A tropical isle…sundrenched beaches…

Maggie Q Chi-Ling and 8 of the most gorgeous girls in Asia…

From the stunning backgrounds of Langkawi Island to the hustle and bustle of Kuala Lumpur, these sexy, sultry and sensuous models bare their souls to you.

Watch them as they work and play and listen in as they share their deepest, sexist secrets and their darkest inner desires. Discover the blazing fires that burn beneath their cool, steely exteriors. Watch them as they let their hair down and sizzle on the dance floors. They’re hot. They’re daring. They’re exquisitely divine. And they are all yours on LOVE ASIA. Are you cool enough to handle it?

I should have seen it coming. But I could not resist the urge. The moment I got a seat on the packed public transport home, I had to take out this disc to take a closer look. And then it happened: people around me started giving me strange stares.

I decided to be brave. The disc remained in my hands, and the beautiful girls on the cover were all smiling so gorgeously, I swear they were my inspiration for holding on to the disc in public.

Featuring the sensuous Maggie Q, the sweetie-pie Chi-Ling and eight other eye-candy from Asian countries like India, Thailand, Japan and Indonesia, this 90-minute feature takes viewers to Langkawi, Malaysia on a fashion photo shoot helmed by renowned photographer Leslie Kee.

Needless to say, it will be pure heaven for the boys.

The girls will be introduced one by one, complete with their vital statistics, hobbies, and interests. To make things more in-depth (and probably to justify why this feature should be produced as a DVD), we get to hear the girls’ views on love, and some really naughty talk (our friends at the censorship talk actually passed it with a PG rating?) about sex.

Told you this would make the boys really happy. We shall avoid the potentially touchy issue of whether this feature is demeaning to the girls, and launch into some lengthy issue of sexism and discrimination. We just want to have fun, don’t we? Besides, it all see and no touch.

Then there are the breathtaking sceneries of Langkawi that will make us sad city dwellers want to leave our urban lives behind. The pretty girls only make it more delectable. Someone stop me from going gaga over the girls already.

If there is one thing that irks this reviewer, it’d be the tacky voiceover. It is obvious the voiceover talent is trying to inject some fun and emotion into his voice acting, but the script is so cheesily written, it makes a rather irritating listening experience. It does not help that we kept hearing those cheeky moans and howls from the voiceover guy.

Of course, it may just be a case of jealousy over objectivity on this reviewer’s end.

This is also one feature where you can just leave your player on in the background while you do your chores at home. It is basically a montage of pretty pictures which do not require your constant attention. You can simply return to the previous chapter if you missed it. It may also be due to the simple fact that you want to check out that girl again.

For this reviewer, he had the player on in the wee hours of the night, while he constantly checked behind his back. That did not affect his review of the disc.

He just wanted to make he wasn’t spied on.

SPECIAL FEATURES :

Yes, the producers of this DVD spoil us mere mortals further by providing us a whole disc-ful of extra features

Behind The Scene – More footage is seen in this 18-minute reel, where the 10 models are chaptered nicely into their 10 individual segments. Some provocative poses are seen, some sound-bites about how beautiful Malaysia is are heard - but it is nothing really too insightful. Nice accompaniment music though.

Model and Crew Introduction – Hey, we saw this 10-odd minute clip in disc 1, except that it is taken from different camera angles. Basically it is just Leslie Kee talking about the girls, praising them from top to bottom in a distinctively Singaporean accent.

End of Production – The 12-minute clip is shot home-video style at a wrap party where the host talks really loudly, asking everyone to “get some drinks” and not to “care about the camera”. The point of this clip is probably to make boys wish they were there, that’s all.

Trailers – Interesting how the producers actually included three trailers for this project. Maybe they wish to broadcast it on national television or in the cinemas.

Music Video – You know it is serious business when there is a –odd minute music video for this feature. More pretty visuals, more pretty poses, more pretty girls!

AUDIO/VISUAL:

Beautiful images should be accompanied by a beautiful visual transfer, and that is thankfully achieved. Check out both the English and Mandarin voiceovers if you want to be irked twice over. The hip music soundtrack for the feature can be blasted on your home theatre system, with some really inviting visuals for your next boys’ night out.

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