Reviewed by: sarah Date: 02/20/2002 Summary: Burning Up The Screen Wah! This film is a moveable feast and one of Fung Tak Luns' finest moments, proving once and for all that he is the finest young talent in HK. His usual outgoing style is muted here into a rather shy and intense character, which paradoxically serves to increase his onscreen charisma. Although this is one of the better movies he has appeared in, it still doesn't quite live up to the quality of his perfomance. The denoument of his relationship with Christy Chung is one of the most unbeleivable moments in HK cinema (and that is saying something).

Reviewed by: Fatty Date: 07/28/2001 Summary: Great Film After watching this a couple weeks ago for the first time, I wanted to check it out again and I did. It's one great film IMO Stephen Fung plays....Steve, a guy who is entering University with his bud. He's been with his Girl for awhile and still hasn't made love with her yet, and I guess wants to badly. But she's shy and all that. When Steve goes to University, he meets Amy "Sailor Moon" Leung and a couple interesting things happen after that, including Steve getting it on with Christy Chung....woohoo!!! I really did enjoy this film, I guess this is a Drama or something cause I'm not really a fan of Drama's. But I did enjoy Un Baiser Vole, I haven't really seen movies involving University stuff but this one takes the cake. Stephen Fung did a sweet job as....Steve, when you see him in this movie. You'd say to yourself, is this the same guy who played Match in Gen-X Cops? I really did enjoy his character, plus him and "Sailor Moon" made love basically where ever they went. I thought Christy Chung character was pretty good aswell, a teacher who had a kid when she was 18 years old. PLus deals with Steve(Who has a huge crush on her) Sukie (Stephen's Girlfriend) plays well as the shy type, taking care of Stephen as if she was his Housewife or something, "Sailor Moon" played by Natalie Ng is a weird one, likes Stephen and wants to have sex with him in the 10 most romantic places to make love...Now that's a horny girl! Everybody else did a great job, I remember the one guy who is part of the Blood Alliance was in Legend of Speed as Dee, cewl seeing him in another movie. Plus Stephen's dad was cewl aswell, only talking to Animals, then all of a sudden begins to talk to his son. Then they go drinkin, get caught by the cops and the cop thinks they are gay, lol. Funny In all, a great film with some interesting characters. Plus the Teacher and student get it on(Funny scene when you watch it) Oh yea Stephen has sex more then some girl in a Hardcore porn or somethin...You go dude! :) 8/10 This so called review is brought to you by Fatty

Reviewed by: Paul Fonoroff Date: 06/13/2000 Perhaps because until recently Hong Kong's university population was so small, campus life rarely featured in Cantonese cinema. But with the expansion of tertiary institutions to seven, a non-overseas diploma is more of a local reality, a reality reflected in Un Baiser Vole. French for "Stolen Kiss" (which is also the Chinese title), this comedy drama is a pleasant surprise from producer/writer Manfred Wong, best known for the comic book-inspired Young and Dangerous series and Stormriders. Aided by director Chu Yui-bun and co-scriptwriter Yip Nim-sam, the picture is a pleasant look at a young man's first sojourn outside the family nest. It is devoid of martial arts, gangsters, and drugs, three elements which are rarely a part of the average Hong Kong resident but virtually de rigueur on celluloid. What the movie has in abundance is sex (though not of the CAT III variety), for like most college freshmen this is foremost on the protagonist's mind. Stephen (Stephen Fung Tak-lun) is still a virgin, and trying to remedy the situation. This is no "Hong Kong Pie", for he is too shy and the movie isn't a raucous farce. Rather, with more insight and authenticity than usual, we are treated to Stephen's coming of age. To his dismay and delight, Stephen finds himself caught between his girlfriend of seven years, the prudish Sukie (Crystal Cheung Yi-tung), and an extremely pretty and aggressive co-ed, Amy (Natalie Ng Man-yan). Amy's Chinese name is identical to that of Secretary of Justice Elsie Leung, though this "coincidence" is played for laughs rather than any political effect. All the while, Stephen lusts after his French Literature instructor, the sultry Sophia (Christy Chung Lai-tai). The brief, ultimately unconsummated affair between pupil and teacher fudges important ethical issues, and is weak in its denouement as is the movie's finale as a whole. But for the most part, the picture is full of entertaining moments and well-observed details. The freshman initiation scene is good-natured, ribald, and non-gratuitous, not even Stephen's push-ups over Amy's peanut-strewn (but clothed) body. The frustration felt by the studious Stephen on hearing his flatmate's noisy lovemaking is humorously portrayed, with the aroused student going from his French grammar text to a Japanese-style comic book to Playboy and finally getting a nosebleed. Un Baiser Vole is an excellent showcase for its actors. Natalie Ng sparkles, and Stephen Fung is likable and believable as the innocent student's far cry from his turn as gigolo in Bishonen. Canadian-born Christy Chung gives her best performance to date, the sync sound recording showing a vast improvement in her Cantonese and also affording a logical reason to recite poetry in her native French. If there were more teachers like her, French would quickly replace English as Hong Kong's favorite European language. This review is copyright by Paul Fonoroff. All rights reserved. No part of the review may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This review appears in HKMDB by kind permission from Paul Fonoroff.