The Twins Effect (2003)
Reviewed by: dandan on 2007-03-16
Summary: they're not really twins...
kazaf (edison chen), a vampire prince, has recently relocated to hong kong, along with his right-hand man, prada (anthony wong). gypsy (gillian cheung) has also come to hong kong, she is reeve's (ekin cheng) new partner; they are vampire hunters. trouble is on the horizon, though, as kazaf and helen (charlene choi), reeve's sister, are falling in love. this pales next to the trouble that duke dekotes (micky hardt), an evil euro-vampire, is about to cause; he's after a vampire bible, which has the power to make him immune to the sun's, otherwise deadly, rays...

first things first: gillian, she's cuter, has supreme fighting ability and better hair.

this was never going to be the new 'citizen kane' but, thanks to dante lam's direction and donnie yen's choreography, it is a lot of fun. it is a pretty silly film, which is a good thing, although the narrative slowly comes together and holds one's attention. the twins do a reasonable job, ekin and edison seem to slot nicely into their roles and with support from anthony wong and a scene stealing cameos from jackie chan and karen mok, the cast ain't too shabby.

fluff, but fun fluff...