Ah Sou
AKA: Mob Sister

Director:
Wong Ching-Po
Plot:
Triad Gang Boss - Gent (Eric Tsang)
and his three buddies, Whacko (Anthony
Wong), Chance (Simon Yam) and
Buddy (Alex Fong). Gent is confronted by a dying man – Shade (Dick
Liu), he had foolishly killed the husband of gang boss - Nova (Karena
Lam), in retaliation Nova has killed off all of his family, except
from his young daughter – Phoebe. Shade pleas for Gent to take
Phoebe as his own, saving her from Nova.
Gent
agrees and warns Nova that when Phoebe is 18, he will marry her and
Nova mustn’t dare attempt to kill his future wife, or else!
Fast
forward ten years, Phoebe (Annie Lui) has returned from studying in
USA with her personal bodyguard Pilot (Liu Yu). She's developed a close
father/daughter bond with Gent and treats Whacko and the rest as uncles.
After some unfortunate circumstances she finds herself taking over the
triads from Gent and with Nova returning to the scene, things can only
get worse…
Review:
Wong Ching-Po delivers a mediocre triad drama which being compared to
his past success with Jiang Hu. Unfortunately I've yet to see Jiang
Hu, so I can’t compare and say “Which is the better movie”,
but just going out on a limb here, I'd think Jiang Hu is. Uh-Oh!
When
looking at the cast of this movie it couldn't’t be better, veterans
Simon Yam, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Alex Fong and Yuen Wah! Heck I
thought "Bring it on!" When watching you can tell
right away the delectable Karena Lam is wrong for the role of Nova.
Her role should have been at least a good 5-10 years older, maybe a
disgruntled Sandra Ng would have fitted the role.
I
think the film doesn't have impact that it wanted to make. It tries
to shock the audience by throwing in several twists, but none surprised
me. The giant car crash sequence was almost silly, at least a dozen
cars crash and yet it seems everyone was fine, only if.
Final
thoughts, Ching-Po's triad-drama is pretty hollow unfortunately, but
I’ve seen worse. Enjoy!
Rating:
5.9 out of 10.0