贖夢 - Peg O my heart
Yes it's a canto film, yes it sucks, yes it's directed and co-written by Nick Cheung which was the reason why I watched it.
No idea why this was funded and turns out it was funded by Hong Kong Film Development Fund (cause really, no movies are making money at all).
Cast was solid, and of course since Nick is BFF with Andy Lau he did a few cameos and it didn't do any justice. Script was week despite it was an experience from Nick when he was a cadet but what failed apart was the entire first 40 mins on dreams and trying to be all scary. Then came the main character's wife which also nothign were developed.
Nick as directored wanted it to be filmed a bit differently, not all black and white but definitely has a grey-ish undertone. Which, was meh. Then Nick as directed tried to go the scary route and threw in some cheap thrills which did not work. You can't try to do the Ring and then try to do weird shit flying from a corpse mouth and then do some scary ghost chasing after you type stunt.
Only saving grace of the movie was not even the supporting cast whom were also great stars. The ending was the only part that revealed the true story which was a short 10 min scene. Too bad. If only they developed the tragic story & the 2 sub plots eg// pulled on those stock market line / theme, it woudl have been much better.
This is the reason why it's a love hate abotu Canto films.
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