窃听风云2

Overheard 2

Cast:

刘青云、古天乐及吴彦祖

Story:

Law Man-Seng (刘青云), a established dealer, was involved in a car accident.
Police Officer Ho Chin-Keung (古天乐) investigated and found
listening surveillance devices in his car,
planted by Joe (吴彦祖) who was out to wiretap
the whole 'Landlord Club' members+leader who caused his dad's death.

It's an act of vengeance against wealthy and eminent business tycoons.
The number of 'stars' given by the papers
makes me wonder what kind of storyline they've brewed
to garner such response, esp it being a HK movie.

Furthermore, frm the producer of Infernal Affairs. Wow wow!

I've watched Part 1,
not bad as far as I would remember.
Now to part 2!

How I feel:

The movie starts off with some vehicle chasing,
the sacrifice being a Ferrari instead of some old car,
making me seat up and expect more to come.

As usual, each characters have their own story.

They talk abt 刘青云's story,
of hw he got involved in the mysterious club formed
by few tycoons and made big bucks.

And the narrating of 吴彦祖 background, her mum+ his dad.

Then they touches on 古天乐's painful past of arresting his astray wife.

Quite surprisingly, none of those spectacular,
none of those touches any nerve, nor draws any tears.

Plain story aside,
they unable to bring me into the story,
or rather, bring the characters alive.

To quote one eg,
古天乐+wife, upon her released frm jail,
the pair wears on extreme distress,
trying very hard to be emotional,
yet no flashback scene.
Just narratives,
then the expression and the face.

Feels like seeing two strangers crying on the street,
yet unable to pity them.

Extremely awkward+ineffective.

The most painful part belongs to the ending/ action part,
which is supposed to be the crux,
when 吴彦祖 takes revence by coercing 刘青云 to manipulate a stock exchange.

The usual nerve-wracking music plays in the background,
on the screen they starts to draw a divider, tabulate a buy sell column,
noting every transaction to heighten the anxiety.

I'm not a dealer, I believe so too r the rest (except a couple of them ther perhaps),
who do not understand or share it's excitment
or watever repercussion every "sell or buy" brings.

It's analogy to watching a group of senior citizens playing the 十二支 card game
without knowing how to play.
Frustrating!

Mid into the show,
I can sense the boredom and restlessness frm the audience.
I kept waiting for the movie to conclude so tat I could shop outside.

My Review:

ONE AND A HALF OUT OF FIVE

This time my opinion
adamantly differs frm the reviewer's ratings.

Other than the star-studded cast,
one of the worst HK movie I've watched.