been expecting this movie for long
it is supposed to be in cinema 3 weeks back
thank goodness
it lives up to expectations
and gives a “pleasant” surprise towards the ending
well to me it’s a pleasant one
because.. well
let me explain this later
have not seen such attention grabbing
HK cop film for sometimes
and it portrays HK as a pretty lovely city
the iconic Mongkok street
the explosion happened
right in front of :CHOCOOLATE, wow
the Star Ferry Pier and in the ferry itself
the firework cum explosion beside Shangri-La
and the seaview from Nina Tower, I think
another reason for paying full attention
to the movie at all time is because
they speak pretty fast, which I like
and there are loads acronyms being used
C.P. A.C.P.
D.D. = Drunk driving
of course the one we are already familiar with,
like ICAC, SDU, PTU
have to refer to the subtitles at time
but I read subtitles anyway
and finally I know that
eg: 普通法律
it’s actually the legal term “common law”
原來一點都不普通
I understand the plight of translating legal term now
and Stockholm syndrome mentioned by Aarif Lee?
what’s that:
the behavior of kidnap victims who,
over time, become sympathetic to their captors
according to Time
It was first widely recognized after
the Swedish bank robbery where
thieves Jan-Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson held
four Stockholm bank employees hostage at
gunpoint in a vault for six days in August 1973
also, interestingly
the movie actually links itself back to the
actual Cold War
making use of the speech of Winston Churchill
and the one Eddie was reading
at the very ending of the movie
was actually about war between
the Burmese military junta and the people
erm..
so the war gonna continue
in a sequel movie
speaking about characters
I don’t really like Aarif Lee’s character in there
Billy Cheung,
too much of “chok”ness
how should I say, too much of self-esteem?
but maybe that’s how that character
should be portrayed
that part where he tried to interrogate
Anthony Leung Kar Fai
but got hammered to the max, instead
is awesome indeed
Gordon Lam Ka-tung
I suspected he is the mole
from the beginning of the movie
so sorry
maybe his characters in Ip Man and Internal Affairs
were too deep-rooted in my mind
Terence Yin doesn’t really have much scenes
because he is more like an IT guy
except a scene of being “abused” by the superior
what a waste
back to the surprise
when I roughly found out the story
and from the official photo released
I was like
so Eddie was one of the “normal” cop
who was on the disappeared EU van
you know HK cop films
in the beginning there would always be some explosion
what if the EU van exploded
just like that
right in the beginning of the movie
then more photos were released
okay, he survived
at least till the part of the ransom video
and the hospital scene with his father
and all the related interviews
he was telling the media that
he got only 5 scenes throughout the movie
and what’s more
as expected, dubbed with Cantonese
so basically 5 silence mode scenes of how
he got kidnapped, whacked and injured
and fellow Eddict showed me this
two days back
what??
“willing to shoot even if there are only 3 scenes ”
3 scenes: opening scene, ransom video, hospital,
that’s all??
gosh
I was actually counting in the cinema
but it turned out to be a pleasant surprise indeed
woohoo!!!
because alright it may ruin the suspense
skip the next sentence if you do not want to
he is actually the mastermind behind the whole thing
Eddie baddy
thought he has turned over a new leaf
after all the beatings in Tai Chi Zero & Hero
no way!!
Joe Sir is a more sophisticated baddy
and definitely a less miserable one
PC 78633 Joe Sir 李家俊
now it explains
why all the posters and photos
he has got that penetrating glance
despite being a little cop
Cutie turns pyscho!!
好有殺氣
but still cute, though
rally rally!!
best supporting actor 2012/2013
and the 3-weeks delay
enables the better chronological order of catching him
in Tai Chi Zero – Hero then Cold War
which gave so much more satisfaction I think
if it was Tai Chi Zero – Cold War – Hero
probably there would be this utility graph which
plunge down during the third one
can I steal these
it could have make a good shielding screen
Cold War II, 2013?
yes, please
Joe Sir behind the scene
that’s the actual Eddie, right
this crew cut is superb
somehow reminded me of Ashin
as what they always say
crew cut is is the best time to
check out whether a guy is really that attractive
I am not sure this is a behind-the-scene
or the actual scene
because looks like he is dancing to me
I realize he liked to pout his lips
whenever he tries to be violent
especially when he puts on boxing gloves
last one
thank goodness
there isn’t much dialogue
because the dubbing is pretty weird
this is the first time
I actually feel like watching
a Cantonese movie in Mandarin
since it is original dubbing
Cold War 寒戰 / Trailer
Cold War 寒戰 / Eddie Peng Interview
