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Moment of Romance 3 |
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Year: |
1996 |
Andy Lau and Wu Chien-Lien |
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Director: |
Johnnie
To Kei-Fung |
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Cast: |
Andy
Lau Tak-Wah, Wu
Chien-Lien (Ng Sin-Lin), Alex
Fong Chung-Sun |
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The
Skinny: |
Pretty
stars and a great historical backdrop provide a welcome
context for another overwrought romance in the Moment
of Romance series. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Third of the epic romantic drama series jettisons director
Benny Chan in favor of the series' producer, Johnnie
To. The movie find usual leading lady Wu Chien-Lien
as a peasant farmer this time, during the 1930s and
all those nasty Japanese/Chinese skirmishes. She falls
for a Chinese pilot (Andy Lau, in brooding mode) who
crashes in her backyard. She nurses him back to health,
and they begin to fall in love, but she’s been promised
to another and besides, he’s a city boy and she’s a
country girl. Will love conquer all? Gee, I wonder.
Despite the overly hackneyed
set-up, the film proves to be decent fluff. Though Johnnie
To still uses overbearing montages, Moment of Romance
3 survives due to incredible production values and
the incredibly winning Wu Chien-Lien, who’s in top form
here. Eventually, everything gives way to your standard
"choice of love" type deal with one of our
two parties running to the romantic reunion, but those
chasing pretty stars and heart-wrenching pathos will
not be disappointed. Given the premise, this film is
sap, but it’s well-executed, watchable sap. (Kozo 1996) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Mei Ah Entertainment
16x9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles |
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image
courtesy of Mei Ah Laser Disc Co., Ltd.
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