Harmony S. Korea, 2010 Director: Kang Dae-gyu A film that follows the tale of the female prisoners who tried to make a difference in their own little despite all the barriers that almost stops them from pursuing it. it is very rewarding in a very tearful and touching way. I think this movie was inspired by the Cebu Dancing Inmates from the Philippines but instead of dancing the female prisoners formed a choir to catch the attention of other people. i even saw them watching the dancing inmates and planned of putting their video on you tube. The title is perfect for this flm ‘cause “Harmony” or “Hamoni” is the Korean word for “Grandmother” and happens to have an English meaning that goes with the musical storyline.  An unashamedly feel good film which wears its heart on its sleeve. Unsurprisingly, all of its female characters have justified reasons for their crimes – brutish spouses, sexually abusive stepfathers, love rivals killed in fits of passion, and even a wrestler who accidentally broke the neck of her cheating manager with a headlock. The film aims to give the warm and humanistic drama of the prisoners and doesn’t really want to cover difficult moral ground or to depict the harshness of prison life, with plenty of sentimental back stories and flashbacks. Although this may sound dangerously ingratiating, the film works well since despite being populated with a deluge with suspiciously familiar genre figures. On the second half of the film does a switch or should i say a lift to the story, with the approaching singing contest turning it into somewhat of an underdog story. This works well, helping to maintain interest as well as getting the film out of the prison and giving Kang a chance to lightly explore issues of how society looks down on the poor women. Though the film doesn’t exactly bring up the subject with much deepness, it does take a stab at tackling prison reformation and second chances, and this helps to distract from its distincticve predictability. At this point, the singing itself takes centre stage with some impressive musical sequences after the choir having been humorously bad for much of the first hour or so. This really gives the film a lift, and its hard not to get caught up in the women’s’ efforts to prove their worth to the outside world as well as to themselves. A very dramatic and inspirational film, it manages to hit all of the right emotional notes on its uplifting journey. it certainly succeeds in its aim of being entertaining and moving, very impressive i almost cried while watching it. SYNOPSIS Moon Ok (Na Moon-Hee) was a musical professor at a university, but is now on death row for committing a crime caused by the abuse of her husband and mother-in-law. In prison she meets a young lady named Jeong-hye (Kim Yunjin) who killed her husband because of physical abuse. At the time of her arrest, Jeong-hye was pregnant and the baby was eventually born in prison. Now 18 months later, Jeong-hye’s baby must be given up for adoption. To spend one day with her baby outside of prison, Jeong-hye forms a prison choir group. Moon Ok becomes the conductor for this choir. The inmates and prison officers are soon touched by the music produced by this group. “Harmony” provides for a unique human drama set within the world of a female prison. View full size

Harmony

S. Korea, 2010

Director: Kang Dae-gyu

A film that follows the tale of the female prisoners who tried to make a difference in their own little despite all the barriers that almost stops them from pursuing it. it is very rewarding in a very tearful and touching way.

I think this movie was inspired by the Cebu Dancing Inmates from the Philippines but instead of dancing the female prisoners formed a choir to catch the attention of other people. i even saw them watching the dancing inmates and planned of putting their video on you tube.

The title is perfect for this flm ‘cause “Harmony” or “Hamoni” is the Korean word for “Grandmother” and happens to have an English meaning that goes with the musical storyline. 

An unashamedly feel good film which wears its heart on its sleeve. Unsurprisingly, all of its female characters have justified reasons for their crimes – brutish spouses, sexually abusive stepfathers, love rivals killed in fits of passion, and even a wrestler who accidentally broke the neck of her cheating manager with a headlock.

The film aims to give the warm and humanistic drama of the prisoners and doesn’t really want to cover difficult moral ground or to depict the harshness of prison life, with plenty of sentimental back stories and flashbacks. Although this may sound dangerously ingratiating, the film works well since despite being populated with a deluge with suspiciously familiar genre figures.

On the second half of the film does a switch or should i say a lift to the story, with the approaching singing contest turning it into somewhat of an underdog story. This works well, helping to maintain interest as well as getting the film out of the prison and giving Kang a chance to lightly explore issues of how society looks down on the poor women. Though the film doesn’t exactly bring up the subject with much deepness, it does take a stab at tackling prison reformation and second chances, and this helps to distract from its distincticve predictability. At this point, the singing itself takes centre stage with some impressive musical sequences after the choir having been humorously bad for much of the first hour or so. This really gives the film a lift, and its hard not to get caught up in the women’s’ efforts to prove their worth to the outside world as well as to themselves.

A very dramatic and inspirational film, it manages to hit all of the right emotional notes on its uplifting journey. it certainly succeeds in its aim of being entertaining and moving, very impressive i almost cried while watching it.

SYNOPSIS

Moon Ok (Na Moon-Hee) was a musical professor at a university, but is now on death row for committing a crime caused by the abuse of her husband and mother-in-law. In prison she meets a young lady named Jeong-hye (Kim Yunjin) who killed her husband because of physical abuse. At the time of her arrest, Jeong-hye was pregnant and the baby was eventually born in prison. Now 18 months later, Jeong-hye’s baby must be given up for adoption. To spend one day with her baby outside of prison, Jeong-hye forms a prison choir group. Moon Ok becomes the conductor for this choir.

The inmates and prison officers are soon touched by the music produced by this group. “Harmony” provides for a unique human drama set within the world of a female prison.

