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Wild
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Year: |
1989 |
Chow Yun-Fat and Cherie Chung |
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Director: |
Ringo
Lam Ling-Tung |
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Writer: |
Nam
Yin |
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Cast: |
Chow
Yun-Fat, Cherie Chung
Chor-Hung, Roy Cheung
Yiu-Yeung, Tommy Wong
Kwong-Leung, Elaine
Kam Yin-Ling, Paul Chun
Pui, Chan Cheuk-Yan, Lau
Kong, Guk Fung,
Ng Chi-Hung |
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The
Skinny: |
Underrated
Ringo Lam movie that's bound to disappoint those aching for
more Full Contact excess. Chow Yun-Fat and Cherie Chung
display their usual fine acting chops and winning chemisty. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Ringo Lam directed this low-tension remake of Peter Weir's
Witness. Wild Search is a solid action drama
that departs from Lam's usual ultra-violent ways. Chow Yun-Fat
is a cop who must protect a four year-old girl after she witnesses
her mother's murder at the hands of vicious gun-runners. He
follows her to the countryside with her aunt (Cherie Chung),
where the three form a makeshift family along with the grumpy
grandfather. Then the bad guys (and Cherie's ex-husband) show
up to make everything unpleasant.
This is more of a character drama
than an action picture, though there are a few violent encounters
courtesy of Ringo Lam's favorite psycho, Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung.
The drama encompasses all members of the family, who are all
depicted as having lost something (family members, marriages,
etc.). As you'd expect, Chow and Cherie fall in love, and
the quiet chemistry that the actors bring to the proceedings
makes everything worthwhile. Ringo Lam doesn't go overboard
(like with Full Contact) and the film ends up adhering
more to realism than the hyper-emotional antics that we've
come to expect from HK Cinema. Despite the action-drama label,
the film actually presents little urgency, and we’re free
to enjoy Chow and Cherie’s performances and their pleasant
romance. And quite frankly, that's enough to make this a good
movie. (Kozo 1995) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Mei Ah Laser
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Dolby Digital 5.1
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles |
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