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Banana Club
Chinese: 正牌香蕉俱樂部
Year: 1996
Director: Jimmy Shin Chi-Wai
Writer: Wong Ho-Wa, Choi Ting-Ting
Cast: Pauline Suen Kai-Kwan, Halina Tam Siu-Wan, Amanda Lee Wai-Man, Michael Chow Man-Kin, Edmond Leung Hon-Man, Simon Lui Yu-Yeung, Alvina Kong Yan-Yin, Tats Lau Yi-Tat, Cheung Tat-Ming, Raymond Wong Bak-Ming, Linda Wong Hing-Ping, Christine Ng Wing-Mei, Donna Chu Kit-Yi, Chan Yi-Ming, Money Lo Man-Yi, Emily Kwan Bo-Wai, Chan Ka-Bik, Lam Kwok-Bun, Leung Wing-Chung, Lam Cho-Fai, Au Kam-Tong, Daniel Chan Hiu-Tung, Julian Cheung Chi-Lam
The Skinny: Bad.
 
Review
by Kozo:

Second in a rash of radio show-themed films about three guys, their radio show, and their women. Michael Chow, Edmond Leung, and Simon Lui are the three guys, and Pauline Suen, Halina Tam, and Amanda Lee are their girls. The plot features your standard hot-button issues with pop culture references and sexual politics aplenty.  Sadly, the jokes suck, the actors so-so, the plot predictable and the script uninteresting.

More bluntly: this is a total zero bomb. Even the charming level of HK cinema is lost on this one since it feels more manufactured than a Big Mac from McDonalds. Michael Chow is not a guarantee of quality, even in “crazy cop” form. On the plus side, there are many unimportant cameos, and both Halina Tam and Pauline Suen have winning screen presences. Still, this movie is contrived as all hell, and every move feels false. As Feel 100% goes, this one’s more like 10%. (Kozo 1996)

 
   
 
 
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