Bullets of Love

Bullets of Love
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Traditional Chinese	不死情謎
Simplified Chinese	不死情谜
Hanyu Pinyin	Bù Sǐ Qíng Mí
Jyutping	Bat1 Sei2 Cing6 Mai6
Directed by	Andrew Lau
Screenplay by	Thirteen Chan
Produced by	Andrew Lau Ichise Taka
Starring	Leon Lai Asaka Seto
Cinematography	Andrew Lau Lai Yiu-fai
Edited by	Danny Pang Phat
Music by	Chan Kwong-wing
Production companies	Film Power Company OZ Co.
Distributed by	Deltamac Films
Release date	27 September 2001 (2001-09-27)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese Japanese English
Budget	HK$25 million[1]
Box office	HK$3,587,266

Bullets of Love is a 2001 Hong Kong action thriller film produced and directed by Andrew Lau and starring Leon Lai and Asaka Seto.

Plot

Hong Kong Regional Crime Unit inspector Sam Lam (Leon Lai) rapidly raids a transnational criminal organisation and capturing its leader, Night (Terence Yin). Although his crimes were heinous, Night spends a huge sum a team of clever lawyers to defend him, causing the efforts Sam's fiancé, Ann (Asaka Seto), who is the prosecutor of the case, coming to no avail. Eventually, Night received a light sentence of five years imprisonment. Holding a grudge against Sam and Ann for putting him in prison, Night schemes with his older brother, Day (Richard Sun), to orchestrate a plan for revenge.

After the conclusion of the case, Ann and Sam takes a vacation to Paris. Unexpected to them, Day sends a killer who shoots and kills Ann, who was riding an elevator, but does not kill Sam. Ann's death causes Sam to grieve abnormally. Sam decides to quit his job in the police force and opens a bar in Tai O, leading a reclusive life.

Two years later, Sam meets You (Asaka Seto), a Japanese tourist who looks exactly like Ann. Sam cannot help but fall in love with her. One day, Sam accidentally discovers a secret about You, while on the other hand, Night, who won an appeal on his case, was released early and is determined to get back at Sam.

Cast

• Leon Lai as Inspector Sam Lam
• Asaka Seto as Ann / You
  • Sandy Lam as the voice of Ann
• Terence Yin as Night / Wong Po
• Michael Chan as Uncle Ox
• Frankie Ng as Uncle Tiger
• Hayawaka Saki as The Assassin
• Richard Sun as Day / Wong Fung
• Ronald Cheng as Ma
• Alexander Chan as Ho Ma
• Tony Ho as Band Member
• Yu Ka-ho as Band Member
• Benjamin Yuen as Band Member
• Alan Ko
• Michael Tse as Cop shot in the street
• Poon Hang-sang
• Gary Mak
• Ankee Leung
• Danny Chan
• Ho Ka-fai as Policeman
• Law Shu-kei as Judge
• Prudence Kao as Jojo
• Chow Mei-shing as Mao
• Ben Yuen as Night's lawyer
• Vincent Chik
• Luk Oi-ling
• Pauline Yeung

Reception

Critical response

Earl Cresssey of DVD Talk rated the film a score of 3.5 out of 5 stars and praises the developed characters, action sequences and suspenseful storyline, while also noting a few logic problems.^[2] LoveHKFilm gave the film a mixed review criticizing its emotional hooks and Leon Lai's performances, but praises the performances of Asaka Seto and the supporting cast.^[3]

Box office

The film grossed HK$3,587,266 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 27 September to 17 October 2001.^[4]

References

1. "H.K. films cast Japanese idols to boost box office". July 2021.
2. "Bullets of Love : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video".
3. "Bullets of Love (2001) - LoveHKFilm.com".
4. ""文艺天王"黎明纵横影坛30余年，影坛生涯主演电影票房数据总汇_港币_票房榜_年度". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 27 November 2024.

External links

• Bullets of Love at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Bullets of Love at Hong Kong Cinemagic
• Bullets of Love at IMDb