White Night S. Korea, 2009 Director: Park Shin-Woo This movie goes beyond my expectations from a Korean movie. it has a great plot, great script and the actors did their best to deliver it successfully, that effectively provides the film with its touching, yet twisted emotional core. one of the best Korean film that I’ve watched or should i say the best Korean film that I’ve watched so far. This film was based on a Japanese crime novel by Higashino Keigo “Byakuyako”. “Byakuyako” was first adapted in a J-Drama series in 2006 and get’s it second adaptation in a Korean film just last year. This cinematic version of the dark, harrowing tale of murder and abuse marks the debut of Korean director Park Shin Woo, and stars popular and acclaimed actress Son Ye Jin (also in the likes of “A Moment to Remember” and “The Art of Seduction”) and television actor Ko Su (“Will It Snow For Christmas?”) in the lead roles, with support from Han Suk Kyu (An Eye for an Eye) and Lee Min Jung (“Searching for the Elephant”). The film kick off with a hard hitting start, intercutting between a sex scene featuring the beautiful Mi Ho (Son Ye Jin) and her fiancé, and shots of a young man called Yo Han (Ko Su) committing a brutal murder. Although these two characters and scenes seem unconnected, as Detective Han (Han Suk Kyu) discovers, they are in fact linked to another killing that took place 14 years back, which is just about to pass beyond the statute of limitations. As Han digs further, his investigation reveals that Mi Ho and Yo Han share a horrific and tragic past, one which threatens to cause yet more bloodshed in the present day. The film engages the eyes as well as the mind, very elegant and impressively stylish in the modern noir manner and featuring some exquisite and quite beautiful shot compositions. Such a handsome and deceptively quiet veneer works well to provide a comparison with the darkness lurking beneath the film’s surface, as does the delicate classical music soundtrack. The film does pack in a lot of adult content, as befits its themes, with a fair amount of graphic sex, as well as some creative and gruesome murder scenes. This gives the proceedings a hard edge, as does the fact that the film is pleasingly ruthless with its characters, killing off a number of sympathetic figures at suitably unexpected moments. As a result, it makes for tense, exciting viewing, with the last forty five minutes providing genuinely edge of the seat entertainment. SYNOPSIS A pawnbroker is found murdered in a remote town. Police suspect that he was murdered by an acquaintance, as even the most experienced investigator on the case could identify no signs of resistance. Three people come under suspicion but all of them have perfect alibis and the investigation comes to a standstill. One year later, one of them is found dead and the original murder case becomes even more mysterious. Almost fifteen years pass and the lead inspector, now approaching retirement, reflects on the only case he could not solve in an otherwise successful career. Haunted by a sense of responsibility and guilt that he caused suffering by letting the murder case go unsolved, he decides to re-investigate. His persistent search brings attention to the long forgotten case and reveals a hidden relationship between the victim’s son and the neighborhood woman’s daughter. As their love grows, more crimes happen. As their sin grows, the inspector’s chase comes closer to them.View full size

White Night

S. Korea, 2009

Director: Park Shin-Woo

This movie goes beyond my expectations from a Korean movie. it has a great plot, great script and the actors did their best to deliver it successfully, that effectively provides the film with its touching, yet twisted emotional core. one of the best Korean film that I’ve watched or should i say the best Korean film that I’ve watched so far.

This film was based on a Japanese crime novel by Higashino Keigo “Byakuyako”. “Byakuyako” was first adapted in a J-Drama series in 2006 and get’s it second adaptation in a Korean film just last year. This cinematic version of the dark, harrowing tale of murder and abuse marks the debut of Korean director Park Shin Woo, and stars popular and acclaimed actress Son Ye Jin (also in the likes of “A Moment to Remember” and “The Art of Seduction”) and television actor Ko Su (“Will It Snow For Christmas?”) in the lead roles, with support from Han Suk Kyu (An Eye for an Eye) and Lee Min Jung (“Searching for the Elephant”).

The film kick off with a hard hitting start, intercutting between a sex scene featuring the beautiful Mi Ho (Son Ye Jin) and her fiancé, and shots of a young man called Yo Han (Ko Su) committing a brutal murder. Although these two characters and scenes seem unconnected, as Detective Han (Han Suk Kyu) discovers, they are in fact linked to another killing that took place 14 years back, which is just about to pass beyond the statute of limitations. As Han digs further, his investigation reveals that Mi Ho and Yo Han share a horrific and tragic past, one which threatens to cause yet more bloodshed in the present day.

The film engages the eyes as well as the mind, very elegant and impressively stylish in the modern noir manner and featuring some exquisite and quite beautiful shot compositions. Such a handsome and deceptively quiet veneer works well to provide a comparison with the darkness lurking beneath the film’s surface, as does the delicate classical music soundtrack. The film does pack in a lot of adult content, as befits its themes, with a fair amount of graphic sex, as well as some creative and gruesome murder scenes. This gives the proceedings a hard edge, as does the fact that the film is pleasingly ruthless with its characters, killing off a number of sympathetic figures at suitably unexpected moments. As a result, it makes for tense, exciting viewing, with the last forty five minutes providing genuinely edge of the seat entertainment.

SYNOPSIS

A pawnbroker is found murdered in a remote town. Police suspect that he was murdered by an acquaintance, as even the most experienced investigator on the case could identify no signs of resistance. Three people come under suspicion but all of them have perfect alibis and the investigation comes to a standstill. One year later, one of them is found dead and the original murder case becomes even more mysterious. Almost fifteen years pass and the lead inspector, now approaching retirement, reflects on the only case he could not solve in an otherwise successful career. Haunted by a sense of responsibility and guilt that he caused suffering by letting the murder case go unsolved, he decides to re-investigate. His persistent search brings attention to the long forgotten case and reveals a hidden relationship between the victim’s son and the neighborhood woman’s daughter. As their love grows, more crimes happen. As their sin grows, the inspector’s chase comes closer to them.

Yoga S. Korea, 2009 Director: Jae-yeon Yun I find this movie very interesting when i saw it’s posters and the trailer, the title attaracts me most that’s why i decided to give it a shot but it was a mistake watching this, what a nonsense horror.  they’ve wasted the oppurnity to use yoga house which is for me one of the creepiest place because of it’s atmosphere and strange silence during a yoga class. the film convey some pretty good stuff and a few frights. Sadly you have to walk across almost an hour of dialogue before you even hit the good stuff. the time-jumping structure makes things quite confusing, but everything falls into place as the director springs his last-act twists on the way to a melancholic ending that result to a non scary yet attractive film. Acting wise i’ve no complaint to that, and the cinematography is good i just hope that they could’ve been playful and imaginative with the story ;cause it’s boring… i almost fell asleep. SYNOPSIS After the co-host of a shopping channel TV show loses her job to a younger rival, she enrolls in an intensive yoga course. The very strict trainer informs her students that there will be serious consequences if they do not follow her rules.View full size

Yoga

S. Korea, 2009

Director: Jae-yeon Yun

I find this movie very interesting when i saw it’s posters and the trailer, the title attaracts me most that’s why i decided to give it a shot but it was a mistake watching this, what a nonsense horror.  they’ve wasted the oppurnity to use yoga house which is for me one of the creepiest place because of it’s atmosphere and strange silence during a yoga class.

the film convey some pretty good stuff and a few frights. Sadly you have to walk across almost an hour of dialogue before you even hit the good stuff. the time-jumping structure makes things quite confusing, but everything falls into place as the director springs his last-act twists on the way to a melancholic ending that result to a non scary yet attractive film.

