CAST: Kelly Chen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Eason Chan and more.
DIRECTED BY: Kam-Hung Yip
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0274626
TYPE OF MOVIE: Fantasy, Romance, Comedy
DURATION: 102 minutes
NOTE:Â Reviewed Universe DVD version with removable English subtitles (All Region)
Athena is an aromatherapy tutor but can’t help up her wound at heart. One day, she finds a broken-wing angel falling on her balcony. The angel needs love to keep him alive until he can go back to heaven, whereas he can’t fall in love with someone. A scented romantic affair is gradually developed between Athena and the angel …..
DVD EXTRAS:
*Â English/Chinese removable subtitles
*Â Synopsis and cast info.
*Â Trailers for Cyberforce, Marooned and Hit Men
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S):Â None that I know of
DVD REVIEW:
I’m glad that this movie DVD is from Universe Laser. It’s Letterbox and Digital 5.1 surround.
The movie is another cool romantic story starring the beautiful Kelly Chen. Although I enjoyed “and I hate you so” more, “lavender” is still an interesting and loveable romantic comedy that you will enjoy. If anything, the movie makes you wonder if it will be the typical angel movie that you have seen over and over again.
What makes this movie so interesting is you have an angel who is trying to learn the ways of humans and the person he comes to help is Athena, an aroma therapist who lost her love one and is trying to recreate his “scent”. Next door is Chow Chow, a gay man who was in love with Athena’s deceased boyfriend. Now comes Angel into the lives of Athena and Chow Chow and things get very interesting because the only way he can survive in Earth is through love. Athena has no love to give because she’s depressed and still missing her deceased love and Chow Chow shows Angel what love is by taking him to gay bars and telling him to become an erotic dancer and show him how women love it.
It may sound a little corny but if there is one thing that I learned from most Kelly Chen and Kaneshiro Takeshi films is that they are good and I have never really left feeling dissatisfied after watching their movies.
Also important to mention is the music again from the film. Like “and i hate you so”, the movie is beautiful and enhances the film. If there was one problem was one scene where the music suddenly cuts off. I blame that on post-production and editing.
Otherwise, the movie can ended in somewhat of satisfying but leave you feeling with an “is that it?” but fortunately when you think the movie is over, the true ending of the film comes around and you are left feeling satisfied.
The DVD and the colors are very beautiful. There are some occasional scratches near the end but I wasn’t quite bothered by it. The audio is great! Again, the music enhances the film.
As for special features, you get three trailers for films. Unfortunately, I was expecting a gala premiere, outtakes or deleted scenes but then again, I’m a DVD fanatic and thus picky.
Although not a great romantic film, with the many people in my life interested in aroma therapy and to have three talented actors in this movie makes it an enjoyable romantic comedy.
THE MOVIE: B+
THE DVD EXTRAS: C
THE DVD OVERALL:Â B-