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Rumble Ages
Year: 1998
Eason Chan
Director: James Yuen Sai-Sang
Producer: Henry Fong Ping
Cast: Edmond Leung Hon-Man, Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah, Bondy Chiu Hok-Yi, Eason Chan Yik-Shun, Liz Kong Hei-Man, Kwan Tak-Fai, Jason Chu Wing-Tong, Denise Ho Wan-Si, Yip Kwong-Kim, Ho Ka-Kui, Henry Fong Ping, Ngai Sing, Michael Tse Tin-Wah, Bau Hei-Jing
The Skinny: Cheap-looking youth melodrama that's well-meaning, but ultimately pandering and unnecessary.
 
Review
by Kozo:
Director James Yuen’s sophomore feature is a dark Feel 100% that suffers enormously from lack of depth, plausibility, and suitable leads. The plot covers all sorts of hot issues like lesbianism, sex changes, petty crime, triads, whoring, rich affluence and untimely death. What we’re supposed to get is a portrait of Hong Kong's youth. What we get instead is a trio of poorly developed romances. Rumble Ages fails to suspend disbelief. That some of the characters do what they do seems to be a conceit of the filmmakers rather than a realistic or even understandable response. Would Miriam Yeung really track down the guy who robbed her without any backup? The fact that she lets him go and grows to be his friend in such a short time is even more puzzling. There are some good sentiments in this picture, but they’re buried. This film is better intended than most cheesy melodramas, but it still falters. (Kozo 1998)
 
Availability: DVD (Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Mei Ah Laser
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
English and Chinese Subtitles

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