Acting wise i’ve no complaint to that, and the cinematography is good i just hope that they could’ve been playful and imaginative with the story ;cause it’s boring… i almost fell asleep.

SYNOPSIS

After the co-host of a shopping channel TV show loses her job to a younger rival, she enrolls in an intensive yoga course. The very strict trainer informs her students that there will be serious consequences if they do not follow her rules.

Yanggaw (Affliction) Philippines, 2008 Director: Richard Somes An indie film set in Bacalod City, Negros Occidental province in the Philippines which i must say, adds more nightmarish feeling all through out.  Yanggaw is a mixture of horror and melodrama, focusing more on family values made it different from the other asian horror film. Horrific yet dramatic i must say. you can really see in this movie that Filipinos are really family oriented, Family love above all. It’s good in a way since the point of view is revolving on the dramatic event of the monster’s own family. This film is very natural no special effects just the use of a very strong sound effects and acting. the actors delivered their acting confidently and dramatically achieved you can really feel the emotion they want to give. Yanggaw was able to give an atmosphere that is quite creepy and to that, they are still on the right track, a dramatic horror film that is worth watching. SYNOPSIS Yanggaw’s story is about a simple family with an extraordinary problem. This family resides in a far-flung province where dark myths and superstitious beliefs still rule. Their lives became complex when their youngest daughter (played by Aleera Montalla) is stricken with an illness no doctor could cure or diagnose. Suddenly they realize she is already…na-ya-yanggaw, slowly transforming into an aswang.View full size

Yanggaw (Affliction)

Philippines, 2008

Director: Richard Somes

An indie film set in Bacalod City, Negros Occidental province in the Philippines which i must say, adds more nightmarish feeling all through out. 

Yanggaw is a mixture of horror and melodrama, focusing more on family values made it different from the other asian horror film. Horrific yet dramatic i must say. you can really see in this movie that Filipinos are really family oriented, Family love above all. It’s good in a way since the point of view is revolving on the dramatic event of the monster’s own family.

This film is very natural no special effects just the use of a very strong sound effects and acting. the actors delivered their acting confidently and dramatically achieved you can really feel the emotion they want to give.

Yanggaw was able to give an atmosphere that is quite creepy and to that, they are still on the right track, a dramatic horror film that is worth watching.

SYNOPSIS

Yanggaw’s story is about a simple family with an extraordinary problem. This family resides in a far-flung province where dark myths and superstitious beliefs still rule. Their lives became complex when their youngest daughter (played by Aleera Montalla) is stricken with an illness no doctor could cure or diagnose. Suddenly they realize she is already…na-ya-yanggaw, slowly transforming into an aswang.

Infernal Affairs 3: End inferno Hong Kong, 2003 Directors: Wai-keung Lau Alan Mak The third installement of the “Infernal Affairs” trilogy and i must say it is the weakest among the three i didn’t say that it is bad but it is not as good as the first two IA movies but considering the short production time it is well done. it was released 2 months after IA2 (i wonder why they had to rush this movie). The movie’s narrative structure is an brilliant idea. This way, writers are able to give fans of the series a resolution as well as filling in missing time though the script lacks the intensity of the two other IA movies.  The actors did a so-so job with this one not as detailed as the other two especially the first IA. Well, nonetheless this movie is still a better product than the sludge of teen nonsense asian movies (not all). SYNOPSIS In 1991. Yeung Kam Wing and Chan Wing Yan are both police school trainers. Chan was better than Yeung but because of violation of the rules, Chan was being expelled and Yeung graduated with the first in class. Yeung was employed and work in a different department from Lau’s. Twelve years later, Yeung met his Chinese inspector buddy, Shen Chen, both of them work under Police, sent to Sam. Chan Jun, Yeung’s spy, failed and wish to kill Yeung, but Yeung shot him. Lau arranged the car park seat number B3A6 to Yeung. Yeung asked Chan who he is, but Chan didn’t know Yeung. Yeung always met Sam and talk about police secrets, Lau recorded Yeung’s conversation with Sam, and call the police head to Yeung’s department, so that Lau can see how disgraceful Yeung is when the secrets are found. Shen Chen had changed Lau’s tape back into Lau’s cassette player, so when Lau play, it was Lau himself talking with Sam. Lau said that he wish to be a good police, wish to be a good person, why the police people always deceive him? Yeung, like Chan, spoke that Sorry he is police. Lau replied that he is also police and shot Yeung until Yeung fell down dead. Yeung said to Chan that in 1991 if not Chan got expelled, Yeung would never got the first in class. Lau met his girl and she got his baby. The psychologist met Shen Chen and talked.View full size

Infernal Affairs 3: End inferno

Hong Kong, 2003

Directors:

Wai-keung Lau

Alan Mak

The third installement of the “Infernal Affairs” trilogy and i must say it is the weakest among the three i didn’t say that it is bad but it is not as good as the first two IA movies but considering the short production time it is well done. it was released 2 months after IA2 (i wonder why they had to rush this movie).

The movie’s narrative structure is an brilliant idea. This way, writers are able to give fans of the series a resolution as well as filling in missing time though the script lacks the intensity of the two other IA movies. 

The actors did a so-so job with this one not as detailed as the other two especially the first IA. Well, nonetheless this movie is still a better product than the sludge of teen nonsense asian movies (not all).

SYNOPSIS

In 1991. Yeung Kam Wing and Chan Wing Yan are both police school trainers. Chan was better than Yeung but because of violation of the rules, Chan was being expelled and Yeung graduated with the first in class. Yeung was employed and work in a different department from Lau’s. Twelve years later, Yeung met his Chinese inspector buddy, Shen Chen, both of them work under Police, sent to Sam. Chan Jun, Yeung’s spy, failed and wish to kill Yeung, but Yeung shot him. Lau arranged the car park seat number B3A6 to Yeung. Yeung asked Chan who he is, but Chan didn’t know Yeung. Yeung always met Sam and talk about police secrets, Lau recorded Yeung’s conversation with Sam, and call the police head to Yeung’s department, so that Lau can see how disgraceful Yeung is when the secrets are found. Shen Chen had changed Lau’s tape back into Lau’s cassette player, so when Lau play, it was Lau himself talking with Sam. Lau said that he wish to be a good police, wish to be a good person, why the police people always deceive him? Yeung, like Chan, spoke that Sorry he is police. Lau replied that he is also police and shot Yeung until Yeung fell down dead. Yeung said to Chan that in 1991 if not Chan got expelled, Yeung would never got the first in class. Lau met his girl and she got his baby. The psychologist met Shen Chen and talked.

