Ocean Flame (一半海水,一半火焰) is a 2008 film out of Hong Kong. The movie stars Liao Fan, Mo Xiao Qi, and Hai Yi Tian. Supporting roles include Simon Yam and Lam Suet. It is the second movie of Liu Fen Dou.
The movie is about a group of con artists. Li Chuan is a normal working girl. The leader of the con artists starts a relationship with Li Chuan. Li Chuan starts her descent into a destructive relationship and even more destructive life style.
The movie's characters have this unspoken code and set of rules. They don't reveal much about it, but you start to assume what they are. For this pack, they can only trust themselves and the people that are in their line of work.
So, what do you make of this? No one really has any redeeming characteristics. You don't care for any of the con artists. You can only guess what will happen to the 2 lead protagonists. One also doubles as the antagonist as the movie progresses. It is a bizarre mixture.
It leaves you wondering if you are suppose to accept their lifestyle or appall it. It is artsy in its storytelling and film making style. What do you make of it?
The combination of characters on a destructive path, a story that preludes tragedy and rather unsatisfying ending tells me that I should have skipped it.
The don't like the mixture of Mandarin and Cantonese in the movie. As I could only guess what the Canto was as I don't understand it.
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