[2014.11.20] FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 16 2014

For the week ending November 16 2014

Photos courtesy of Yahoo! Movies Hong Kong

10 MY VOICE, MY LIFE
  Can : Jung Hei
  Lit : Fighting For Air
    d. Ruby Yang Chi Wa
    Documentary

 9 JOHN WICK
    d. David Leitch, Chad Stahelski
    Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe

 8 THE DROP
    d. Michael R. Roskam
    Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev

 7 FURY
    d. David Ayer
    Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal

 6 GONE GIRL
    d. David Fincher
    Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris

 5 BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP
    d. Rowan Joffe
    Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Anne-Marie Duff

 4 GANGSTER PAY DAY
  Can : Dai Cha Fan
    d. Lee Po Cheung
    Anthony Wong Chau Sun, Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin, Wong Yau Nam,
      Chan Wai Man, Ng Chi Hung, Philip Keung Ho Man,
      Deep Ng Ho Hong, Ai Wai, Joe Cheung Tung Cho
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 97 mins.
  Opening November 6 2014

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
  Kwai, the ex-gang boss, and his sworn brother Leung run some downcast small business to live a down-to-earth life. The situation is worsened when his sauna and karaoke parlor are successively provoked and threatened by his former gang brother, Bill, who’s now working as a hatchet man for a real estate company.

  On Kwai’s mother’s funeral day, Kwai got stuck in a traffic jam. Then he walks into a tea café where he meets Mei, who’ll be another important woman in his life. Kwai can’t get her away from his mind every day. So he then starts to crazily court her. Coincidentally, Bill and his men show up again as he must also see to the forced removal of Mei’s tea café.

  Kwai leads his gang to fight back Bill’s intrusion. When it seems to everyone that Mei could be esteemed as Kwai’s girlfriend, Mei finally reveals a secret that she has known Leung earlier and Leung is the one who loves. Kwai decides to step down and wish them happiness. However, Bill mistakenly kills Leung in order to claim the tea café. It completely ignites Kwai’s revenge. He swears to start a gang war on Bill at all costs...

 3 KUNG FU JUNGLE
  Can : Yut Gor Yun Dik Mo Lum
  Lit : The Martial Art World Of One Person
  AKA : KUNG FU KILLER
  AKA : LAST OF THE BEST
    d. Teddy Chan Tak Sum
    Donnie Yen Chi Tan, Charlie Yeung Choi Nei,
      Wang Baoqiang, Bai Bing, Deep Ng Ho Hong,
     John Chiang Dai Wai, Raymond Chow Man Wai
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 100 mins.
  Opening October 30 2014

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
  A vicious killer is going round Hong Kong killing top martial arts exponents. When convicted killer and kung fu expert, Xia hears of this, he offers to help the police catch the killer, in return for his freedom. However, the canny and lethal killer eludes them again and again. Although the latter has made it quite clear that Xia would be his ultimate challenge, Xia refuses to be drawn into a life or death duel – until the killer threatens the woman he loves most.

 2 DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART 2
  Can : Dan Sun Nam Nui 2
  Lit : Single Man Woman 2
    d. Johnnie To Kei Fung
    Gao Yuanyuan, Louis Koo Tin Lok,
      Miriam Yeung Chin Wa, Vic Chou Yu Man, Daniel Wu (Ng Yin Cho)
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 113 mins.
  Opening September 8 2014 at the Toronto International Film Festival
  Opening November 13 2014
  Site : http://www.tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/programmes/specialpresentations/dont-go-breaking-my-heart-2

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
  After losing his girl in a love triangle, Shen Ran falls in love with another woman, only to find himself still attached to his old flame. Meanwhile, his new love also finds herself torn between him and another young man.

 1 INTERSTELLAR
    d. Christopher Nolan
    Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain