Year:
2002
Studio:
Mei Ah Film Production Company/
Brilliant Idea Group
Feature:
3/5
DVD:
2/5
Feature
Fong Lai Kuen (Miriam Yeung) is an incompentent graduate of the Hong
Kong Police Academy. She tries hard but is clearly unsuited to police
work, having enrolled and taken up her profession because of a pledge
she made to her deceased father. But the police has a serious manpower
shortage and Kuen is assigned to the Lost Property Department.
Life behind the LPD desk is boring for Kuen. Until one day she's chosen
for an important undercover assignment. She will pose as a waitress and
spy on Au Hoi Man (Daniel Wu), son of a triad kingpin. It's a routine
mission that becomes complicated when Hoi falls for the intriguing deaf
waitress.
Love Undercover is a Hong Kong romantic comedy apparently styled after
American romantic comedies. The comedy is more of the "lots of things
go wrong and Kuen constantly has to make things up" variety. The
romance is typical and fairly well done. Everything is in Cantonese or
Mandarin, though apparently a lot of English sayings are in the current
language like "Yes, Sir" and "Sorry Sir". It's weird when they're
talking and the occasional English phrase pops out.
It's a fast moving movie with lots going on. I never felt like it was
rushed but I looked at the time and realized that in 30 minutes a lot
of stuff had happened. There are lots of quirky characters, some amount
of comedy violence, and a lot of almost slapstick comedy. All in all
it's a fun movie.
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Actors
Miriam Yeung is cute. I find myself attracted to asian girls more than
before. Maybe because they look exotic to me, growing up and
associating with caucasian types. Anyway, Yeung is lively and
expressive and joyful and someone you can fall in love with.
Daniel Wu seems like the typical asian nice guy that is a perfect match
for the cute asian girl. Even without words I could tell that his
character was falling in love with Kuen (and vice versa).
DVD
Other than the main feature, nothing else is substitled in English.
There is a 15-minute behind the scenes, 13 deleted scenes, a blooper
reel, the theatrical trailer, and a music video for the catchy theme
song. All relatively enjoyable to watch even though I didn't understand
a word they were saying.
The English substitles (and any time English is used) is awful. Totally
like it was done by people who had only studied English. It's
understandable enough to follow the movie but a lot of phrases just
didn't make any sense. Good thing this wasn't a dialogue-driven drama.
Recommendations
My brother says he bought the DVD for $5, which is a great buy. It's a
fun movie with a good romance and even if you only know English it's
worth buying and watching it. |