Fatal Love
Ah, so this is Ellen Chan. I have heard mention
of her and her charms many times and I must say that this Cat III actress
lived up to her billing! She actually seems to be a decent actress – I
am not talking Maggie Cheung here – but she is very personable and not
at all wooden on the screen. And not at all shy – as she has the requisite
shower scene (2) and steamy love scene (1) that displays her charms to
good advantage.
That all said upfront – what about the film itself?
It is an interesting attempt at a suspenseful and sexy film – and to some
degree it succeeds. It has a good idea – but somewhere in the execution
it falls short and in the end it is less than satisfying. Still it does
have Ellen Chan! – and Michael Wong? That’s a lot of cheesecake to digest
in one sitting!
Ellen is a new recruit who is assigned to be an
undercover cop. She goes through training to learn how to do surveillance
and basically sneak around a man’s house looking for evidence of his indiscretions.
Women need training for this? I thought it was a natural gift!
Her target is Michael Wong – an extremely wealthy
businessman who is suspected of drug dealing and being a serial killer.
She “bumps” into him on the golf course and their relationship takes off
from there. Wong though is incredibly nice – generous – and a complete
gentleman. He couldn’t possibly be guilty of these things – could he?
She is invited to stay with him – separate
bedroom though – no hanky panky – and begins to snoop through the house.
She comes across his female secretary having some very rough kinky sex
with his assistant – but finds no evidence against Wong. What she doesn’t
realize is that Wong is actually watching her the entire time that she
thinks she is watching him – but this doesn’t make him a serial killer
does it?
Wong seems to have it all – looks, charm and
truckloads of money – and appears to be very much in love with Ellen. He
courts her until she finally finds herself returning his feelings – all
is very lovey dovey – and he could not possibly be a total psycho could
he?
The film does have an element of suspense at the
beginning, but then loses a bit of gas until it picks up again near the
disturbing ending. Again as a parental guidance – there is a lot of nudity
– Ellen and others – and some fairly graphic scenes of violence.