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Hong Kong 1941
List Price: $19.95
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$17.99
on 12-6-2008
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Features
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Cecilia Yip, Alex Man (II), Kien Shih, Ma Wu
Directors: Po-Chih Leong
Format: AC-3, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese
Subtitles: English, Vietnamese, Japanese, Georgian, Chinese, Thai
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Rating: 
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Release Date: January 19, 1999
Run Time: 97 minutes
Average Customer Review:
  (8 customer reviews)
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Hong Kong 1941 (DVD)
I like Hong Kong Cinema and have seen several of the Neo style Hong Kong classics from the mid eighties to the mid ninties. In fact a couple of the reviews I read here peeked my interrest in watching it. I have to say however, that this film was a real snoozer for me. The plot centers around three freinds who stick together during the Japanese occuapation of 1941. During this time the British have been temporarily defeated in Hong Kong, and several Hong Kong residents turn on there own in order to profit from the Japnaese. Chow Yun-Fat and his two new found friends scheme to escape Hong Kong but are delayed when they fail to make it out together. Over the course of the film Chow Yun-Fat and Ceclia Yip begin to develope an attraction to one another, even though she is arleady attached. A pathetic love triangle type scenario starts to arise but is never fully realized. Things between the three sort themselves out in the end. I won't spoil it for you. I tried watching Hong Kong 1941 twice and had a hard time getting into it. I finally finished it the second time but was unimpressed with the characters and their plight. The love triangle never goes anywhere, the Japanese occupation is not potrayed well enough, (in my opinion) and the side plots seem like filler to make the movie more dramatic and lengthy. One of my two stars is for Chow Yun-Fat's presence, which probally saved the film from bombing. The second is for the occassionl stunnig cinematography throughout the film. Other than than that, I can't think of anything else deserving of a star. I'll also worn those of you who view this film on the DVD release from 20th Centruy Fox. (subsiderary is Fortune Star) The Englsih dub version is awful and makes the film seem more like a cheap B movie with it's poor choice of voice dubbing actors (particualarly Chow Yun-Fat and Ceclia Yips characters) and the re-orchestrated synthiser sounding score which replaces the original films score is just as awful. At least they included the origianl language track and score which was a good choice on the part of 20th Century Fox. It makes the movie easier to take. 20th Century should take some lessons from Taiseng's recent releases. They take the job of dubbing and scoring more seriously. Overall I would say if you're interested in Hong Kong 1941 you might consider renting it. I can't really recommend it, but who knows, maybe you'll find more in it to admire than I did.
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