City of Desire (2001)
Reviewed by: Rab99bit on 2001-05-19
Summary: Movie of little desire
This movie also goes by the title "Kill Out Macao!" and after seeing it twice, I am still trying to find out who is killing and which part of Macao has been 'killed'. The cover of the VCD sold here in the Pearl bears a central image of Alex Fong but his role in the movie is rudimentary and his character, not developed to advantage. It could have been a better movie if they had concentrated on Alex Fong's and Ng Kwan Yue's roles but instead unrelated stories like the relationship between the deaf and dumb girl with the police officer (are they kidding??) and the close bonding between 2 girls in the flesh trade spoil the story line. The movie trys hard to portray the difficult circumstances of the "exploited" young girls in the flesh trade in Macau but fails miserably to win the audience's sympathy. The final scene of exploding fireworks was more like a celebration than the sad climax it was supposed to be.