Infernal Affairs Hong Kong, 2003 Directors: Wai-keung Lau Alan Mak This film is a prequel to the first IA movie. It is beautifully made and intelligent gangster movie that reveals the various shades of grey within the characters but it is over-plotted, with excess characters and subplots. It shows you a lot more of the backstory of the characters, and you see what drives these characters to be what they are in the first IA movie. The acting is very strong plus some edgy music used on the film that made this film worth watching. The director draws out fine performances from Anthony Wong as the exhausted police superintendent and Eric Tsang as the wily and ruthless crime lord. Again the cinematography of Hong Kong is used to convey the shadowy elements of police work. The music is perfectly in sync with the tension of the drama. SYNOPSIS In the prequel of Infernal Affairs. Chan Wing Yan has been expelled from police academy in cause of his relatives to the triad. Now SP Wong give him a chance to undercover the triad family controlled by his half brother Hau. Besides of Ming. He has been ordered to killed Hau father and infiltrated the police department. The story get complicated when Wong’s related to Hau father’s dead. The avenge is begin when Mary. Sam’s wife is the hit order. Now everything is complicated and relatedView full size

Infernal Affairs

Hong Kong, 2003

Directors:

Wai-keung Lau

Alan Mak

This film is a prequel to the first IA movie. It is beautifully made and intelligent gangster movie that reveals the various shades of grey within the characters but it is over-plotted, with excess characters and subplots. It shows you a lot more of the backstory of the characters, and you see what drives these characters to be what they are in the first IA movie.

The acting is very strong plus some edgy music used on the film that made this film worth watching. The director draws out fine performances from Anthony Wong as the exhausted police superintendent and Eric Tsang as the wily and ruthless crime lord. Again the cinematography of Hong Kong is used to convey the shadowy elements of police work. The music is perfectly in sync with the tension of the drama.

SYNOPSIS

In the prequel of Infernal Affairs. Chan Wing Yan has been expelled from police academy in cause of his relatives to the triad. Now SP Wong give him a chance to undercover the triad family controlled by his half brother Hau. Besides of Ming. He has been ordered to killed Hau father and infiltrated the police department. The story get complicated when Wong’s related to Hau father’s dead. The avenge is begin when Mary. Sam’s wife is the hit order. Now everything is complicated and related

Infernal Affairs Hong Kong, 2002 Directors: Wai-keung Lau Alan Mak This film is a clever, terrifically rapid thriller. It never fails to keep the suspense feeling all through out from the beginning till the end. the first 30 minutes of the movie has an electric mood and a very thick  atmosphere with too much tension though nothing really happened during that scene. The cinematography and direction are amazingly, ingeniously polished with the dark, cool colors of the triad underworld contrasting with the stark, bright beauty of Hong Kong’s daytime cityscape. The actors did a good job for keeping the tension in the movie, they really gave justice to their iconic roles.  Kudos to the writer of this film for giving a suspense-action movie with a heart. great job! no wonder why this movie became a big hit in Hong Kong. SYNOPSIS Two young men, one is a new recruit in the Hong Kong Triads, the other a new recruit into the police Academy. Each takes the opposite route: the new Triad recruit enters the police academy in order to become a mole; the police cadet is “expelled” from the academy and goes undercover into the Triads. Both men have been undercover for ten years and both excel at their perceived careers.View full size

Infernal Affairs

Hong Kong, 2002

Directors:

Wai-keung Lau

Alan Mak

This film is a clever, terrifically rapid thriller. It never fails to keep the suspense feeling all through out from the beginning till the end. the first 30 minutes of the movie has an electric mood and a very thick  atmosphere with too much tension though nothing really happened during that scene. The cinematography and direction are amazingly, ingeniously polished with the dark, cool colors of the triad underworld contrasting with the stark, bright beauty of Hong Kong’s daytime cityscape.

The actors did a good job for keeping the tension in the movie, they really gave justice to their iconic roles. 

Kudos to the writer of this film for giving a suspense-action movie with a heart. great job! no wonder why this movie became a big hit in Hong Kong.

SYNOPSIS

Two young men, one is a new recruit in the Hong Kong Triads, the other a new recruit into the police Academy. Each takes the opposite route: the new Triad recruit enters the police academy in order to become a mole; the police cadet is “expelled” from the academy and goes undercover into the Triads. Both men have been undercover for ten years and both excel at their perceived careers.

Sha Po Lang (Kill Zone) Hong Kong, 2005 Director: Wilson Yip Donnie Yen is in this movie again, an excellent actor in doing action scenes seems out of place in such a dark, brooding crime film. maybe the director wants to give other actors a chance to do the scenes but at the later part till the end it is still Donnie Yen, it is his speed and agility against Wong Po (played by Sammu Hung) the mob boss brute strength, and it’s definitely one for the books. But don’t forget the knife-versus-baton battle between Yen and Jing Wu (played by Jakcy Wu) in an alley before that. The ferocity of Yen’s baton and Wu’s knife clashing is nothing to sneeze at. though he is really not that good in acting but this is an action/martial arts movie, so that’s understandable, he is still one of Hong Kong’s leading action star. The movie has a number of stellar action scenes that will please fans of the genre, but you’ll have to wait until the 50-minute mark before the film fully unleashes its martial arts maybe beacause it is a crime film and they need to focus more on investigating. SYNOPSIS Hong Kong Police Detective Chan (Simon Yam) has devoted his career to putting the notorious Triad boss Wong Po (Sammo Hung) behind bars. While escorting a witness with damning evidence of Wong Po’s wrong doing to court, the police van is rammed at high speed by a car driven by the ruthless assassin Jack (Wu Jing). The wreck kills the witness and his wife, but spares the witness’ young daughter. Detective Chan is left with a piece of glass in the back of his head. When the glass is removed, doctors notice a tumor in Detective Chan’s brain. He doesn’t have long to live making Detective Chan all the more determined to bring down Wong Po. Ma Kwun (Donnie Yen), a detective from another precinct is assigned to take over the squad, comprising of Wah (Liu Kai-Chi), Kwok (Danny Summer), and Lok (Ken Chang). All the men are very protective of Chan, who has since adopted the slain witness’ daughter. When an undercover detective from the squad is killed, and video showing the murder surfaces, Chan and his detectives see a way to frame Wong Po, who is caught on tape swinging a golf club repeatedly at the undercover’s face, injuring him but left him survive for a killer to finish the job. The detectives decide to alter the tape, intimidate a witness and eliminate the real killer. Ma Kwun is upset when he discovers the deception by the squad, but assists in the arrest of Wong Po, which culminates in a brawl in the lobby of a department store with the rotund crime lord. Lok goes to buy a gun to frame Wong Po with, and is killed by the knife-wielding Jack. Wah and Kwok are both eliminated by Jack as well. Chan then goes to Wong Po’s office alone, and is thoroughly beaten by the gangster. Ma Kwun, in a dispute with his superiors over the handling of the case, turns in his badge and gun, and then goes to Wong Po’s. He is met by Jack in the alley. Armed with only a baton, Ma Kwun engages in intensemartial arts combat with the knife expert. Jack then wrestles the baton away but Ma Kwun manages toeviscerate Jack with his own knife. Ma Kwun then heads up to Wong Po’s office to fight him, finding Chan strung up and unable to move. The fight ends seemingly when Ma Kwun backdrops Wong Po onto a tall display of glasses and bottles. Ma Kwun then sits down at the bar and starts to pour himself a drink. Detective Chan, still strung up starts to speak to Ma Kwun. Wong Po then suddenly gets up and charges at Ma Kwun, smashing him out the window. His wife makes a call to Wong Po just before Ma Kwun smashes onto the car she and her baby is in, killing all three of them instantly. When Wong Po gazes down at Ma Kwun’s body, he notices the car underneath the body and realizes that it is his wife’s car. Wong Po slumps down onto a stool and starts sobbing, broken with grief over his actions. View full size

