Home Movie Vault Disc Vault Coming Soon Join Our Mailing List Local Scene Articles About Us Contest Soundtrack Books eStore
PROTEGE (HK)

 ABOUT THE MOVIE


Genre:
Crime/Drama
Starring: Andy Lau, Daniel Wu, Louis Koo, Anita Yuen, Zhang Jingchu, Derek Yee
Director: Derek Yee
Rating: M18 (Drug Related Content)
Year Made: 2007

 

 


 SPECIAL FEATURES

- Making of
- Trailer

 

 


 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Languages: Cantonese/Chinese
Subtitles: English/Chinese
Sound: Dolby Digital
Running Time: 1 hr 49 mins
Region Code: 3
Distributor: Scorpio East

 

 

SYNOPSIS:  

Undercover Nick spent 8 years in a heroin syndicate, working his way up from a street dealer to a managerial post. He is in charge of handling the logistics for Jong, the biggest player in the local heroin market. Nick is waiting for a chance to nab the syndicate but evidences are hard to gather as everything is kept confidential. His opportunity comes when Jang makes Nick his protege...

MOVIE REVIEW

One of the most arresting sight in Protégé for me, I have to admit, is Zhang Jing Chu – Hollywood’s next Ziyi Zhang. Trust me, spaghetti straps and cargo pants have never looked better. Another is Louis Koo’s disgusting turn as a drug junkie and all-star jerk. I could not recall Louis looking more convincing in a role and his character provided an interesting counterpoint to Daniel Wu’s morally upright character.

That said, Protégé is not a great movie and has nothing on Derek Yee’s other film, One Night in Mongkok. While the stellar cast discharged their roles well, its overbearing moralistic tone made the film more like a docudrama.

Another weak link is the fact that Daniel Wu’s character is an undercover cop. Besides drawing unneeded comparisons with Infernal Affairs (something that afflicts all Hong Kong movies featuring undercover cops these days), the storyline really took much away from the introspective perspective in the movie. If Daniel Wu’s character had been a real gangster who witnessed his girlfriend’s self-destruction by drug consumption, his pain and subsequent betrayal of his boss would better highlight the morality issues in the drug business. But I am neither Derek Yee nor Peter Chan, so here you are.

SPECIAL FEATURES :

Includes trailers for Protégé, One Last Dance and Twins Mission, as well as the perfunctory Protégé making of.

AUDIO/VISUAL:

Visual transfer is acceptable and audio selections included English subtitles and Cantonese 5.1.

MOVIE RATING:



DVD RATING :

Review by Lim Mun Pong

 
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE...

BUY PROTEGE FROM OUR eSTORE

Alternative Opinion:

The movie review by our columnist

Other titles from Scorpio East:

. The Curse of the Golden Flower


. A Battle Of Wits

. Rain Dogs

. Heavenly Mission

. Exiled

. Operation Undercover

. Diary

. Fatal Contact

. Singapore Dreaming

. Rob-B-Hood

. On The Edge

. The World's Fastest Indian

. Dragon Tiger Gate


. Unarmed Combat

. Crazy Stone


. Election 2


. We Are Family

. I Not Stupid Too


. The Shoe Fairy

. 2 Becomes 1

. 49 Days

. REAL

. Dragon Eye Congee

. A Chinese Tall Story

. Perhaps Love

. SPL

. Election


. The Myth


. Wait 'Til You're Older


. The Maid

 


This review is made possible with the kind support from Scorpio East

 


DISCLAIMER: Images, Textual, Copyrights and trademarks for the film and related entertainment properties mentioned
herein are held by their respective owners and are solely for the promotional purposes of said properties.
All other logo and design Copyright©2004-2007, movieXclusive.com™
All Rights Reserved.