Love Generation Hong Kong (1998)
Reviewed by: JohnR on 2003-05-17
Summary: Extra Medium
This film for the most part is a romance melodrama, but Wong Jing has thrown in some gags that send it lurching sideways just when you're riding smoothly along. I found Hsu Chi annoying as the ditzy movie star; she should have toned it down a bit. Leon Lai was even more annoying; he is so dull in most of the scenes you just want to slap him back to consciousness. It's never explained how super-dull Leon got together with super ditz Hsu Chi, but it's a clear case of opposites attract.

Carina gave a good performance as did Lee Ann. Lee Ann was almost always on the periphery and didn't speak much, yet you feel you know her character more than the other three; something was working there. Also, Mark Cheng Ho-Nam was very good as Brother Peace; the strongest of the bunch.

I think if Wong Jing would have dropped the gags, given Leon a kick in the pants and Hsu Chi a sedative the movie could have been really good. But it is good; saved by some effective scenes, Lee Ann, and Mark Cheng. You'll like it as long as you don't dwell too much on what it could have been.