fan of Chinese movies whatsoever but damn if this wasn't the shit! This was so kick-ass! I swoon with the testosterone action and the hot pheromones that surround this movie. Holy Enchilada!!! I'm in loooooooooove!

I couldn't stop yelling, ooooohing and aaaaaaahing to this. The moves were incredible. Jackie (Chan) you taught your son well! Sheesh, he looks EXACTLY like you! Holy Enchilada!

Now I know why I see forum boards all about Nicholas Tse. This guy rocks. Incorporate Shawn Yu and it's a freakin' wet panty fest!

The story was believable. Dang, if it didn't literally start off with a bang. The first 20 minutes you are glued to your seat and afraid to leave to miss the coolest action you'll see in a long freakin' time. Woo-hoo! Three hot guys, kung-fu, shoot'em up, round'em up action with even a few endearing moments that just add the right touch!

One of my favorites. Heading to Walmart tomorrow to pick up a copy. I actually saw it there but watched it online first before I spent $20. It'll be well worth it!!

Shawn Yue

Omg! OMG! OH MY GOD! I can't believe I found this pic! Risque? Hell yes! A little too much for my eyes! Oh my eyes!

Nicholas Tse

I'm in loooooooove! Why have I avoided all these movies with him in them. Whyyyyyyy? I've got some catchin' up to do!

Jaycee Chan

Yeah, that is Jackie's (Chan) son! I swear he was duplicated. There ain't no denying that boy is his!!!!

Initial D (イニシャル D-2005)

AKA:
Inisharu Dī
Kashiramoji Dī
Tau man ji D
Initial D - Drift Racer


Starring:
Shawn Yue - Takeshi Nakazato
Edison Chen - Ryousuke Takahashi
Jay Chou - Takumi Fujiwara
Supporting Cast:
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang - Bunta 'Tofuman' Fujiwara
Chapman To - Itsuki Tachibana
Tsuyoshi Abe - Kenji
Anne Suzuki - Natsuki Mogi
Kenny Bee - Yuuichi 'Gasman' Tachibana
Liu Keng Hung - Seiji Iwaki
Jordan Chan - Kyouichi Sudou
Kiyohiko Ueki - Iketani
Kazuo Yashiro - SpeedStars Member
Miki Kuroiwa - Natsuki Mogi's Classmate
Megumi Seitone - Natsuki Mogi's Classmate
Sayaka Takizawa - Natsuki Mogi's Classmate
Tomohiro Waki

Drifting is the art of getting cars around corners as quickly as possible through controlled skidding. Mount Akina's tortuous hairpin bends and perilous drops make it a formidable test for even the professional street racers, but the fastest driver of them all is Takumi (Taiwanese pop idol Jay Chou) who has been delivering tofu for his father down that route every night since he was 13. Street-racing gangs hear of a "Racing God" and turn up to challenge him, but he only has eyes for his worthless (and underwritten) girlfriend - until his friends and his alcoholic father can trigger his competitive streak.




This movie rocked! It was awesome! My only complaint was that the main characters are obviously Chinese but are given Japanese names. Suzuki Anne is Japanese and her lines were dubbed!!!! I'm not a fan of dubbing. It drives me nuts!

I 'bout freaked out when I saw Waki Tomohiro. That's Kuma from Gokusen, Gokusen2, and Gokusen3! He has no lines but he is obviously there as a team member. Totally freaked out when I saw him. LOL!

Then, of course, we have Jay Chou, Edison Chen, and my new favorite love....Shawn Yue! Weeeee! This movie was fast, furious, and totally my kind of ride. Wow!

I have to say the end of the movie was perfect. Mogi deserved everything she got. Even though she got what she deserved, I couldn't help but feel like crap for Takumi. He is a really nice guy and even though Mogi was a nice girl....you reap what you sew. The end was great! I was not against something like that...even though I am extremely for "happy" endings. In a way, this one was............

Shawn Yue


Edison Chen

I don't condone a single thing Edison Chen has done. I just googled his name and about threw up chunks. Yeah, he's a gorgeous guy....but well, he needs to learn to keep a certain thing in his pants. Eeeergh! Or atleast not put it on his hard drive *yes pun was intended...lol*

Jay Chou

Just One Look (一碌蔗,Yat Luk Che-2002)

Starring:
Shawn Yue
Charlene Choi
Gillian Chung
Wong Yau-Nam
Anthony Wong

Shawn Yue stars as Fan, a Cheung Chau-born young man who spends his time selling sugar cane with his grandmother (Lee Fung) outside the local cinema. Years ago, his father (Sam Lee) reportedly shot himself in the restroom of the cinema, but Fan has suspected all along that is was local gangster Crazy (Anthony Wong) who pulled the trigger. In the ten years since, Fan has fueled his vendetta by secretly sniping Crazy with a slingshot, though he's too scared to confront him in person.

Fan's cohort in youthful mischief is buddy Fishball Ming (Wong Yau-Nam of boy band Shine). Ming leads their group of friends as they fight with local toughs and torture rats for fun. Both also take a shine to Nam (Charlene Choi, AKA: Twin #1), the daughter of a kung-fu teacher (Eric Kot). Fan and Ming join up at the school in order to get closer to Nam, whom Ming dubs "heroine". However, Fan finds himself attracted to a mysterious girl in white (Gillian Chung, AKA: Twin #2), who lives in a local convent. He resolves to write to her, but finds himself unable to find the words. Luckily, he can use the film synopses outside the cinema to compose his letters, which she receives willingly. Then...more stuff happens.

This was a slow movie at the beginning picked up and then got slow again. Another movie that I discovered that liked to revolve around older generation movies. It was sort of boring but I stuck with it. It seemed to have "something". I can't say it was the best Chinese movie I've seen only because I rarely, and I mean RARELY, watch Chinese movies. I don't know why. They usually don't interest me.

I will say that Shawn Yue was some serious man-candy. Why haven't I seen him sooner? I'll be on the hunt for more of his stuff. I was really intrigued with his style.

This movie could have been better but for some reason I think the writer lost his way. He didn't really know how to end it, I think. It just unraveled into nothing. But like I said I think the character of Fan was phenomenal and the story started out really well....but the end....fizzled.

Shawn Yue

Chinese guys aren't so bad looking after all! LOL! *faints*