House of Fury (Film Review)

Hello everybody! For my final review today,  I will be reviewing the 2005 HK movie "House of Fury" written and directed by Stephen Fung, thought the people who produced the DVD cover decided to only add in the name "Produced by Jackie Chan", which is true, but fails to mention other names on the cover.

But anyway, this is a martial arts/ comedy film, more martial arts than anything.  To keep the plot short, a father(Terry Yue Siu-bo played by Anthony Wong)  is raising his two children (Nicky Yue played by Stephen Fung and  Natalie Yue played by Gillian Chung) after the death of his wife and is soon kidnapped and questioned about the whereabouts of a former CIA agent. It is up to the kids to find and rescue him, but as they do that, their father's past is quickly uncovered.

So anyway, you can expect a lot of fighting, and when I say a lot, almost the whole film revolves around fighting. In a way, I can say that the style feels similar to Kung Fu Hustle (the action director did direct that film after all). So if you're interested in martial arts films then this is definitely the film for you!

There is a part in the film where you suddenly think that a character turns out to be the bad guy, but you're shocked to find out that he's not, so I thought that was pretty smart! There are a couple of relationships going on in the film, but not much to think of it as a romance film. Comedy wise, I didn't find any bits funny at all, but that's just me.

Overall I can't say that there's anything bad about this film, but I feel like that it's missing something, so I'm not completely sold on it. But all I can say is that i it were an American film, then there'd be a massive explosion at the end!

My rating for this film would have to be a 6.5/10, so it's pretty average for me. But you can tell me what you think! Until next time, bye!

Triad (Hong Kong Movie Review)

I bought the DVD on Thursday for $5 and decided to watched this movie yesterday.
Now what is this movie about. This movie, released in 2012 is a Hong Kong film(Directed by Daniel Chan) set in Hong Kong (In Cantonese with English sub, even though the cover said Mandarin lolz). It focuses on the main male character William (Played by William Chan), who is a college student who decided to join a gang. The film sets him up as the typical bookworm trope type. At the start we see him with his mum helping her sell oranges on a street and before we know it he gets up getting beat up by gang people and a huge fight breaks out as other people come to help him. He is later saved by the gang that he later joins in the film.

To be honest there is not much to the film so I was a bit disappointed(and I can't remember much so that doesn't help with this review as well). But really this film follows the story of the protagonist and carries on for a couple of years. As the movie progresses we see him and his friends progress into the gang, gaining higher ranks.

If you want to see a bit of fighting, blood, violence, gangs, the progression of a protagonist then this film just may be for you. Like I said before, there's not much to the film. Story-wise I'd say that there's only a few key moments in the movie. The beginning, middle and the end.  What I do like about the film is the use of cinematography. Really great visuals with the use of the hand held style etc.

Overall I'll have to give this movie a 3.5, I have to say that I've seen better films, especially other Hong Kong films.