Tag: 1997
The 20 HKFA Best Films of the 1990s
Hong Kong cinema was at its peak during the 1990s era. It was also the decade where Peter Chan’s Comrades, Almost a Love Story <甜蜜蜜> took home then-record nine wins including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress for Maggie Cheung at the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA).
25 Years Later: Mr. Nice Guy 一個好人 (1997)
Twenty-five years ago today, the Jackie Chan-starred Mr. Nice Guy <一個好人> ruled the Hong Kong box office as the highest-grossing local movie of 1997 at HK$45.4 million, upstaging the likes of Jet Li in Once Upon A Time In China & America <黃飛鴻之西域雄獅> (HK$30.2 million) and Stephen Chow in Lawyer, Lawyer <算死草> (HK$27.1 million).
Final Justice 最後判決 (1997) Review
Perhaps the lesser-known Milkyway film released during the 90s, Derek Chiu’s Final Justice <最後判決> combines a potentially thought-provoking drama with pitch-black comedy undertones about a Catholic priest (Lau Ching-Wan’s Father Li Chi-Ho) finds himself in hot water when a woman named Donna (Almen Wong) accused him of raping her.
Too Many Ways To Be No. 1 一個字頭的誕生 (1997) Review
Words like “frantic”, “crazy” and “eccentric” are best described for Too Many Ways To Be No. 1 <一個字頭的誕生>, an entertaining genre film that combines triad drama with pitch-black comedy undertones — all gleefully deconstructed in a Milkyway house-style.
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