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Aka: Sun Gaing Hup Nui
Year: 2005
Directed: James Yuen Sai-Sang, Lanbo Cheuk
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Runtime: 01:41
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English
Cast: Eason Chan, Joey Yung, Francis Ng, Yan Ng Yat-Yin, Chloe Chiu, Lam Suet,
IMDb: Sun Gaing Hup Nui

Synopsis / Plot

If Crazy N’ The City is any indication, Hong Kong Cinema won’t be that bad in 2005. A return to that beloved Hong Kong genre called the “Cop Soap Opera,” Crazy N’ the City manages to channel entertaining life with some tried-and-true movie themes and something we can only describe as “that Hong Kong feeling.” Eason Chan is Chris Chan, a beat cop whose years on the force have reduced his once hot-blooded nature into something only lukewarm. Chris has never used his gun in the line of duty, and approaches his job with a weary, cynical laziness that could easily earn him a starring role in Kevin Smith’s upcoming Clerks sequel. To Chris, it’s all just a job, and nothing more. He cares nothing for his colleagues, hates sucking up to superiors, and doesn’t want to walk uphill unless it’s on his prescribed beat. He could be poster child for Gen-X slackers everywhere.

Enter Man Liu (Joey Yung), a too-idealistic 23 year-old rookie who’s looking to matter. Man Liu is egregiously wide-eyed, and jumps at the chance to do things like save cats, help old ladies, and help Mainland tourists. Man Liu is a bit of a caricature, but she serves her purpose. In the standard formula, she’s the half of the cop team that’s idealistic and young, while Chris is the cynical, frustratingly old half. If the filmmakers followed the formula to the letter, you could place a hefty wager on the young cop inspiring the old cop, with their growing friendship a catalyst for a cathartic ending where Chris exclaims, “I’m a cop!” while pumping his fist in the air. Also, with both Eason Chan and Joey Yung in the leads, the potential for a Chris-Man Liu romance is too obvious to ignore. If you drop your dollars on the DVD thinking that’s what you’re going to get, nobody would blame you.

Happily, that’s not what writer-director James Yuen does. Most notably, there is no Chris-Man Liu romance, which probably pissed off music company EEG (who owns both Eason Chan and Joey Yung), but is a welcome break from the norm for the rest of us. Even more, Man Liu doesn’t really inspire Chris; instead, each slowly pulls the other towards a more realistic center. Man Liu experiences minor burnout from her too-pronounced enthusiasm, while Chris finds a minor reawakening from the attentions of two teenage girls (spritely Yan Ng and too-cute Chloe Chiu) who become his biggest fans after he takes down a pervert in front of them. This leads to teasing from his colleagues, and a stint as their guest self-defense instructor. Meanwhile, slightly-insane former brassiere salesman Shing (Francis Ng) meets his pretty new neighbor (Meng Zhang), and a daring rapist/murderer starts a crime spree in Wanchai. All this plus numerous cameos, human interludes, minor characters, and even some death. It’s a cop film after all. – - LoveHkFilm

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