An action film so airy, glitzy and inconsequential it makes its director Shinterra look like the long-lost twin of Jingle Ma (Tokyo Raiders, Seoul Raiders…), Bounty Hunters stars the impossibly smarmy duo of Wallace Chung and Lee Min-ho as ex-Interpol agents now working as bodyguards-for-hire, who get framed for the bombing of a hotel and join forces with a trio of bounty hunters (Tiffany Tang, Karena Ng and Fan Siu Wong) to clear their names and find the real perpetrator. What follows is a half-hearted series of passable chase scenes, amusing fight scenes where Lee Min-ho and Tiffany Tang just flail around while stuntmen take exaggerated back-flip falls, cringe-worthy comic relief by Wallace Chung, valiant attempts at quirky cuteness by Karena Ng, and a whole lot of luxury porn. Lee and Chung have next to no chemistry and often look like the result of a half-assed cloning experiment, while Tiffany Tang makes a bid for the title of “Chinese Megan Fox” (make of that what you will). The bad guy, as played by Jeremy Jones (aka Izz Xu, aka Jeremy Xu, aka Xu Zheng Xi, aka Jones Xu, aka A Xi), is a hilariously non-threatening, preening man-child with an orange hairdo and a shorts suit. Fan Siu Wong, the only actual martial artist in the cast, is given no fighting whatsoever, but is a breath of fresh air, providing unforced comic relief that makes good use of his self-deprecating charm. He’s like a fresh pebble in a sea of sticky glitter. *1/2
BOUNTY HUNTERS (2016) short review
Posted in Film Reviews
Posted by LP Hugo on October 20, 2016
https://asianfilmstrike.com/2016/10/20/bounty-hunters-2016-short-review/
Previous Post
OPERATION MEKONG (2016) review
OPERATION MEKONG (2016) review
Next Post
MY WAR (2016) review
MY WAR (2016) review
Leave a comment
- Follow Asian Film Strike on WordPress.com
Asian Film Strike on Twitter
- Trailer for Hu Guo's action film HEROES RETURN, starring Yuen Biao, Ray Lui, Ken Tong, Ng Man Tat, Kathy Chow & Raq… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 15 hours ago
- RT @chinaenews: Yao Chen poses for photo shoot chinaentertainmentnews.com/2021/01/yao-ch… https://t.co/J0Zg87W8HL 3 days ago
- First poster for Yang Feng's war drama RAILWAY HEROES, starring Zhang Hanyu, Fan Wei, Vision Wei, Zhou Ye & Yu Haom… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 5 days ago
- New poster for Danny Pang's thriller ENEMY OF LIFE, about the Chinese police's fight against illegal gambling rings… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
- I review Cheng Chen's TAOIST MASTER: KYLIN (aka MASTER ZHANG 2) (2020): asianfilmstrike.com/2021/01/06/tao…… Starring… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
Top Posts Today
Asian Film Strike on Instagram
Tags
aaron kwok alex fong chung sun andy lau andy on cynthia khan donnie yen eddie peng eric tsang fan siu-wong fantasy francis ng girls with guns horror jackie chan kara hui lam ka tung lam suet louis koo martial arts moon lee remake sammo hung kam bo simon yam song jia tony leung ka-fai wong jing yuen biao yuen wah yukari oshima yu nanRequest a review