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"Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near. Just like me, they long to be close to you."
If you have seen this movie, you probably heard those famous lines from The Carpenter's song entitled "Close To You" in the film.
So Close (Chinese: Chik Yeung Tin Si / 夕阳天使) is a Hong Kong action (with a little bit of drama) movie back in 2002 about two assassin sisters named Lynn and Sue.
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SPOILER ALERT!
The film began with Lynn infiltrating a building to kill a powerful businessman named Chow Lui. With the help of her younger sister Sue and their late father's secret high tech satellite, Lynn successfully killed their target. It turns out that the sisters were actually hired assassins and that it was Chow Lui's younger brother, Chow Nun, who paid them to put his brother down so he could reign and take control of their family business.
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After successfully fulfilling their mission, an investigation was started and Hong Yat Hung, a police inspector was assigned to complete the task. And to make matters more complicated, Chow Nun has decided to put the assassins down to make sure that no one will point him as the traitor who had his brother killed.
In the mean time, Sue thinks that Lynn sees her as a weakling that is why she is secretly wishing that Lynn would let her do the dirty work in the future instead of getting stuck at home doing all the computer job to prove to her that she is also capable of what her older sister can do.
In the mean time, Sue thinks that Lynn sees her as a weakling that is why she is secretly wishing that Lynn would let her do the dirty work in the future instead of getting stuck at home doing all the computer job to prove to her that she is also capable of what her older sister can do.
Until one day, while Sue was out buying a cake, she was cornered by Kong Yat Hung and called Lynn, who was at home that time, to help her get out of the situation. While Lynn was helping Sue, Chow Nung's people broke into their house, killed Lynn and framed Hong Yat Hung for the death of her sister.
Vowing to avenge her sister's death, Sue struck a deal with Hong Yat Hung wherein they will help each other kill Chow Nun and clear the police inspector's name.
Vowing to avenge her sister's death, Sue struck a deal with Hong Yat Hung wherein they will help each other kill Chow Nun and clear the police inspector's name.
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QUICK FACTS
- The English title of the movie was derived from the song "Close To You" by The Carpenters which played a pretty big role in the film.
- The sisters Lynn and Sue were played by Qi Shu and Vicki Zhao respectively while Karen Mok bagged the role of police inspector Hong Yat Hong.
MY TAKE
I remember seeing this movie sometime back in 2002 or 2003. At that time, I did not expect anything from the movie since I was completely unaware of what the story was all about. All I knew that time is that I wanna watch it because I've been hearing about it from others and that it's an Asian movie and Asian movies are awesome. So at the end of the movie, I could say that I really enjoyed it and thought that the story was quite unique because it's not every day that we have badass chicks as main characters that kick butts and are not damsels in distress. Talk about girl power! Also, I guess another reason why I liked the movie is because even if I am not really a big fan of action movies the fight scenes in this film were so well choreographed that I enjoyed watching every bit of them. That sword fight in the end was epic! Oh! And I even secretly wished that I am as badass as any of the main chick characters but minus their complicated lives. Hihihi! Lastly, the little drama scene where Sue was burying the camcorder with a still of Lynn in the screen and then decided to dig it up again as she discovered that Lynn recorded an apology video for Sue was convincing that it pulled some of my heart strings that I shed a tear or two.
I remember seeing this movie sometime back in 2002 or 2003. At that time, I did not expect anything from the movie since I was completely unaware of what the story was all about. All I knew that time is that I wanna watch it because I've been hearing about it from others and that it's an Asian movie and Asian movies are awesome. So at the end of the movie, I could say that I really enjoyed it and thought that the story was quite unique because it's not every day that we have badass chicks as main characters that kick butts and are not damsels in distress. Talk about girl power! Also, I guess another reason why I liked the movie is because even if I am not really a big fan of action movies the fight scenes in this film were so well choreographed that I enjoyed watching every bit of them. That sword fight in the end was epic! Oh! And I even secretly wished that I am as badass as any of the main chick characters but minus their complicated lives. Hihihi! Lastly, the little drama scene where Sue was burying the camcorder with a still of Lynn in the screen and then decided to dig it up again as she discovered that Lynn recorded an apology video for Sue was convincing that it pulled some of my heart strings that I shed a tear or two.
So have you seen this movie? If yes, what's your take on it? And if not, try watching it and let me know wachuthink about it!
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