Turning point is herman yaus attempt at a hong kong crime drama. Of course, he will be the undercover in this movie again, just that this time, he has a double undercover identity. Yau delivers in a dependent way and makes fine use of his veterans despite the story. Laughing michael tse tin wah is supposedly an undercover police officer who has infiltrated a triad organization. The character laughing is in fact from the tvb drama e.
Emergency unit this movie tells the story of laughing and before he join the police force has a dark background as member of a tried under chou anthony wong. This movie tells the story of laughing and before he join the police force has a dark background as member of a tried under chou anthony wong. Thanks to yaus direction, turning point does succeed on the action part with chases both in cars and on foot that are nicely shot. Dont get me wrong, laughing gor is not a bad movie, but. A compelling drama of complacence, karma, moral justifications and redemption. Anne bancroft and shirley maclaine, stalwarts of the film acting world, add vigour and depth to what is, essentially, a family film for matinee viewing. Your full list of all upcoming marvel movies with key details.
The first movie actually was supposed to be a prequel, yet there were some inconsistencies and after all the drama show also had an open ending. English the prequel to the popular character, laughing gor michael tse in the highly rated tvb drama series emergency unit. Turning point is packed with so many people running and jumping off of buildings that its clearly more interested in being an actionthriller than a psychological exploration of its titular character. This movie tells the story of laughing and before he join the police.
Highly intelligent and manipulative, fok reveals the power of his mind games by effortlessly subduing the violent prison bully. When michael tses popular undercover cop character laughing gor was killed off in the 2009 tvb police drama e. The first film to bear the shaw brothers logo since. This unprecedented show of support led tvb to resurrect laughing gor on the big screen for the blockbuster. Laughing gor returns is linked to the earlier turning point movie two years ago. Continuing popularity enabled the production of a 30episode sequel series, lives of omission, in 2011 and a film sequel titled turning point 2 began filming in october 2011 and was released on 29 december 2011. Savvy producing tactics shortly thereafter including casting award winning veteran actors and an efficient director, the anthony wongfrancis ngmichael tse vehicle directed by herman yau laughing gor turning point entered but on the cinema scene instead. He was sent by the triad into the police force, but sent back by his head to the triad. With jackie appiah, igoni archibong, ed aristone, k. With michael tse, anthony chausang wong, francis ng, eric tsang. First movie produced by the shaw brothers since drunken monkey. Tvb might pull in some movie stars later like what tey did in turning point. I went up to the counter and im likeid like tickets to laughing gor it sounded a bit awkward lol would have been easier to say turning point movie please. It also serves as a prequel to the laughing gor character in the television series eu.
Laughing gor chi bin chit bloody traitor its not everyday that a character in a television series got so well liked by the general public, that a movie gets created for that character in order to allow fans one. This unprecedented show of support led tvb to resurrect laughing gor on the big screen for the blockbuster spinoff prequel turning point. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the balance is not paid in full within 6 months. Turning point 0 hours and 00 minutes movie 2009 the prequel to the popular character, laughing gor michael tse in the highly rated tvb drama series emergency unit. Turning point 2 was officially released on december 29, 2011 in hong kong theaters. Laughing gor chi bin chit turning point 2009 rotten. The star of turning point 2 is undercover cop laughing gor michael tse, who was a breakout character in e. The prequel to the popular character laughing gor acted by michael tse. Justice, brotherhood and love, what will laughing decide on.
Unless youre an avid tvb fan who has caught the recent 44th tvb anniversary best drama award winner lives of omission, youre likely to find yourself perplexed how turning point. A nigerianamerican playboy deals with the consequences after abandoning his american sweetheart for an arranged wife from back home. I went to see the movie last night and thought it was pretty cool haven t seen a hk movie in aussie cinemas for a long time. The movie simply tried to bite off too big a piece and failed miserably. Lives of omission is a 2011 hong kong action crime thriller television series produced by tvb under executive producer chong waikin. This movie is basically about a cop anthony wong who was an undercover cop with the triads but then became a full fledged. Laughing gor returns herman yau returns to direct the sequel to 2009s turning point, aptly named turning point 2 laughing gor, which stars michael tse in the title role of laughing gor and costars francis ng, chapman to and bosco wong. The drama is a spinoff of tvbs successful television crime drama e. The prequel to the popular character, laughing gor michael tse in the highly rated tvb drama series emergency unit. Yi is happy that laughing is allocated to the triad of his rival francis ng.
Michael tse was born on july 15, 1967 in hong kong. Turning point 2 is a 2011 hong kong action crime thriller film directed by herman yau and starring michael tse in the title role of laughing gor and costarring francis ng, chapman to and bosco wong. To make his situation worse, laughing falls in love with the triad leaders sister, karen. All of the free movies found on this website are hosted on thirdparty servers such as putlocker, sockshare, allmyvideos, filenuke, vidxden, novamov, nowvideo, megavideo, gorillavid, movshare, muchshare, vidbux, vidbull, vidto, nosvideo, movreel, videozed and many others.