Sha Po Lang (Kill Zone)

Hong Kong, 2005

Director: Wilson Yip

Donnie Yen is in this movie again, an excellent actor in doing action scenes seems out of place in such a dark, brooding crime film. maybe the director wants to give other actors a chance to do the scenes but at the later part till the end it is still Donnie Yen, it is his speed and agility against Wong Po (played by Sammu Hung) the mob boss brute strength, and it’s definitely one for the books. But don’t forget the knife-versus-baton battle between Yen and Jing Wu (played by Jakcy Wu) in an alley before that. The ferocity of Yen’s baton and Wu’s knife clashing is nothing to sneeze at. though he is really not that good in acting but this is an action/martial arts movie, so that’s understandable, he is still one of Hong Kong’s leading action star.

The movie has a number of stellar action scenes that will please fans of the genre, but you’ll have to wait until the 50-minute mark before the film fully unleashes its martial arts maybe beacause it is a crime film and they need to focus more on investigating.


SYNOPSIS

Hong Kong Police Detective Chan (Simon Yam) has devoted his career to putting the notorious Triad boss Wong Po (Sammo Hung) behind bars. While escorting a witness with damning evidence of Wong Po’s wrong doing to court, the police van is rammed at high speed by a car driven by the ruthless assassin Jack (Wu Jing). The wreck kills the witness and his wife, but spares the witness’ young daughter. Detective Chan is left with a piece of glass in the back of his head. When the glass is removed, doctors notice a tumor in Detective Chan’s brain. He doesn’t have long to live making Detective Chan all the more determined to bring down Wong Po.

Ma Kwun (Donnie Yen), a detective from another precinct is assigned to take over the squad, comprising of Wah (Liu Kai-Chi), Kwok (Danny Summer), and Lok (Ken Chang). All the men are very protective of Chan, who has since adopted the slain witness’ daughter.

When an undercover detective from the squad is killed, and video showing the murder surfaces, Chan and his detectives see a way to frame Wong Po, who is caught on tape swinging a golf club repeatedly at the undercover’s face, injuring him but left him survive for a killer to finish the job. The detectives decide to alter the tape, intimidate a witness and eliminate the real killer.

Ma Kwun is upset when he discovers the deception by the squad, but assists in the arrest of Wong Po, which culminates in a brawl in the lobby of a department store with the rotund crime lord.

Lok goes to buy a gun to frame Wong Po with, and is killed by the knife-wielding Jack. Wah and Kwok are both eliminated by Jack as well.

Chan then goes to Wong Po’s office alone, and is thoroughly beaten by the gangster.

Ma Kwun, in a dispute with his superiors over the handling of the case, turns in his badge and gun, and then goes to Wong Po’s. He is met by Jack in the alley. Armed with only a baton, Ma Kwun engages in intensemartial arts combat with the knife expert. Jack then wrestles the baton away but Ma Kwun manages toeviscerate Jack with his own knife.

Ma Kwun then heads up to Wong Po’s office to fight him, finding Chan strung up and unable to move. The fight ends seemingly when Ma Kwun backdrops Wong Po onto a tall display of glasses and bottles. Ma Kwun then sits down at the bar and starts to pour himself a drink. Detective Chan, still strung up starts to speak to Ma Kwun. Wong Po then suddenly gets up and charges at Ma Kwun, smashing him out the window. His wife makes a call to Wong Po just before Ma Kwun smashes onto the car she and her baby is in, killing all three of them instantly. When Wong Po gazes down at Ma Kwun’s body, he notices the car underneath the body and realizes that it is his wife’s car. Wong Po slumps down onto a stool and starts sobbing, broken with grief over his actions.

