by SteelwireMantis » Sun Jan 30, 2005 12:10 am
I have got Y&D 1-5, The Prequel, Born To Be King and Portland Street Blues all on dvd. Personally I think the first three were all great movies (but hardly qualify for greatest gangster movies ever) in terms of style and visuals (Andrew Lau was cinematographer on Wong Kar-Wai's "As Tears Go By"). The movies all have a good soundtrack and the performances by Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Karen Mok, Sandra Ng and Anthony Wong amongst others are worthy of recognition. The fourth installment was good but nothing original, part 5 is the weakest, yet the character work was pretty detailed and the film moved at a slow pace. The Prequel was a really good movie, good action, an okay script and launch for new talent such as Nic Tse and Sam Lee. Born To Be King was a good movie, the filmmaking was better in terms of budget, quality, set pieces and cinematography and the script was also pretty good. Portland Street Blues is a different kind of Y&D movie, more artistic than commercial with good performances and a really good script.
Y&D: 4/5
Y&D 2: 4/5
Y&D 3: 5/5
Y&D 4: 4/5
Y&D 5: 3/5
Y&D The Prequel: 4.5/5
Portland St Blues: 5/5
BTBK: 4/5