Second Time Around (DVD)
This is a Hong Kong film from a few years ago. It's a mix of genres, like a lot of Hong Kong films, it's partly a romantic comedy, partly a gambling/crime movie. It stars two fairly big Hong Kong stars - Ekin Cheng and Cecilia Cheung. The latter I have a thing for, which is why I rented the movie, she's very attractive. Both were in Zu Warriors, which I think got a release in the US, and Ms. Cheung had a cameo in Shaolin Soccer, I think, but if you don't follow HK cinema, you probably have no idea who they are.
Ekin Cheng is a gambler, who thinks he's a great gambler. He and his friend concoct a scheme to steal some money so he can gamble and theoretically win and thus pay it back and still be rich. But things go horribly wrong, losing all the money to a card sharp named Jesus (there's actually a reason for the name) and he wakes up in the hospital with his friend dead. And discovers his friend was murdered. One of the cops investigating the case is Cecilia Cheung.
When Ekin gets home, he finds a message on his answering machine from someone warning him not to steal the money. Confused about the apparent premonition, he investigates, looking for the person that called him. Then lots of stuff happens, and he ends up going back in time along with Cecilia Cheung.
Then for a while, like the middle half, it's sort of a romantic comedy. Then they try to prevent his friend's death from happening, but like all things, it's doesn't work out as they planned.
All in all, a really good movie. Really bad subtitles, though. A lot of Chinese films aren't proper US releases, even though Netflix or Blockbuster carries them, but region free and done by companies over there. The result is, the subtitles are often not done by a native speaker or even checked.
In this case, it's weird because the movie has part of it in English (since it's set in Las Vegas) and even some of the English parts are subtitled wrong.
Ekin Cheng is a gambler, who thinks he's a great gambler. He and his friend concoct a scheme to steal some money so he can gamble and theoretically win and thus pay it back and still be rich. But things go horribly wrong, losing all the money to a card sharp named Jesus (there's actually a reason for the name) and he wakes up in the hospital with his friend dead. And discovers his friend was murdered. One of the cops investigating the case is Cecilia Cheung.
When Ekin gets home, he finds a message on his answering machine from someone warning him not to steal the money. Confused about the apparent premonition, he investigates, looking for the person that called him. Then lots of stuff happens, and he ends up going back in time along with Cecilia Cheung.
Then for a while, like the middle half, it's sort of a romantic comedy. Then they try to prevent his friend's death from happening, but like all things, it's doesn't work out as they planned.
All in all, a really good movie. Really bad subtitles, though. A lot of Chinese films aren't proper US releases, even though Netflix or Blockbuster carries them, but region free and done by companies over there. The result is, the subtitles are often not done by a native speaker or even checked.
In this case, it's weird because the movie has part of it in English (since it's set in Las Vegas) and even some of the English parts are subtitled wrong.
