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Originalname:
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新天生一對
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Also known as:
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Perfect Two
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Release Date:
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20. January 2012
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Director:
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Chu Yen-Ping (Kevin Chu)
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Writer:
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Cast:
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Vic Zhou, Ella, Mini Yang, Xiao Xiao Bin
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Plot
We begin
with a man gluing the poorly drawn face of a woman everywhere (and I mean
really EVERYWHERE!”)
This man is
Ah Bee a superstar motorcycle racer, who quit after he had an accident and
started gambling and drinking now. And the women on the picture, well, that’s
his ex-girlfriend Jiawei, who he abandoned.
Of course
he’s surprised when she suddenly turns up and tells him to take care of his son
Binbin, whom he never knew he existed. She has to do some business stuff.
They live a
while together and Binbin gets to meet the people Ah Bee hangs out with: Maniu
(who looks a lot like Katie Holmes did in her earlier years) and her younger
sister. Maniu looks after Binbin when Ah Bee isn’t around and comforted him
when Ah Bee did something mean (and yeah, it’s not only one time).
There is a
sub plot with loan sharks (it’s annoying as hell and doesn’t lead anywhere… But
there is a funny beating scene with fists and slingshots and fire extinguisher )
But on the same day, after Binbin told
his mom that they had a fight, Jiawei wants that Ah Bee brings her son back.
Jiawei tells
Ah Bee, when he brought her son back, that she wants to take Binbin to America
and Ah Bee should say goodbye to him. He comes and tells Binbin it in the most
horrible way (He doesn’t even look him in the eyes. Binbin! Don’t you see that
he loves you? Don’t cry!). But because Binbin wanted that he start racing again
(yeah they hat a little road trip where Ah Bee got challenged), he starts it
but he loses the race.
But it
seems that Jiawei made the decision to let Binbin stay for the summer (I think
it was because Binbin annoyed his mother to see Ah Bee again ;)). And we have a
happy ending with the most awkward dance sequence ever!!
Conclusion
Where do I
start? The movie isn’t bad. Actually, it’s cute. But, yeah, it’s predictable
after you watched the first few minutes.
I think the
actors did a good job. Where the movie had to be funny, it was funny; where the
movie had to be serious, it was serious; where the movie had to be
heartbreaking, it was heartbreaking. I really fell into this world.
But there
was something that confused me. When I searched for a movie to watch, then it
was said “New Perfect Two” was Comedy/ Romance. But where was the romance? The
focus was really only of the relationship between father and son. Don’t get me
wrong. That’s good. But you shouldn’t call a movie romance when there isn’t
one. Yeah, at the beginning after the two women appeared, you ask “Who will it
be? The hot chick or the tomboy?” (I was for Maniu) But the movie doesn’t
develop this story line. Yeah, there was a declaration of love and giving the
old clothes from the ex-girlfriend but that’s not enough to call it romance.
For me it’s clearly a family genre.
But what I
really liked was the cinematography. They were really well done (not to say
amazing).
So… I can recommend
it. It deserves it to been watched.
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