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Rating:

5

Year of release: 2004

Genre: comedy

Director: Simon Lui

Stars: Jordan Chan, Chapman To, Jiang Yi, Paul Wong, Yip Sai Wing, Wong Kar Keung, Cheung Tat Ming, Tats Lau, Law Kar-Ying, Simon Lui

Rated IIB for language

DVD Information

Company: Panorama

Format: widescreen

Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin

Subtitles: Chinese, Enlgish

Extras: trailer, making-of featurette

Notes: The picture quality isn't that hot; this looks like something shot in 1984, not 2004.

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Escape from Hong Kong Island

Maybe I'm suffering from a bit of writer's block, but I don't really have that much to say about Escape from Hong Kong Island. Perhaps it's because I'm not from Hong Kong or speak Cantonese and don't get a lot of the jokes, but honestly, I didn't find anything of interest in the movie. On the other hand, nothing really stuck out as being truly bad either. Try as I might, I just can't work up any real feelings over this film.

Escape from Hong Kong Island is really just a straight-up average-as-vanilla movie. The story about a cocky stock trader (played by Jordan Chan) who gets mugged and must still try to get across Hong Kong Harbour to meet his new boss is really nothing special. The actors (even Chapman To, who plays a cop who hounds Jordan) do a good job, but nothing great. The jokes are funny, but nothing side-splitting here. Do you get the point yet? Fans of Jordan Chan will probably dig this movie more than the average viewer, but frankly, Escape from Hong Kong Island is so luke-warm that I can't see anyone getting all that worked up about it.