Genre: Drama, Crime
Starring: Sammi Cheng, Eason Chan, Bo-yuan Chan, Convoy Chan Chi-Chung, Stephanie Che
Release year: 2008
Language: Cantonese
Subtitle: English
SYNOPSIS:
John Fok (Eason Chan) is the kingpin of illegal red oil in Greater China. When an oil tanker explodes accidentally, he becomes the focus of investigation by Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese police and is forced to halt his business to wait thing out. Just as he is finally ready to turn his fortune around, however, his only son is kidnapped.
Senior Inspector Molline Szeto (Sammi Cheng) is the rising star in the police force, who is well praised for busting crime with her characteristic sangfroid and precision. However, in matters of love, she is totally at wit’s end. Poised at the crossroad of her life, she is thrilled to be assigned to investigate the kidnap of John’s son. An unlikely cooperation between cops and crooks thus ensues, leading to conflicts and clashes galore at every step till the end.
RATING: 7/10
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REVIEW:
" Not that China is entirely to blame for Lady Cop's flaws. Alan Mak and Felix Chong have been known to occasionally subvert expectations and get edgy (e.g., Moonlight in Tokyo or even Rave Fever), but Lady Cop does so in a manner that's uninteresting and ultimately rather puzzling. John and his gang commit a killing early in the film that makes them seem reprehensible, and yet the contrast between that act and John's status as a family man is never addressed. Also, there are plenty of plot holes that have little to do with China, and the tone is terribly inconsistent. Many of Sammi Cheng's scenes feel like they belong in a Love Undercover movie; her character frequently acts silly and over-the-top, and feels ill-fitting when matched with her fellow cops - especially those in the Mainland, who are given generous and quite serious focus. Sometimes Lady Cop and Papa Crook seems like two or three different films melded into a single patchwork mess.
Who's to blame here? Probably everyone, starting with China and dropping all the way down to Sammi Cheng and the Alan Mak-Felix Chong two-headed monster. Without the obvious China interference, Lady Cop may have been more successful, as the filmmakers might have at least established a solid connection between Sammi Cheng and Eason Chan's characters. However, even then one wonders if Sammi Cheng's presence would have worked in this film. It's been a while since we've seen Cheng, and while her comic instincts are still present, they seem ill-fitting to Mak and Chong's gray-shaded storyline. The movie's shifting tone isn't much help to her either, as it only makes her silliness stand out. Basically, her performance belongs in an older Sammi Cheng vehicle, where her forced wackiness would more likely register as cute and endearing instead of annoying or tiresome.
Still, despite all the problems, there is some fun in Lady Cop and Papa Crook. Eason Chan is better than his part allows him to be, and the parade of Hong Kong Cinema actors - including Chapman To, Kate Tsui, Liu Kai-Chi, Jo Koo, Richie Ren and more - is surely diverting. There are even a few surprises, including Patrick Tam in an amusing cameo as a rival gang boss, and there are also one or two quiet scenes that manage some decent emotions. Lady Cop and Papa Crook is pretty much a mixed bag, and ultimately qualifies as a commercial film that you simply wish could have turned out better than it did. At the very, very least, the film represents the long-awaited return of Sammi Cheng from her self-imposed exile. It's great to see Hong Kong's once-reigning Queen of the Box Office back where she once made her mark: on the big screen. It would be even better if the resulting film were worthy of her former title. (Kozo 2009) "
Source: LoveHKFilm
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