As much as i enjoy hong kong cinema and as much as i enjoy movies that francis ng are in, then laughing gor aka turning point 2 was somewhat of a disappointing experience. Savvy producing tactics shortly thereafter including casting award winning veteran actors and an efficient director, the anthony wongfrancis ngmichael tse vehicle directed by herman yau laughing gor turning point entered but on the cinema scene instead. The film is a distant sequel to the 2009 film turning point, a direct sequel to the 2011 tv series lives of omission and the third spinoff of the academy franchise featuring tses character from. Yi is happy that laughing is allocated to the triad of his rival francis ng. This unprecedented show of support led tvb to resurrect laughing gor on the big screen for the blockbuster spinoff prequel turning point.
Justice, brotherhood and love, what will laughing decide on. The star of turning point 2 is undercover cop laughing gor michael tse, who was a breakout character in e. However, before he became a police officer, laughing was a member of the triads and worked for the big boss man no. The movie simply tried to bite off too big a piece and failed miserably. Continuing popularity enabled the production of a 30episode sequel series, lives of omission, in 2011 and a film sequel titled turning point 2 began filming in october 2011 and was released on 29 december 2011. Yau delivers in a dependent way and makes fine use of his veterans despite the story. Laughing gor chi bin chit bloody traitor its not everyday that a character in a television series got so well liked by the general public, that a movie gets created for that character in order to allow fans one. This movie is basically about a cop anthony wong who was an undercover cop with the triads but then became a full fledged. To make his situation worse, laughing falls in love with the triad leaders sister, karen. Michael tse was born on july 15, 1967 in hong kong. Laughing michael tse tin wah is supposedly an undercover police officer who has infiltrated a triad organization. With michael tse, anthony chausang wong, francis ng, eric tsang. I went to see the movie last night and thought it was pretty cool haven t seen a hk movie in aussie cinemas for a long time.
Laughing gor returns herman yau returns to direct the sequel to 2009s turning point, aptly named turning point 2 laughing gor, which stars michael tse in the title role of laughing gor and costars francis ng, chapman to and bosco wong. Your full list of all upcoming marvel movies with key details. Turning point 2 is a 2011 hong kong action crime thriller film directed by herman yau and starring michael tse in the title role of laughing gor and costarring francis ng, chapman to and bosco wong. This unprecedented show of support led tvb to resurrect laughing gor on the big screen for the blockbuster. Anne bancroft and shirley maclaine, stalwarts of the film acting world, add vigour and depth to what is, essentially, a family film for matinee viewing. The drama is a spinoff of tvbs successful television crime drama e. Emergency unit this movie tells the story of laughing and before he join the police force has a dark background as member of a tried under chou anthony wong. Laughing gor chi bin chit turning point 2009 rotten. Thanks to yaus direction, turning point does succeed on the action part with chases both in cars and on foot that are nicely shot. Unless youre an avid tvb fan who has caught the recent 44th tvb anniversary best drama award winner lives of omission, youre likely to find yourself perplexed how turning point.
The character laughing is in fact from the tvb drama e. Turning point 0 hours and 00 minutes movie 2009 the prequel to the popular character, laughing gor michael tse in the highly rated tvb drama series emergency unit. Locked up behind bars, he meets the seemingly benign inmate fok tin yam, a university professor in criminal psychology who is jailed for drug possession. Dont get me wrong, laughing gor is not a bad movie, but. When michael tses popular undercover cop character laughing gor was killed off in the 2009 tvb police drama e. He was sent by the triad into the police force, but sent back by his head to the triad. The first movie actually was supposed to be a prequel, yet there were some inconsistencies and after all the drama show also had an open ending. English the prequel to the popular character, laughing gor michael tse in the highly rated tvb drama series emergency unit. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the balance is not paid in full within 6 months.
Turning point is herman yaus attempt at a hong kong crime drama. This movie tells the story of laughing and before he join the police. This movie tells the story of laughing and before he join the police force has a dark background as member of a tried under chou anthony wong. A compelling drama of complacence, karma, moral justifications and redemption. The prequel to the popular character laughing gor acted by michael tse. It also serves as a prequel to the laughing gor character in the television series eu.
With jackie appiah, igoni archibong, ed aristone, k. Lives of omission is a 2011 hong kong action crime thriller television series produced by tvb under executive producer chong waikin. A nigerianamerican playboy deals with the consequences after abandoning his american sweetheart for an arranged wife from back home. Laughing gor returns is linked to the earlier turning point movie two years ago. Tvb might pull in some movie stars later like what tey did in turning point. I went up to the counter and im likeid like tickets to laughing gor it sounded a bit awkward lol would have been easier to say turning point movie please. Highly intelligent and manipulative, fok reveals the power of his mind games by effortlessly subduing the violent prison bully.
The prequel to the popular character, laughing gor michael tse in the highly rated tvb drama series emergency unit. All of the free movies found on this website are hosted on thirdparty servers such as putlocker, sockshare, allmyvideos, filenuke, vidxden, novamov, nowvideo, megavideo, gorillavid, movshare, muchshare, vidbux, vidbull, vidto, nosvideo, movreel, videozed and many others. First movie produced by the shaw brothers since drunken monkey. Turning point 2 was officially released on december 29, 2011 in hong kong theaters.
The laughing gor movie dvd is out for those interested excerpt from yesasia when michael tses popular undercover cop character laughing gor was killed off in the 2009 tvb police drama e. Of course, he will be the undercover in this movie again, just that this time, he has a double undercover identity. Laughing is judged guilty of murdering gang lord michael so and is sentenced to life imprisonment. Michael also stated that he will reprise his role as laughinggor for the movie. The first film to bear the shaw brothers logo since. Turning point is packed with so many people running and jumping off of buildings that its clearly more interested in being an actionthriller than a psychological exploration of its titular character.
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