Short of Love - 矮仔多情

Short of Love (矮仔多情) is a 2009 film out of Hong Kong. The film stars Wong Cho Lam, Angelababy, Race Wong, JJ Jia, and Kate Tsui. With cameos from Ella Koon, Chrissie Chau, Divas (HK), Louis Cheung, I Love You Boyz, ToTo Mui, Eddie Ng, Louis Yuen, and Lynn Xiong.

The movie is about Wong Cho Lam as Jack, a very rich stock trader. Jack is short, has curly hair, fat lips, and not very easy on the eyes. Yet in this movie, he's a playboy and gets all the girls! Amazing! In this movie, he's already living with Chrissie Chau as Lily, but due to some comedic circumstances, Lily thinks Jack is poor and leaves him. Down on his luck, he abandons work and looks for love, or sex partners. Angelababy as an Angel gives him some advice that helping others will help him find love. It starts at his shrinks office when Race Wong as Chrissy/Christine/Chris mistakes Jack for a shrink. Jack does his best to woo Chrissy, but Chrissy has multiple personality disorder. With drugs in hand and than mixing them up, Chrissy developers even more personalities. On the run, Jack bumps into JJ Jia's Caca and befriends her, by playing a blind masseuse. Of course, Caca finds out he's not blind. Kate Tsui as Sandy enters his life. And falls for Jack?!

Wow. I had this movie on while doing bills, so, it was tolerable. If I were just watching the movie and doing nothing else. I'd stop and read the business section of my Los Angeles Times to feel smarter. The movie seemed to only be a showcase for Wong Cho Lam. Unfortunately, Jack is a character that stays unlikable to the very end. And you have to wonder in your head, none of these real life beauties should give him the time of day.

This was the second movie with Angelabay I've seen. Angelababy is now my favorite HK actress. Amazingly beautiful.

Chrissie Chau, this is the first movie I've seen her in a movie. Chrissie's been in the HK news a lot lately as a sexy bombshell. Unfortunately, from this movie, bombshell she isn't. Bombshell is a combo of looks an body. Chrissie may have the boby, but not the beauty part.

JJ Jia makes another great appearance. JJ's great and her personal blog ads to her aura. Sweet and gentle, but all so beautiful.

Angelebaby softens up the movie and had way to little screen time. Boo! More screen time for Angelababy!

In essence, you're watching this movie for the all the lovely ladies stomping around. That's it. The story only moves you to the next lady. Fine by me. If the ladies were any less, the movie wouldn't have gotten me to the end.

Watch for the ladies, skip it if you're looking for an interesting story.

Gallants - 打擂台

Gallants (打擂台) is a 2010 film out of Hong Kong. The movie is a homage of sorts to the kung fu flicks of yesteryear. The old skool cast include Siu-Lung Leung (Leung Siu Lung aka Bruce Leung) as Tiger, Kuan Tai Chen (Chan Koon Tai) as Dragon, Teddy Robin Kwan, and Shaw Yin Yin (Susan Shaw). The new skool cast includes Wong You Nam, JJ Jia, and MC Jin.

Wong You Nam as Cheung is a office drone that's sent out to the outskirts of HK to collect on a property. When he get there, he's picked on by local gangsters and runs for help to a local tea house. There, 2 kung fu masters are in disguise, Bruce Leung as Tiger, and Chan Koon Tai as Dragon. They take in Cheung. JJ Jia plays Kwai, an orphan girl taken in by Tiger and Dragon. Cheung and JJ form an uneasy relationship. Mc Jin as Mang is a local land developers son. The put on a tournament and try to take over the land the tea house current stands on. Tiger and Dragon have also been waiting for their master to awaken from his slumper of 30 years.

The movie was a homage to the old skool and a shout out to some of the current new skool stuff. In general, the movie was quite entertaining and I was hoping for more JJ screen time. I don't know if I bought into the hype and expected it to blow me away, but I was greatly underwhelmed. The movie was very very long and the storyline with Robin Teddy was annoying. Very annoying. And that storyline was roughly half the film. If I knew who Robin was and his impact, maybe I would look at it differently. But I don't know who Robin Teddy is.

If it weren't for JJ, I can't really recommend this film.

Isabella - 伊莎貝拉

Isabella (伊莎貝拉) is a 2006 film out of Hong Kong. The film stars Chapman To and Isabella Leung. Supporting characters include JJ Jia and Anthony Wong. Although this is a Hong Kong film, the story takes place entirely in Macau.

The film is set in pre-handover Macau. The police are cracking down on their rogue officers and sending them to jail. Chapman To is one of those rogue cops. One day, Isabella shows up and announces that she is his daughter. The two start a get to know each other. Along the way, Chapman is trying to avoid being the lone fall guy for these rogue cops.



The movie was slow, but quite entertaining. Isabella Leung became quite famous after this movie for good reason. Leung has since exited the film industry after marrying rich. Chapman also makes a good turn as a conflicted rogue cop and unsure father.

La Lingerie - 內衣少女

La Lingerie (內衣少女) is a 2008 movie out of Hong Kong. It was released the same day that the 2008 Beijing Olympics started. Starring Stephy Tang, Janice Man, JJ Jia, Kathy Yuen, and Ronald Cheng.

The movie follows Stephy Tang as Miu as she tries to find "love". Miu is a bra researcher. Miu's aunt dies and leaves her apt for half a year. Miu moves in with her best friend, Janice Man as Donut. Downstairs, Kathy Yuen as Celine is a strange neighbor looking to marry a well to do guy, without love. Donut works at a bra store and JJ Jia as CC is a call girl that shops there for new bras frequently. So, all four girls are interconnected in some way to Miu.



The movie does feature a lot of skin and a showing of the next wave for HK's female leads. Janice Man, JJ Jia, and Kathy Yuen remind me of when Cherrie Ying burst onto the scene in the early 2000s. Stephy is already in a lot of movies the last 4 years. Of the 4, I liked JJ and Kathy Yuen the best. I am looking forward to what they do with their careers.

Ronald Cheng as Miu's boss and getting Miu at the end of the film was a major stretch and was totally unbelievable. What can you do?