Preview of Murderer, Thanks to Nuffnang

I was one of the few lucky people to managed to get tickets to the premiere of the latest thriller to hit the Cantonese movie scene.

Murderer stars Heavenly King Aaron Kwok, the delectable Janine Chang, Eddie Cheung and Josie Ho.

The delectable and cool Janine Chang

This is a short synopsis taken from GSC's website:

Ling (Aaron Kwok) is a self-assured Police Chief Inspector. He solved numerous difficult cases, has a flawless track record, and is nominated for a major promotion. He has a gentle wife, an adorable son and a posh lifestyle. In every sense, he is as enviable as he is successful. His perfect life takes an abrupt turn when, on one of his operations, he faints and wakes up to discover his short-term memory is damaged, and his top colleague mercilessly killed in the same building. Ling's colleague is the third victim of a cold-blooded serial murder. Each time, the victim dies a slow death in unimaginable pain. At the height of his life, Ling encounters this most vicious murderer in Hong Kong's crime history. He must catch the killer at all costs. But as Ling sifts through the clues, he finds that all the evidence point towards himself!

My take on the movie: If you read the synopsis, its sounds really interesting right?

The movie is 2 hours long. I would say that for the 1st three-quarters of the movie, went fairly well. The suspenses and acting carried the movie. Although I hope there would have been more gore in the movie, it didnt. But since it's a thriller and not a horror movie, it's fine. Aaron Kwok seemed to have played his role quite well as did his co-stars.

THe last half an hour though, was a bit strange. The twist in the movie i thought was creative, but somehow, they took the creativity part a bit too far. Some of the things that was told seemed too far fetch that it wouldn't be believable anymore. It was unfortunate as when the twist was revealed together with the overblown storyline, many of the cinemagoers didnt take the movie seriously after that. But in my opinion, the show picked up again after the twist (thank goodness!). I have to say that for storyline, I'd give it 7.5 out of 10. THe acting, I thought by the cast was great, and again, I'm glad to see Aaron Kwok playing this roles more than the pretty boy gets the girl roles.

A caveat though, if you dislike Aaron Kwok, avoid this movie. This movie is about him trying to recollect his memory, hence the focus is on him. However, do give it a chance as I think the storyline is quite good. Oh also, the movie can be quite distubring, well, for me at least. I elft the cinema feeling disturbed...

Hopefully, I'll get the chance to win more tickets from Nuffnang in the future!!! Hehehe!!!

Boodyboy, out!!!