Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Starring: Leila Tong, Maggie Siu, Pinky Cheung, Samuel Pang, Koni Lui, Sherman Tang, Siu-Fai Cheung
Release year: 2009
Language: Cantonese
Subtitle: English
WARNING: CAT III. HOWEVER THIS IS NOT A SOFT-PORN MOVIE. :)
SYNOPSIS:
Police Commissioner Josephine Wong reinvestigates an insignificant murder case of an 11-year-old girl. The murderer is the mother of the victim, Becky. Under intense interrogation, Becky refuses to admit that she knew all along that her boyfriend was raping her little daughter at home. The harsh interrogation drives Becky to kill herself. What is the truth that the raging commissioner is trying to find out? What is the seemingly defenseless mother trying to hide? Or is she actually telling the truth? Is the phrase, "A woman is born to give her body to men" the whole truth?
RATING: 8/10
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REVIEW:
" Then again, there’s not much in the film to really take out. Even running under an hour and a half, A Very Short Life doesn’t have much of a story to tell, and Law seems to know that. In addition to half the film being set entirely in the police station, (with most of that section taking place in only one room), the film also features what has now become Law’s trademark: unrelated scenes that get drawn out way past their point of relevance. You may not care about why the Law character is two hours late to a party or how Mao likes to drink beer with a plastic straw, but Law offers those details anyway. Even the relevant details are drawn out too long, especially during an attempted suicide scene that could've been shocking and disturbing had it ended in 30 seconds. Instead, the scene is extended to an agonizing two minutes, during which shocking and disturbing quickly turn into over-the-top thanks to a liberal use of cgi blood. If there's ever was a movie that practices a total lack of storytelling efficiency and economy, that movie may be A Very Short Life.
The lacking filmmaking is especially unfortunate as there are some good things going for the film. The performances are solid, especially Maggie Siu’s commanding turn as the angry commissioner. Also, Lelia Tong pulls off her demanding role surprisingly well, especially since she spends most of her performance being tortured. Law does convey the shocking impact of his taboo subject without ever exploiting it or taking it too far. However, a mountain of good intentions can't get past bad filmmaking, and A Very Short Life has that in spades.
The true-life crime elements are calculated well enough that they will attract the curious while retaining the decency to not take things too far. However, Law remains a filmmaker who only has money to ignore the Chinese market, and not enough to hire a decent editor or script consultant. Nevertheless, A Very Short Life does satisfy certain curiosities about how such a subject can reach mainstream Hong Kong cinema, and it has plenty of good intentions behind it - even though not much of that contribute to quality filmmaking.
In other words, good try, Mr. Law. "
Source: LoveHKFilm
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