Dragon Tiger Gate Singapore, 2006 Director: Wilson Yip Donnie Yen is Dragon Wong haha i didn’t notice that, no wonder why this movie is action packed or martial art packed as i call it. It’s a basic movie , constructed from basic plots, with its one saving grace being the intricate action choreography surely by Donnie Yen haha (i’m a big fan here). This movie is based on a comic book with the same title by Yuk Long Wong. the action scenes are very well polished the actors are well gtrained. if you are into a full martial arts movie just like me i’m sure you’ll enjoy this one whatever the plot is because the storyline of this movie is very simple not that deep for you to give your full attention on thinking what’s happenning next. Overall, the film certainly gets all kinds of extra points for style, something I’m sure everyone can appreciate. SYNOPSIS a martial arts academy established by two powerful martial artists. The academy aims to train and equip students with martial arts in order to uphold justice and combat the threat of the triad gangs in a seemingly lawless world. The academy is also a haven for children who had been orphaned as a result of triad activities. The story begins with the two sons, who were born to different mothers, of Wong, one of the founders of the academy. The elder son is named “Dragon” and the younger one is named “Tiger”. When the boys were still young, Dragon’s mother left the academy and gave Dragon half of a jade amulet pendant and told him that his half-brother Tiger has the other half of the pendant. When Dragon’s mother was killed in a fire, Dragon was taken into the care of triad boss named Ma Qwun and he grew up to become Ma’s bodyguard. Ma Qwun’s gang is a subject of the evil Luocha Gate. Several years later, Tiger and his friends are dining in a restaurant and encounter Ma Qwun and his men, who are receiving the Luocha Plaque. The Luocha Plaque is a symbol of authority within the Luocha Gate and indicates that the holder is second only to the Luocha Gate’s leader Shibumi. Ma Qwun and the leader of the White Lions Gang were arguing over the Plaque when Tiger interrupts and starts a fight with the gangsters. They manage to seize the Plaque. Just then, Dragon appears and fights with Tiger, whom he does not recognise to be his half-brother. Ma Qwun calls for Dragon to pull back. Later that night, Dragon confronts Tiger and his friends at a Japanese restaurant to take back the Plaque. Tiger and his friends have been drugged by Scaly, another of Ma’s lackeys, who also wanted to seize back the Plaque to prove to his boss that he is the better man. Scaly and his followers fight Dragon over possession of the Plaque. Turbo Shek, another diner at the restaurant, is aroused by the commotion and he joins in the fight on Dragon’s side. Dragon and Turbo defeat Scaly and his men and Dragon takes back the Plaque from Tiger. Just then, Tiger discovers that Dragon has the other half of the jade amulet pendant and realises that Dragon is actually his half-brother. Turbo follows Tiger back to Dragon Tiger Gate and wants to be enrolled into the academy to improve his martial arts. He is refused by the current leader of the academy, Master Wong Fuk Fu for his arrogance. Dismayed, Turbo waits outside the academy and promises not to leave unless he is accepted in as student. Wong agrees to spar with Turbo and defeats Turbo easily. Turbo is humbled and accepted by Wong as a student. Meanwhile, Ma Qwun returns the Luocha Plaque to signify his retirement. He is supported by Dragon, who wants to return to Dragon Tiger Gate, and his daughter Ma Xiaoling, who wants a simple life. Shibumi sees this as an insult and sends his henchmen, the Double Devils, to kill Ma Qwun. He uses his subordinate Luocha to lure Dragon away while his minions kill Ma Qwun. Dragon realises that he had been tricked and return to rescue Ma but it is too late. Dragon slays the Double Devils after a vicious fight and leaves Ma Xiaoling in his brother’s care before leaving. Shibumi was impressed with Dragon for defeating his henchmen and goes to Dragon Tiger Gate to issue a challenge. With Dragon not present, Master Wong, Tiger and Turbo takes on Shibumi’s challenge but were utterly defeated. Wong is killed by Shibumi while Tiger and Turbo are severely wounded. Ma Xiaoling brings Tiger and Turbo to Mount Baiyun to seek help from Master Qi. Qi heals the wounded Tiger and Turbo, and teaches them new martial arts techniques to fight Shibumi. Tiger and Turbo storm into Shibumi’s Black Pagoda to stop him from committing evil acts once and for all. Although their martial arts abilities have greatly improved since the last time they fought, they are still not Shibumi’s match. At the critical moment, Dragon appears and fights Shibumi, eventually defeating him. Before the film ends, Dragon returns to Dragon Tiger Gate together with Tiger and Turbo.View full size

Dragon Tiger Gate

Singapore, 2006

Director: Wilson Yip

Donnie Yen is Dragon Wong haha i didn’t notice that, no wonder why this movie is action packed or martial art packed as i call it.

It’s a basic movie , constructed from basic plots, with its one saving grace being the intricate action choreography surely by Donnie Yen haha (i’m a big fan here).

This movie is based on a comic book with the same title by Yuk Long Wong. the action scenes are very well polished the actors are well gtrained. if you are into a full martial arts movie just like me i’m sure you’ll enjoy this one whatever the plot is because the storyline of this movie is very simple not that deep for you to give your full attention on thinking what’s happenning next.

Overall, the film certainly gets all kinds of extra points for style, something I’m sure everyone can appreciate.

SYNOPSIS

a martial arts academy established by two powerful martial artists. The academy aims to train and equip students with martial arts in order to uphold justice and combat the threat of the triad gangs in a seemingly lawless world. The academy is also a haven for children who had been orphaned as a result of triad activities.

The story begins with the two sons, who were born to different mothers, of Wong, one of the founders of the academy. The elder son is named “Dragon” and the younger one is named “Tiger”. When the boys were still young, Dragon’s mother left the academy and gave Dragon half of a jade amulet pendant and told him that his half-brother Tiger has the other half of the pendant. When Dragon’s mother was killed in a fire, Dragon was taken into the care of triad boss named Ma Qwun and he grew up to become Ma’s bodyguard. Ma Qwun’s gang is a subject of the evil Luocha Gate.

Several years later, Tiger and his friends are dining in a restaurant and encounter Ma Qwun and his men, who are receiving the Luocha Plaque. The Luocha Plaque is a symbol of authority within the Luocha Gate and indicates that the holder is second only to the Luocha Gate’s leader Shibumi. Ma Qwun and the leader of the White Lions Gang were arguing over the Plaque when Tiger interrupts and starts a fight with the gangsters. They manage to seize the Plaque. Just then, Dragon appears and fights with Tiger, whom he does not recognise to be his half-brother. Ma Qwun calls for Dragon to pull back.

Later that night, Dragon confronts Tiger and his friends at a Japanese restaurant to take back the Plaque. Tiger and his friends have been drugged by Scaly, another of Ma’s lackeys, who also wanted to seize back the Plaque to prove to his boss that he is the better man. Scaly and his followers fight Dragon over possession of the Plaque. Turbo Shek, another diner at the restaurant, is aroused by the commotion and he joins in the fight on Dragon’s side. Dragon and Turbo defeat Scaly and his men and Dragon takes back the Plaque from Tiger. Just then, Tiger discovers that Dragon has the other half of the jade amulet pendant and realises that Dragon is actually his half-brother.

Turbo follows Tiger back to Dragon Tiger Gate and wants to be enrolled into the academy to improve his martial arts. He is refused by the current leader of the academy, Master Wong Fuk Fu for his arrogance. Dismayed, Turbo waits outside the academy and promises not to leave unless he is accepted in as student. Wong agrees to spar with Turbo and defeats Turbo easily. Turbo is humbled and accepted by Wong as a student.

