Purple Storm (1999)
Reviewed by: trenty on 2000-08-12
Summary: Genre failed but with good story.
"Purple Storm" supposed to be an action movie but it failed to convince audience with many downsides throughout the movie.

There were too much dramas and some unnecessary action scenes throughout this movie to prove a non-action one. Also, the scriptwriter did added many nonsense/unappropriate moments during the film. For example, the scenes of Daniel being memory lost and trying to get his memory recovered. Those parts were very long and boring enough to put viewers to sleep. Yet, the scriptwriter should put those fancy senses to help Daniel recovers his memories in the movie. However, for viewers, it's a pain to sit through and watch him trying to find his losts. Other than that, the movie could have been more enjoyable.

As to the performances, Daniel had his good acting in this movie after seeing him in "City of glass". This movie gave Daniel an action mode to prove that he had the potential to be a good actor. I personally did like the acting by Gam Gwok Leung as a terrorist. His role in the movie was well done by him. Other main casts were well acted too but their roles in the movie were too boring/serious sometimes to make them acted only their average standard.

Overall, the movie supposed to be an enjoyble one but due to the downfalls, this movie ain't as worthy as it should be. I personally did found the story in this movie was well written, however, depends on your perspective, you may disagree with me.