Genre: Modern, Thriller, Crime
Released year: 2009
Length: 85 minutes
Production studio/Film company: Universe Entertainment Limited
Distributor/Publisher: Universe Films Distribution Company
Producers: Danny Pang Fat, and Alvin Lam Siu Keung
Director: Danny Pang
Scriptwriters: Danny Pang, and Thomas Pang Pak Sing
Filmed location: Hong Kong
Rating: Hong Kong – IIB
Numbers of times watched: 1
Cast
Elanne Kong Yeuk Lam – Bar girl, Pakho’s girlfriend
William Chan Wai Ting – Loan shark, dai yi lung
Pakho Chau Pak Ho – Gambler, Elanne’s boyfriend
Chrissie Chau Sau Na – Convenient store worker
Stephanie Cheng Yung – In a trianglar love story with Wylie and William
Wylie Chiu Shek Chi – In a trianglar love story with Stephanie and William
Terence Chiu Chi Iong, Siu Fay – Street boy
Katy Kung Ka Yan – Convenient store worker
Izz Tsu, Jones Xu, Zaxi, Izz Xu Zheng Xi, Zaxi Ching Hei (so confused with his name) – Siu Fay’s friend
James Ho Sheung Him/Chung Hung @ Square – A cop, Siu Fay’s brother
Gary Chiu Tsun Shing @ Square – Follows William
Leo Chim Chi Man – Convenient store owner
Carolyn Chan Chor Kiu – Stephanie’s ‘friend’
All the characters used the actors/actresses own name
Performances
Pang found Hong Kong artist that were either in the idol group or the young models ‘leng mo’ group and gave them a chance to show their stuff.
Elanne Kong - She was the highlight of the movie, she was not bad in the ones before but this one actually showed a bit more acting/different side even if 13 of the actors and actresses shared the screen time. None of the characters are really likable people but Elanne made Elanne good.
Pakho Chau – He was overshadowed because of Elanne when he isn’t that good by himself, so there is a little bias already.
William Chan – Don’t know what to say about him, but I think he is a bit [tongue tie?] (Chi Lei Gun). Haven’t seem him really act before but he seems alright but I rather EEG promote someone else if there is someone else better.
Chrissie Chau – This is my first time watching her act and she was actually not bad, seems like she has potential (Might be from the ‘negative’ news that affected me before so actually seeing her having some performance raises some hope).
Stephanie Cheng – One of the better performances I’ve seen, but she should stick to dancing and singing.
Wylie Chiu – Seems like there was something missing or her character could have been developed a bit more, not enough to say much.
Katy Kung – Being a bit overshadowed because I liked Chrissie more since Chrissie wasn’t as exaggerated as she was but it was still good.
Once again this is something I don’t know why I felt like watching. There are no particular loves/likes/dislikes/hates towards any of the cast and crew members. I only heard of the Wylie swearing news and the how they claimed Herman Yau’s Split Second Murders, which was shot after but released before them and had 6 of the same cast used the same ending, so 'copying' them. True or not S2O is probably not the first to use this kind of ending so it isn’t that original anyways. Sometimes one single, useless, and have no connection with the movie news can make me want to watch it, but I don’t regret it even if I don’t like this movie.
Seven 2 One refers to different stories linked into 1 story, somewhat similar to ‘Six Degrees of Separation’/’Ripple Effect’, how a bunch of events may lead to something big. There are seven stories and they will merge into (one or two) event(s), the ending, a 24 hours convenience store robbery and murderer. The movie starts with parts of the ‘effect’/ending, showing short clips and a few seconds of each character saying 1 sentence on their role of the whole outcome. The story is told like “Rashomon” (Law Sung Moon).
Starting with the robbery and someone being murdered makes each character and stories connect together instead of a wide range of stories scatter. The robbery and murder captured my attention to find out who was the murderer although the capture wasn’t strong, but at least it isn’t confusing.
As usual everyone is connected in every movie/series but the characters themselves may not know. Flashbacks and repeats were also used but they were used well so it wasn’t too annoying. It didn’t focus on one story and went onto another. It went back and forth between each story so that was something that I liked.
The connection or the whole story was put together near the end, I caught on and could put everything together around 60 minutes in the movie, and the pace was pretty good too.
Since I watched Seven 2 One and Split Second Murder, I’ll probably be doing a review on SSM too. The endings are the same idea but I think SSM did better that part, but S2O did better as a whole. Cast wise SSM is better.
