Crystal Fortune Run
Director: Chris Lee Kin-sang
Year: 1994
Rating: 7.0
I have a real
weakness for films like this. Stylish, a tad futuristic, chic females, slick
action, gadgets and at times nearly incomprehensible. Well, perhaps not the
last one, but the plot is almost unimportant in this comic styled film. I
just enjoyed the visuals. Somewhere. Sometime. So begins this film. It appears
to be in the near future and Anita Yuen is in charge of a group of five high
tech thieves who get orders ala Mission Impossible to break into the headquarters
of the Tung Tik Group and steal the Diamond of the Emperor Chen. This is
the key to opening the grave of this Emperor where apparently there is wealth
equal to half the world’s wealth. Sounds like a worthwhile effort to me.
During the break-in, Anita runs into Cheung
Man who is also there to steal the diamond. Cheung Man is a cloaked super
hero type with an artificial arm of great power. Simon Yam is the poor cop
who would rather be drinking, but has to try and chase them down. TT Group
turns out to be the bad guys and they are very anxious to get back the diamond
and have no reluctance in using extreme violence to do this.
Everyone in this, with the exception of
Kirk Wong who plays the evil head of TT Group, looks as if they stepped out
of a glamour magazine. No matter the situation, they still look terrific.
That’s where part of the charm of this film lies for me. It is not to be
taken seriously in any way – just a slick enjoyable romp. Anita Yuen sort
of goes through the film like a bouncing beach ball, Cheung Man manages to
look despondent, but beautiful and Simon Yam looks cool like only Simon can.
