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| ACTORS: | Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ekin Cheng |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Jingle Ma |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 2000 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Tai Seng Video |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Foreign Film - Chinese |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 601643848242 |
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Customer Reviews of Tokyo Raiders
Pleasant Surprise This is really cool, comfortable, chewy pop movie. It has a great cast (I only know Tony Leung, Ekin Cheng, Kelly Chen and Cecilia Chung, but I understand the Japanese actors in this movie are pretty big in their own country.) It's an example of HK cinema at it's flashiest. I don't get why people think the story is so difficult. I mean, the movie has three (at least) double-crosses. I imagine any director would have a hard time with that, so Jingle Ma did what I think suited his style and just made them "secondary." You watch this movie for the great chemistry between the three leads, the great action and style, and Kelly:) The DVD includes a Making-Of thing that is actually very interesting. What can I say, I've watched this movie fifty times. A quick note, it only has Cantonese and English dubbing, so all you fellow Mandarin Chinese people out there try and find a different version. My ears have only kind of gotten used to the Cantonese after fifty viewings. Lastly, the first scene in this movie is alone worth the price of admission, with Tony beating up some Japanese baddies in style with this really weird but catchy J-Pop soundtrack in the back.
poor camerawork destroys good film
What we have here is a classic case of hype. Some have billed this movie as classic example of what the Hong Kong film industry has to offer besides Jet Li and Jackie Chan. This is simply not the case, because serious problems plague Tokyo Raiders. The cast is not to blame here, as the acting and fight scenes are convincing. The problem is in the direction and editing. Jingle Ma, the director, seems to try too hard at artistic flourishes -- slow motion is a big problem here. It's added to every fight scene for no good reason, and it diminishes from Tony Leung's and Ekin Cheng's performance. Sometimes, it gets downright irritating, and some sloppy camera angles don't help any.
If you can see past these flaws, Tokyo Raiders is actually a fun film, if you're a fan of the martial arts genre. Essentially, it's an attempt to do a Hong Kong action film in Japan. The action, besides Jingle Ma's addiction to two second slow motion shots, is interesting. The use of the vacuum cleaner or Tony Leung's umbrella-as-weapon should have rivaled Jackie Chan's antics. Yet, the bad camera directions makes it all moot. What a shame.
If you love Hong Kong action films, and you've already collected everything else, this might be worth adding. Rent before you buy.
mindless spy flick loaded w/ silly fun
Depart from the popular Jackie Chan fare and take a look into popular Hong Kong kung fu cinema. It's a silly tale of spies, lies, and lovers but not obnoxiously stupid as has been the trend for HK flicks of late. Kelly Chen is Macy whose Japanese boyfriend is a no-show at their Vegas wedding. She jets back to HK to find him but instead bumps heads with Yung, played by a perfectly coiffed Ekin Cheng, a smooth interior designer who has yet to be paid for fixing up their pad. The two knock out some baddies, who just happen to show up at the house, and they end up in Japan, whereupon Lam, Tony Leung's shady private detective, proceeds to get all up into their business. The rest of the plot is, how shall we say, confusing, and secondary; basically everyone's after Macy and the girl just wants to find her fiancée. Let's all admit that we're not really watching this movie for profound insight and agree that the narrative stays on track in it's own disjointed way, which means it doesn't always make sense. The important thing is that every character is hiding something so no one really knows what's going on.
Despite big names and beautiful faces in this Lunar New Year production, the acting doesn't really stand out, except for Tony Leung Chiu-Wai's performance. He continues to demonstrate why he's one of the best actors, ever. Though he won't be grabbing anything at Cannes for this one, he ups the charm factor a few notches and plays the spy who I wished loved me. Since the key word here is "cool," the bland script matters less than sleek sets, suave spy fashion, and fluid fight sequences. All this movie asks of you is a handful of brain cells and the willingness to indulge in a nonsensical spy caper.