Genre: Action, Martial Art, Comedy
Starring: Jaycee Chan Cho Ming, Pace Wu Pei Ci, Wang Bao Qiang, Francis Ng Chun Yu
Release year: 2009
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: English
SYNOPSIS:
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the country is in turmoil and the Manchurians are poised to advance upon the capital of Beijing. The city is in a chaos, with martial arts masters from royal guards to local bandits gathering in the city vying for the map of Taizu Emperor Treasure. Foreign warriors including Yehe Changgong and Ninja woman Mingyue Xin from Okinawa also joins the race. In search of the map, fighters stay in the town and disguise themselves as civilians. Yehe and Mingyue Xin pretend to be a couple and run an inn, while others open various businesses as a disguise. They suffer humiliation from young landlord Xu Sanguan for housing rent and debt. What's worse, Xu begins to pursue Mingyue Xin's adopted daughter Tang; while town chief Gu falls for the beautiful Ninja woman. As the fighters feel trapped in the mundane life of the small town, the map is found.
RATING: 7.5/10
REVIEW:
" TRACING SHADOW is first and foremost a comedy, much of which is very broad and very specifically aimed at a Hong Kong audience. While there are generous helpings of universally appreciated slapstick there is also a fair amount of anachronistic humour, not helped by slang-filled English subtitles, which might be lost on international audiences. That said, however, the film is crammed full of in-jokes and knowing references to literally dozens of wuxia classics and I knew only too well that for every gag I spotted, half a dozen were slipping by me.
There is running gag that the three thieves bear an uncanny resemblance to Jackie Chan, Andy Lau and Jet Li. Francis Ng, who co-directs (with Marko Mak) as well as stars, joked that he couldn't afford the real action heavyweight actors so had to fake it. When word gets out about the treasure and Sideroad Town fills up with bandits and chancers, Ng takes the opportunity to extend the gag, with more look-alikes arriving, including doppelgangers of Nicholas Tse, Ritchie Ren and a whole gang of Jay Chou clones. TRACING SHADOW must have been a casting nightmare.
Hong Kong has a proud heritage of exactly this kind of kung fu comedy and Ng wears his influences on his sleeve. TRACING SHADOW is a light hearted and at times uneven affair, but crucially it gets the action right, with some beautifully staged fight sequences displaying a plethora of different kung fu disciplines. There is some CGI here and there, but for the most part Ng sticks to wirework and good old-fashioned proficiency for the fights and the difference is instantly evident.
TRACING SHADOW is by no means a perfect film, the story is conventional and the acting certainly isn't going to win any awards, but it harks back to a much-loved genre and succeeds in the same way that a film like PAINTED SKIN failed. There was a wuxia ghost story that wanted to be a romance instead of a film about demons eating people's hearts. In a martial arts comedy, the audience wants to see martial arts and they want to see comedy. This movie isn't interested in being historically accurate as much as it is with simply having a good time. The jokes might sometimes get lost in translation but TRACING SHADOW still manages to display a wit, skill and artistic flair that have been sorely missed in recent Hong Kong Cinema. "
Source: Twitchfilm
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Part 01 - Part 02 - Part 03 - Part 04 - Part 05 - Part 06 - Part 07 - SUB
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Part 01 - Part 02 - Part 03 - Part 04 - Part 05 - Part 06 - Part 07 - SUB
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