Bullets Over Summer (1999)
Reviewed by: Chuma on 2000-07-12
Summary: A cheap way to get an appartment in Hong Kong...
Mike and Brian are partners in the Hong Kong police, Mike is the
serious one and Brian is the one always getting into trouble
and chasing after women.

When they are assigned to do surveilance on a man suspected of
supplying weapons to some very dangerous criminals (the Milkshake
Man and his cronies (see the film)), Brian takes advantage of
an old woman taking her garbage out and barges into her apartment.

Grandma (we never learn her name), is upset at first, but soon
starts saying that Mike and Brian are her grandchildren and asking
them about their father.

While Brian is continuing his surveilance on the balcony, he receives
a call from a young woman on the street who he asks to come up,
she then prompty falls asleep on the sofa and he gets all excited,
realising what he wants to do, Mike sends him out to get a condom
and then tells the girl to go out of the apartment...

The film continues from here, but I won't spoil it for you.
Mark was worried that we'd all 'want our money back' and try to get
it off him, but I don't think there was any danger of that.

Some people would reckon that this movie doesn't 'go anywhere'
as there is not a great deal of action for the most part, but I believe
that it is this way so that you concentrate on the characters and
their relationships within a confined space (it was similar to a
prison movie in this respect.)

Special mention must go to the performance of 'Grandma' as she
has some of the best lines and is probably the funniest character in
the entire film.

I would recommend this film to someone who likes films with a romantic
storyline, with a bit of action and drama thrown in.

Rating : 8 Steamed Pork Buns (8/10)
Reviewer Score: 8