I have no idea why everyone loves this movie so much. It’s just bad. Really bad.

And I’m not just talking about the camerawork either. That’s the least of this movie’s problems. Everything is just way too schizophrenic. Characters (and references to characters) just pop out of absolutely nowhere, only to then be dropped like a bad habit only minutes later. As such, the viewer is given nothing to work with in terms of understanding character motivation for anything that they do. Who the heck was that? Why the heck did they do that? The scriptwriter apparently didn’t care, so why should I? The script can be summarized as follows: a bunch of stuff happens. Hardly compelling filmmaking.

Lau and Francis will just start talking about events and people out of the blue as if those references have already been fully developed. Who are you talking about? When did that happen? Again, the scriptwriter apparently didn’t care, so why should I? The comedy always feels forced because there’s no setup time for any of the scenarios; they do this, then they immediately do something completely different, then they instantly do something else, etc. ad infinitum.

This movie is the posterchild for underdeveloped concepts. Virtually everything here is wafer thin, as expected when you throw in dozens of superficial elements that are given a few minutes of screentime each. The structure and light-speed cadence is so irritating that it grates on the nerves within the opening 5 minutes. Someone should have given the director some depressents and taken away the cameraman’s Red Bull.

This was a huge disappointment. I feel like I just witnessed a trainwreck. A truly terrible film, and a waste of two great actors.