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U-Man


Reviewed by: pjshimmer
Date: 04/13/2005
Summary: Unpredictable

U-Man may be the single most eccentric HK movie I can recall having watched. It is truly unpredictable, in the sense that it's so wacky, all bets are off. If you like this kind of off-the-wall filmgoing experience, then U-Man may prove entertaining, as was the case for me.

[7/10]


Reviewed by: Sydneyguy
Date: 05/27/2003
Summary: Funny in parts

I didn't know what to expect with this movie. I did get a few good laughs, which was unexpected, but the love angle to the movie seem to wreck the flow of the craziness of the movie.

Sam Lee is a undercover cop who pretends to be a disabled girl??

What else can i say about this movie but have a look yourself!!

6.25/10


Reviewed by: MrBooth
Date: 06/03/2002
Summary: Entertaining

That would be "Undercover-man" I guess... in this case U-Men would be more appropriate, since both Anthony Wong and Sam Lee's characters fit that description. And where they are undercover is a girls school, where Anthony Wong plays a priest ostensibly there to teach ethics, and Sam Lee plays a girl (his voice and appearance being explained by a fictitious disease leaving him disabled).

The plot for the movie is largely ignored, however, serving purely as an excuse to get the different characters interacting together in various combinations. It's a character piece featuring a strange bunch of characters, with Wong & Lee undoubtedly being the strangest.

The movie is very loose and informal, often feeling improvised on the spot. There's no over-riding theme or message, just a bunch of encounters that are never the less interesting and entertaining. Sam & Anthony are obviously having a great time being the only male cast members amidst a huge number of really rather gorgeous females. Most prominent (and perhaps most gorgeous) are model Rachel Fu and singer Gillian Cheung (one half of the duo Twins). This is the first movie credit for both those ladies on HKMDB, and they do a very good job with their debut - I look forward to seeing more of them (especially Gillian) in the future.

The movie is vaguely reminiscent of Dante Lam (who produced)'s RUNAWAY, in the loosely put together feel, where you sense that the cast & crew were having a lot of fun making the movie and not taking it too seriously. It also shares some of RUNAWAY's flaws as a result - some bad (or at least bizarre) acting in places, and a lack of any overall point or purpose. It is quite entertaining none the less.

Reviewer Score: 7

Reviewed by: bastardswordsman
Date: 03/12/2002

I could not help thinking of 2001 film RUNAWAY after watching this, which was also produced by Dante Lam, also starring Wongs Anthony and Ruby, also completely plotless - yet somewhat pleasurable, mindless pap.

After an amusing opening sequence featuring undercover master Sam Lee disguised brilliantly as Osama bin Laden, the boys (being Sam Lee and Anthony Wong) are sent undercover to a girl's convent school to investigate.... pretty much nothing on the basis of..... pretty much no evidence. Nevertheless, it's a good excuse to launch the film into a FIGHT BACK TO SCHOOL scenario, Wong going in as an eccentric priest, Lee as a disabled girl (it's done tastefully, if you can imagine...)!!!! Plus, there's the added attraction of featuring a load of girls in school uniform, elements of MEMENTO MORI-style lesbianism thrown for good measure.

Wong and Lee are both exceptional, especially when you consider the type of brainless film it really is. Additionally, I cannot discern who was Gillian Chung or Rachel Fu, but they both show themselves to be competent in what seems to be their respective debuts - neither playing a flower vase role.

There were a couple of laugh out loud scenes, some intentional, some wholly not so - for the remainder of the film I just drifted through feeling sufficiently entertained.