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ๆˆ‘็‚บไฝ ็‹‚ (1984)
Pale Passion


Reviewed by: mpongpun
Date: 12/21/2002

Interesting movie that I kinda liked. If you ever seen He Lives by Night, you will know that Crazy Eddie Chan is perfect for this movie. Eddie Chan plays Fa, a psychotic loser, always between jobs, who never seems to have his prerogative s straight. His girlfriend at the time, Ah Hsia (Chiang Li Ping) even starts to think he is psycho and decides to call off their relationship. Fa, being a psycho that he is, is unable to take the word "no" for answer as he constantly hounds Ah Hsia and her family and practically stalks her. (Why doesn't Ah Hsia knee this guy in the nuts??) Worse comes to worst, as Ah Hsia cannot stand Fa any longer and practically disappears off the face of the earth and starts another life, albeit in Hong Kong, but far enough from the crazy Fa. Fa, still thinking of Ah Hsia, manages to get involved in a relationship with a PR girl named Hsing (Elaine Kam), to soothe over his desire for a female companion. Eventually, Fa spots Ah Hsia again, and this time he will not let her go. Man! This Fa is crazy. Even I wanted to reach in the TV and squeeze his neck. Anyways, check this out, we have a crazy psycho triangle that happens towards the end of the movie. Fa wants Ah Hsia at any cost, we know that, however, Hsing (turning psycho) also wants Fa at any cost. Ah Hsia doesn't want Fa and Fa doesn't want Hsing. So what ensues? All the maniacs fight with each other with Crazy Fa killing everybody, and that's including the girl he states he loves. Damn, what a bad ending. I wish somebody would stick a pitchfork in this guy (Fa). Fa was clearly an annoying character and I hate annoying characters. I was on the edge of my seat waiting for somebody to bust him up, but nothing happened. All the characters in the movie were meek and couldn't stand up to Fa. Nobody pounded him or cussed his ass out. What a shame. It would've been nice.