My Rating: 6/10, won’t re-watch
Producers: Danny Pang Fat, and Alvin Lam Siu Keung
Director: Danny Pang
Scriptwriters: Danny Pang, and Thomas Pang Pak Sing
Filmed location: Hong Kong
Rating: Hong Kong – IIB
Numbers of times watched: 1
Cast
Elanne Kong Yeuk Lam – Bar girl, Pakho’s girlfriend
William Chan Wai Ting – Loan shark, dai yi lung
Pakho Chau Pak Ho – Gambler, Elanne’s boyfriend
Chrissie Chau Sau Na – Convenient store worker
Stephanie Cheng Yung – In a trianglar love story with Wylie and William
Wylie Chiu Shek Chi – In a trianglar love story with Stephanie and William
Terence Chiu Chi Iong, Siu Fay – Street boy
Katy Kung Ka Yan – Convenient store worker
Izz Tsu, Jones Xu, Zaxi, Izz Xu Zheng Xi, Zaxi Ching Hei (so confused with his name) – Siu Fay’s friend
James Ho Sheung Him/Chung Hung @ Square – A cop, Siu Fay’s brother
Gary Chiu Tsun Shing @ Square – Follows William
Leo Chim Chi Man – Convenient store owner
Carolyn Chan Chor Kiu – Stephanie’s ‘friend’
All the characters used the actors/actresses own name
Performances
Pang found Hong Kong artist that were either in the idol group or the young models ‘leng mo’ group and gave them a chance to show their stuff.
Elanne Kong - She was the highlight of the movie, she was not bad in the ones before but this one actually showed a bit more acting/different side even if 13 of the actors and actresses shared the screen time. None of the characters are really likable people but Elanne made Elanne good.
Pakho Chau – He was overshadowed because of Elanne when he isn’t that good by himself, so there is a little bias already.
William Chan – Don’t know what to say about him, but I think he is a bit [tongue tie?] (Chi Lei Gun). Haven’t seem him really act before but he seems alright but I rather EEG promote someone else if there is someone else better.
Chrissie Chau – This is my first time watching her act and she was actually not bad, seems like she has potential (Might be from the ‘negative’ news that affected me before so actually seeing her having some performance raises some hope).
Stephanie Cheng – One of the better performances I’ve seen, but she should stick to dancing and singing.
Wylie Chiu – Seems like there was something missing or her character could have been developed a bit more, not enough to say much.
Katy Kung – Being a bit overshadowed because I liked Chrissie more since Chrissie wasn’t as exaggerated as she was but it was still good.
Once again this is something I don’t know why I felt like watching. There are no particular loves/likes/dislikes/hates towards any of the cast and crew members. I only heard of the Wylie swearing news and the how they claimed Herman Yau’s Split Second Murders, which was shot after but released before them and had 6 of the same cast used the same ending, so 'copying' them. True or not S2O is probably not the first to use this kind of ending so it isn’t that original anyways. Sometimes one single, useless, and have no connection with the movie news can make me want to watch it, but I don’t regret it even if I don’t like this movie.
Seven 2 One refers to different stories linked into 1 story, somewhat similar to ‘Six Degrees of Separation’/’Ripple Effect’, how a bunch of events may lead to something big. There are seven stories and they will merge into (one or two) event(s), the ending, a 24 hours convenience store robbery and murderer. The movie starts with parts of the ‘effect’/ending, showing short clips and a few seconds of each character saying 1 sentence on their role of the whole outcome. The story is told like “Rashomon” (Law Sung Moon).
Starting with the robbery and someone being murdered makes each character and stories connect together instead of a wide range of stories scatter. The robbery and murder captured my attention to find out who was the murderer although the capture wasn’t strong, but at least it isn’t confusing.
As usual everyone is connected in every movie/series but the characters themselves may not know. Flashbacks and repeats were also used but they were used well so it wasn’t too annoying. It didn’t focus on one story and went onto another. It went back and forth between each story so that was something that I liked.
The connection or the whole story was put together near the end, I caught on and could put everything together around 60 minutes in the movie, and the pace was pretty good too.
Since I watched Seven 2 One and Split Second Murder, I’ll probably be doing a review on SSM too. The endings are the same idea but I think SSM did better that part, but S2O did better as a whole. Cast wise SSM is better.
My Rating: 6/10, won’t re-watch
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