Initial D (2005)
Reviewed by: danton on 2005-08-07
Let's see if I can summarize the plot:

Some cars race down a mountain. Jay Chou, Edison Chen and Shawn Yue are all silent brooding types. Jay is the most silent, most brooding, hence the coolest. Some more cars on the same mountain. Interlude 1: Chapman To pukes (comic relief). Interlude 2: Anthony Wong is drunk (social realism). Interlude 3: some girl (romance). More cars, still the same mountain. Bad guys show up. I can tell they're bad, cuz they wear bandanas and leather jackets. Why is Jordan Chan among them? And where's Ekin??? Final interlude: girl does something bad. Jay reacts by first beating up Chapman (I get that), then more silent brooding. Back to the mountain: cars drive down. One of them is faster than the others. Everybody cheers.

The above plot summary pretty much captures it all. Add to that some weird editing (for no apparent reason, Andrew Lau uses split screens, screen freezes, and all that other MTV stuff), as well as a heavy dose of car porn, and you have yourself what passes for a movie these days. Oh, and Jay sings a bit, so the kids should be pleased.

Not recommended.