Meanwhile, Ma Qwun returns the Luocha Plaque to signify his retirement. He is supported by Dragon, who wants to return to Dragon Tiger Gate, and his daughter Ma Xiaoling, who wants a simple life. Shibumi sees this as an insult and sends his henchmen, the Double Devils, to kill Ma Qwun. He uses his subordinate Luocha to lure Dragon away while his minions kill Ma Qwun. Dragon realises that he had been tricked and return to rescue Ma but it is too late. Dragon slays the Double Devils after a vicious fight and leaves Ma Xiaoling in his brother’s care before leaving.

Shibumi was impressed with Dragon for defeating his henchmen and goes to Dragon Tiger Gate to issue a challenge. With Dragon not present, Master Wong, Tiger and Turbo takes on Shibumi’s challenge but were utterly defeated. Wong is killed by Shibumi while Tiger and Turbo are severely wounded. Ma Xiaoling brings Tiger and Turbo to Mount Baiyun to seek help from Master Qi. Qi heals the wounded Tiger and Turbo, and teaches them new martial arts techniques to fight Shibumi.

Tiger and Turbo storm into Shibumi’s Black Pagoda to stop him from committing evil acts once and for all. Although their martial arts abilities have greatly improved since the last time they fought, they are still not Shibumi’s match. At the critical moment, Dragon appears and fights Shibumi, eventually defeating him. Before the film ends, Dragon returns to Dragon Tiger Gate together with Tiger and Turbo.

Suzhou River Hong Kong, 2000 Director: Yen Luo This movie is an excellent film that is recommended for all fans of cinema. At once showing the director to be literate in global cinema, and having a uniquely local voice, the film is visually arresting and haunting, a seductive, whispered tale of love lost and the duplicity of hope. a mix of realism and romanticism. There is a great deal of beauty in this realism, and the director finds lush imagery amongst the rust and urban decay, creating an almost phantasmagoric atmosphere. The use of the mermaid as a recurring device, both visually and thematically, adds a dreamlike element to the plot, standing out in blunt contrast to the grunge of the locale. Acting wise it is superb the main actress who played the twins did a very good job, the voice-overs are well handled it adds more emotions to the movie. great work though at first i really find it boring. SYNOPSIS The river Suzhou that flows through Shanghai is a reservoir of filth, chaos and poverty, but also a meeting place for memories and secrets. Lou Ye, who spent his youth on the banks of the Suzhou, shows the river as a Chinese Styx, in which forgotten stories and mysteries come together. Mardar, a motorcycle courier in his mid-twenties, rides all over the city with all kinds of packages for his clients. He knows every inch and is successful thanks to the fact that he never asks questions. One day he is asked by a shady alcohol smuggler to deliver his sixteen-year-old daughter, Moudan, to her aunt. Mardar and Moudan grow fond of each other. But their tender happiness is disrupted when Moudan thinks that Mardar has kidnapped her for a ransom. She is so disappointed in him that she jumps off the bridge into the Suzhou River. Mardar is now suspected of murder. When a couple of years later he comes out of jail, he meets the dancer Meimei, an alter-ego of Moudan, and becomes fascinated by her. Written by Bastiaan van GestelView full size

Suzhou River

Hong Kong, 2000

Director: Yen Luo

This movie is an excellent film that is recommended for all fans of cinema. At once showing the director to be literate in global cinema, and having a uniquely local voice, the film is visually arresting and haunting, a seductive, whispered tale of love lost and the duplicity of hope. a mix of realism and romanticism.

There is a great deal of beauty in this realism, and the director finds lush imagery amongst the rust and urban decay, creating an almost phantasmagoric atmosphere. The use of the mermaid as a recurring device, both visually and thematically, adds a dreamlike element to the plot, standing out in blunt contrast to the grunge of the locale.

Acting wise it is superb the main actress who played the twins did a very good job, the voice-overs are well handled it adds more emotions to the movie. great work though at first i really find it boring.

SYNOPSIS

The river Suzhou that flows through Shanghai is a reservoir of filth, chaos and poverty, but also a meeting place for memories and secrets. Lou Ye, who spent his youth on the banks of the Suzhou, shows the river as a Chinese Styx, in which forgotten stories and mysteries come together. Mardar, a motorcycle courier in his mid-twenties, rides all over the city with all kinds of packages for his clients. He knows every inch and is successful thanks to the fact that he never asks questions. One day he is asked by a shady alcohol smuggler to deliver his sixteen-year-old daughter, Moudan, to her aunt. Mardar and Moudan grow fond of each other. But their tender happiness is disrupted when Moudan thinks that Mardar has kidnapped her for a ransom. She is so disappointed in him that she jumps off the bridge into the Suzhou River. Mardar is now suspected of murder. When a couple of years later he comes out of jail, he meets the dancer Meimei, an alter-ego of Moudan, and becomes fascinated by her. Written by Bastiaan van Gestel

Patient X Philippines, 2009 Director: Yam Laranas i have a high expectations for this movie.. but when I watched it, the early part were boring so I just continued thinking that a twist may come to give me some shouts and amazements.. but, never did it happen.. the story was poor, the cinematography is good though. Patient X is the kind of horror movie that only works if you can forgive the characters for being extremely stupid. The story makes so little sense that only the most stray of thoughts can fully reflect the blatant illogic present in every minute of this film. The best thing I can say about it is that it occasionally looks really good, Yam Laranas still showing great skill in creating well-composed images. But the recommendation stays the same: quarantine the patient, and lock it away forever. It might be contagious.  It is just Yam Laranas and the Aswangs (a folkloric Filipino vampire-like creature), why i watched this movie. Next time take an Aswang movie to a higher level of story but please not an Edward-Bella kind of thing. SYNOPSIS When Lukas was a young boy, he went through the horrible ordeal of seeing his family murdered by a group of men.He eventually moves to the city where he becomes a pediatric surgeon by profession. However, he is still unable to move on from the traumatic experience. His chance to get closure and reveal the truth behind the murder of his family arrives when one suspect is caught by the local police. Lukas travels back to the province to talk to Guada, their former maid who collaborated with the group of men. However, Guada has a secret identity that Lukas is unaware of. Another person who is seeking revenge is the police chief. His own family was also massacred and he will stop at nothing to exact revenge. Will Lukas and TJ be able to avenge their loved ones? Or will they themselves become victims of the supernatural creatures that killed their family members?View full size

Patient X

Philippines, 2009

Director: Yam Laranas

i have a high expectations for this movie.. but when I watched it, the early part were boring so I just continued thinking that a twist may come to give me some shouts and amazements.. but, never did it happen.. the story was poor, the cinematography is good though.

