CAST: Ekin Cheng, Cecelia Cheung, Kelly Lam, Patrick Tam, Blackie Ko, Simon Yam, Yiu Man
DIRECTED BY: Andrew Lau
PRODUCED BY:Â Manfred Wong
TYPE OF MOVIE: Romance
DURATION: 108 minutes
The movie is about a rich guy named Sky. He loves modifying his car, being with his girlfriend Kelly and his friends and racing. Everything starts to go downhill when he races the legendary Tang Fung (who beat his father who was a legendary racer) and leads to the death of his girlfriend and he is framed for possession of narcotics.
The family has Sky leave HK to Thailand to find his father and find out if he will get his revenge against Tang Fung.
DVD EXTRAS:
*Â English/Chinese removable subtitles
*Â Synopsis and cast info. in Chinese, a 12-minute production notes (which is actually a making of) and trailer.
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S):Â None that I know of
DVD REVIEW:
From the beginning of this movie, video game racing buffs will know they will enjoy this film. From the “Ridge Racer” opening, to the “Tokyo Shutoku Battle” like racing and “Gran Turismo” like CG graphics, one must be thinking they are in racing heaven with this movie.
Although dubbed as “Full Throttle 2”, let’s get away from that as this movie still focuses on motor cycle racing and of course, car racing.
If one looked at it as a video game racing movie, then you will be pleased because this movie has a pretty good storyline but for those who aren’t racing buffs and are expecting a solid story, that’s where the problem lies.
The storyline has Sky being framed for something he didn’t do. He leaves to another country knowing that people and cops are after him but that is it. He returns to the country, no problems whatsoever and you’re wondering, for a wanted man…what happen to that story arc? The second is a major accident scene may make people say (no matter how cool it looked): “There is no way someone can survive from that!” but of course, the person lives. Last, even though the story problem listed above was made, the final minute after an exciting race fizzles with the final sentence by the bad guy and his crying.
As for the DVD, the movie looked great and certain scenes really looked colorful. As for audio, my rear speakers were used before the racing scene at the end of the movie. I wonder why they didn’t use it throughout the movie. Everytime I heard a rev, I expected to hear it through my speakers very clearly.
As for special features, there is a production note which is actually a making of. The cast info/database is in Chinese and so is the synopsis.
So, needless to say that this movie is going to be enjoyed by people into the racing scene, fans of the actor and actresses in this movie and video game fans.
THE MOVIE: B-
THE DVD EXTRAS: C
THE DVD OVERALL:Â C+