Troublesome Night 4 (1998)
Reviewed by: ryan on 1999-11-21
Summary: Troublesome Night 4 (1998)
Sorry for my big mouth, it's the time to go back to the topic. 'Troublesome Night' has been a series with a average of 6 months for one. This one is the fourth movie of the series with the same crew and more or less the same actors like Simon LOUI and Louis KOO. This time the movie is taken from Phillipnes and focus on travelling. A group of HK guys go to Phillipines for their holiday. They got lots of experiences which are hard to explain. HUNG Tin-ming is on duty for brining a parcel to a family in Phillipnes which Louis KOO and Paulyn SUN got their wedding tour. Leonardo (Simon LOUI), DiCaprio (LAI Yiu-cheung) and CHENG Tat-ming go for whorming.

'Troublesome Night' is one of the successful series of super-natural movie in the past two years. This time they still put their successful element in it -- 3 stories for 3 different styles to satisfy audience needs. The first one is a romantic, second one is worth-thinking and the third one is horriable and laughter. This combination suits most of the sector as audience will easily fall into any one or more than one of the stories.

When compared with 'Troublesome Night 3', it seems that 'Troublesome Night 4' loses some of its successful local factor. However, the director and the script writer tried to minimize the impact by making scenes with less contenital color. The movie is still entertaining. In terms of plot, it seems that there are some imitations for the third story but they still put some their own inputs to make it fun and more horrible. They can even play tricks on current affairs like the Chief Executive.

To me, I think the first one is quite romatic. HUNG Tin-ming looks as a outsider to the love between Mario and his another half. The love secne is short but to-the point. It's the one with the least coverage. It'll be more romatic if there are more contents in it.

The second one is about the trust between each other. At the surface, it's about the confidence between trusting a husband or a wife. But it also suits if you put this to the future of Hong Kong and yourself. You will probably get another feeling.

For the third one, it's the most typical one and the most horrible one. It looks like Quantin's 'From Dust Till Dawn'. However, the screen writer put more stuffs to make it meaningful. Lots of gags has been put while they also put sins in the Bible in the movie.

On the whole, I think the style of the movie tends to girls and beasts which is not a good signal. Maybe it's necessary because it may be the motivation for travelling Phillipine to some people's point of view. But I prefer something that can make it more value.

In short, though I prefer the last one of 'Troublesome Night' series, 'Troublesome Night 4' is still worth-watching and it's worth-paying.