Patient X is the kind of horror movie that only works if you can forgive the characters for being extremely stupid. The story makes so little sense that only the most stray of thoughts can fully reflect the blatant illogic present in every minute of this film. The best thing I can say about it is that it occasionally looks really good, Yam Laranas still showing great skill in creating well-composed images. But the recommendation stays the same: quarantine the patient, and lock it away forever. It might be contagious. 

It is just Yam Laranas and the Aswangs (a folkloric Filipino vampire-like creature), why i watched this movie. Next time take an Aswang movie to a higher level of story but please not an Edward-Bella kind of thing.

SYNOPSIS

When Lukas was a young boy, he went through the horrible ordeal of seeing his family murdered by a group of men.

He eventually moves to the city where he becomes a pediatric surgeon by profession. However, he is still unable to move on from the traumatic experience. His chance to get closure and reveal the truth behind the murder of his family arrives when one suspect is caught by the local police. Lukas travels back to the province to talk to Guada, their former maid who collaborated with the group of men. However, Guada has a secret identity that Lukas is unaware of. Another person who is seeking revenge is the police chief. His own family was also massacred and he will stop at nothing to exact revenge. Will Lukas and TJ be able to avenge their loved ones? Or will they themselves become victims of the supernatural creatures that killed their family members?

Death Bell S. Korea, 2008 Director: Yoon Hong-seung I bet this is a “Saw” inspired movie with a different touch, high school students will surely study hard after watching this movie. This film was released, summer of 2008, a season where horror films is a no-no to South Korea but the producers took the risk and it looks like they did a good job, not only as a result of being the only slice of teen horror on screen at the time, but as it is a film which really knows its audience. The director really did everything to make this film youthful which catches the spirit of it’s audience and deals with familiar issues such as teen romance, bullying and exam pressure. At the same time the film does feature a few more adult themes such as financial woes and the desire for parents to see their children succeed, and this helps to add a little more dimension. When it comes to thrills, the director throws in plenty of scare scenes from the start, with the eerie opening sequence of Lee Na being in the school yard, surrounded by burning desks and zombie classmates giving a good indication of his intentions. Even though the modern Asian ghost genre has become so familiar over the last decade, some film makers still take the misguided approach of holding off the appearance of the inevitable spirit and the usual scenes of people being suddenly snatched, mistakenly believing that viewers will miraculously be more shocked by having saved such clichés for the final act. Thankfully, the film is packed with shocks, and whilst most of them are fairly familiar, there are a few genuine surprises and some imaginative scenes with some good use of special effects. The body count is impressively high, and the film is genuinely quite bloody and nasty in places. These give the film a visceral edge, and help differentiate it from other more anaemic genre efforts. SYNOPSIS The film is set in a high school, where an elite group of twenty students—including rebellious heroine Kang Yi-na, her timid best friend Yoon Myong-hyo, and her would-be boyfriend Kang Hyeon—are taking a special class for their college entrance exam. After Kang Yi-na is nearly strangled and another student throttled in the restroom, the classroom TV screen switches to an image of top-ranking student Hye-yeong trapped inside a fish tank that is slowly filling with water. A disembodied voice announces that her life depends on the exam questions he will set for them, and that a student will die for every question the class gets wrong. Trapped with the students are head teacher Hwang Chan-wook and English teacher Choi So-yeong. Yi-na realizes that the students are being killed in order of their rank in the class, and she is ranked fifth.The movie ends with Yi-na walking across the corridors then takes a look at the TV monitor which showed the ranks of the mid-term exams. It showed her name was ranked number one,Yi-na turns around to face the camera then transforms to her decreased best friend/room-mate who is smiling then changes back to Yi-na and then the screen fades to gray then black and the credits roll.View full size

Death Bell

S. Korea, 2008

Director: Yoon Hong-seung

I bet this is a “Saw” inspired movie with a different touch, high school students will surely study hard after watching this movie.

This film was released, summer of 2008, a season where horror films is a no-no to South Korea but the producers took the risk and it looks like they did a good job, not only as a result of being the only slice of teen horror on screen at the time, but as it is a film which really knows its audience.

The director really did everything to make this film youthful which catches the spirit of it’s audience and deals with familiar issues such as teen romance, bullying and exam pressure. At the same time the film does feature a few more adult themes such as financial woes and the desire for parents to see their children succeed, and this helps to add a little more dimension.
When it comes to thrills, the director throws in plenty of scare scenes from the start, with the eerie opening sequence of Lee Na being in the school yard, surrounded by burning desks and zombie classmates giving a good indication of his intentions. Even though the modern Asian ghost genre has become so familiar over the last decade, some film makers still take the misguided approach of holding off the appearance of the inevitable spirit and the usual scenes of people being suddenly snatched, mistakenly believing that viewers will miraculously be more shocked by having saved such clichés for the final act. Thankfully, the film is packed with shocks, and whilst most of them are fairly familiar, there are a few genuine surprises and some imaginative scenes with some good use of special effects. The body count is impressively high, and the film is genuinely quite bloody and nasty in places. These give the film a visceral edge, and help differentiate it from other more anaemic genre efforts.

SYNOPSIS The film is set in a high school, where an elite group of twenty students—including rebellious heroine Kang Yi-na, her timid best friend Yoon Myong-hyo, and her would-be boyfriend Kang Hyeon—are taking a special class for their college entrance exam. After Kang Yi-na is nearly strangled and another student throttled in the restroom, the classroom TV screen switches to an image of top-ranking student Hye-yeong trapped inside a fish tank that is slowly filling with water. A disembodied voice announces that her life depends on the exam questions he will set for them, and that a student will die for every question the class gets wrong. Trapped with the students are head teacher Hwang Chan-wook and English teacher Choi So-yeong. Yi-na realizes that the students are being killed in order of their rank in the class, and she is ranked fifth.The movie ends with Yi-na walking across the corridors then takes a look at the TV monitor which showed the ranks of the mid-term exams. It showed her name was ranked number one,Yi-na turns around to face the camera then transforms to her decreased best friend/room-mate who is smiling then changes back to Yi-na and then the screen fades to gray then black and the credits roll.

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Not feeling well

i’ll post my updates maybe on friday

i just need to have some rest

Title: Ever

Artist: Gackt