The movie “Her Fatal Ways” was a Hong Kong political/crime-comedy film in 1990 directed and written by Alfred Cheung. The film actors included Carol “Dodo” Cheng, Tony Leung, Michael Chow, and Alfred Cheung himself. The movie was pretty successful. It did not only won the 10th Hong Kong Film Award for the “Best Actress” (for “Dodo” Cheng), but it also won “Best Screenplay”. The movie set on the mid 90s in Hong Kong, which was before the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People’s Republic of China in 1997; therefore, the purpose of the movie was to explain cultural differences between Hong Kong, the Royal Hong Kong Police, and Taiwan, the military officer of Kuomintang, and also Mainland China, the Ministry
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Inspector Wu (Tony Leung) was put in charge on the case and ordered to reception Cheng and Hsiao-Sheng around Hong Kong and police headquarter. Before the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, the citizens from Mainland China were likely to have less freedom. They did not have the right of abode in Hong Kong and other countries; therefore, they (in this case, Cheng was an example of the movie) were not familiarize with any technologies and how does the advanced information technology improve working efficiency. Soon after visiting the headquarter, officer Cheng and inspector Wu were put in order to find the escaped drug dealer, so officer Cheng and her nephew were invited to sleep at Wu’s house where they met Wu’s father, who was a soldier and pro-Kuomintang. In the film, Cheng and Wu’s father were not only …show more content…
A party that supported Communist, a party that supported Nationalist, and a party who supported neutral. Each of the parties represented Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The black humor of the film mainly reflected the June 4, 1989, the case of Beijing Tiananmen incident, it described how people from Hong Kong were faced in fear and confusion before the transfer of sovereignty in the 1997. It also showed the political differences between Taiwan and Mainland China. This revealed the political separator between the three places or parties and the people of different life philosophy and lifestyle conflicts. The film was also intended to show solidarity and mutual understanding of Chinese from three different places or
Inspector Wu (Tony Leung) was put in charge on the case and ordered to reception Cheng and Hsiao-Sheng around Hong Kong and police headquarter. Before the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, the citizens from Mainland China were likely to have less freedom. They did not have the right of abode in Hong Kong and other countries; therefore, they (in this case, Cheng was an example of the movie) were not familiarize with any technologies and how does the advanced information technology improve working efficiency. Soon after visiting the headquarter, officer Cheng and inspector Wu were put in order to find the escaped drug dealer, so officer Cheng and her nephew were invited to sleep at Wu’s house where they met Wu’s father, who was a soldier and pro-Kuomintang. In the film, Cheng and Wu’s father were not only …show more content…
A party that supported Communist, a party that supported Nationalist, and a party who supported neutral. Each of the parties represented Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The black humor of the film mainly reflected the June 4, 1989, the case of Beijing Tiananmen incident, it described how people from Hong Kong were faced in fear and confusion before the transfer of sovereignty in the 1997. It also showed the political differences between Taiwan and Mainland China. This revealed the political separator between the three places or parties and the people of different life philosophy and lifestyle conflicts. The film was also intended to show solidarity and mutual understanding of Chinese from three different places or