The Sparkle In The Dark (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
Mandy Chiang (Actor)
| Kenny Kwan (Actor)
| Deep Ng (Actor)
| Lee Chi Hei
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Twelve years ago Siu Ho (Deep Ng) lost both his home and family when a truck crashed into his house. The sole survivor of the accident, Siu Ho knows only pain, anger, and aggression as he grows up. For him, existence is a kind of punishment until the day he meets a man who shows him a new life. Private Soldier, as he calls himself, takes in those abandoned by society, building a new community of hope within an outskirts walled village. Under the care of social worker Mei Ting (Mandy Chiang), Siu Ho finds both his health and heart healing but his presence is less than welcomed by local gangster Ah Wang (Kenny Kwan) who sees Ho as a challenger. The village is thrown further into violent asunder when a notorious triad (Hsieh Cheng Jun) arrives to hide out.
Directed by Tony Leung Hung Wah (PTU File: Death Trap), The Sparkle in the Dark brings a Hong Kong idol cast to Taiwan for a different take on the triad genre. Deep Ng (New Police Story) and Kenny Kwan (6 AM), in a notable departure from his boy-next-door image, star as rival small-time gangsters, and Mandy Chiang (Whispers and Moans) seals the EEG deal as a social worker who helps the troubled leads find their way. Taiwan actors Gina Lin, Ben Lee, and Hsieh Cheng Jun, best known as the baddie from triad idol drama The Outsiders, make up the supporting cast. Inspired by true events in Taiwan, The Sparkle in the Dark approaches its message of social concern and personal redemption with well-meaning frankness, giving this small triad drama an extra boost of realism.
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| Product Title: | The Sparkle In The Dark (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) 黑道之無悔今生 (DVD) (香港版) 黑道之无悔今生 (DVD) (香港版) 黒道之無悔今生 (DVD) (香港版) The Sparkle In The Dark (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Mandy Chiang (Actor) | Kenny Kwan (Actor) | Deep Ng (Actor) | Lee Chi Hei | Gina Lin Li Fei | Hsieh Cheng Jun Mandy 蔣雅文 (Actor) | 關智斌 (Actor) | 吳浩康 (Actor) | 李 志希 | 林利霏 | 謝承均 蒋雅文 (Mandy) (Actor) | 关智斌 (Actor) | 吴浩康 (Actor) | 李志希 | 林利霏 | 谢承均 蒋雅文（マンディ・チァン） (Actor) | 關智斌 （ケニー・クァン） (Actor) | 呉浩康（ディープ・ン） (Actor) | Lee Chi Hei | Gina Lin Li Fei | Hsieh Cheng Jun Mandy Chiang (Actor) | Kenny Kwan (Actor) | Deep Ng (Actor) | Lee Chi Hei | Gina Lin Li Fei | Hsieh Cheng Jun |
| Director: | Tony Leung Hung Wah 梁 鴻華 梁 鸿华 梁鴻華 （リョン・ホンワー） Leung Hung Wah |
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| Release Date: | 2008-04-09 |
| Language: | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Hong Kong |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Sound Information: | Dolby Digital |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD-9, DVD |
| Region Code: | 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it? |
| Duration: | 90 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Kam & Ronson Enterprises Co Ltd |
| Package Weight: | 120 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1010901389 |
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* Screen Format: LetterBox
* Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
* DVD Type: DVD-9
導演：梁鴻華
Director: Leung Hung Wah
成為貧窮、接納貧窮、守位貧窮
「…因為我餓了，你們給我吃，渴了，你們給我喝……，這些事你們既做在這弟兄中一個最小身上，就是做在我身上了。」太
12年前的一個晚上，一輛大卡車因交通意外以高速撞入小豪家裡，小豪的家一瞬間消失了。小豪是唯一的生還者，可是孤獨的傷痛，深深的刻在他心上，生存就好像是一種懲罰。在成長的路上，小豪的性格變得十分乖癖暴戾。直到有一天，休遇到了一個改變他一生的人，這人叫自己做「二等兵」。二等兵在市郊的圍村裡，收留一些被社會遺棄的人。而圍村裡的同工美婷對小豪的哮喘病照動有加，發展了兩人的感情。可是圍村裡有一個叫阿宏的人，他年僅九歲就持刀傷人，他反叛、崇尚暴力。小豪的出現，對他來說己形成了一個兩虎相爭的局勢，圍村裡各人都作了準備，因為他們曾經都是一些有案底的慣犯。血腥暴力的氣氛，籠罩著整個圍村，戰爭好像會一觸即發。二等兵的美婷等，都為這個局擔心……
One night about twelve years ago, a big lorry crashed into the house of Siu Ho with high speed accidentally. Siu Ho's home disappeared in just a while. Siu Ho was the only survivor. However, the pain of bring alone has deeply hurt him. To him, remaining alive seemed to be a punishment.
Siu Ho has grown into another person. He is peculiar and fierce. until one day, he meets a man who has changed his life. This man call himself as "a private soldier".
"Private Soldier" lives in a walled village at the suburbs. He has kept some people who have been ignored by the community. And, a co-worker in the walled village, Mei Ting, has been taking good care of Siu Ho as he has contracted asthma. The two of them have become lovers.
However, there is a boy called Ah Wang in the village. When he was only nine, he used a knife to hurt people. He is rebellious and violent. The appearance of Siu Ho seems to be his immediate opponent. Moreover, another triad member named "Lang Pi", a wicked and dangerous man, has also come to stay in the village to avoid his enemies. Facing this complicated condition, everyone in the village has made preparation for an outbreak of violence as some of them were habitual offender with criminal record.
An atmosphere of tension has filled the village and it looks as though a war will break out any time. "Private Soldier". Mei Ting and others are all worrying about the situation....
* Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
* DVD Type: DVD-9
導演：梁鴻華
Director: Leung Hung Wah
成為貧窮、接納貧窮、守位貧窮
「…因為我餓了，你們給我吃，渴了，你們給我喝……，這些事你們既做在這弟兄中一個最小身上，就是做在我身上了。」太
12年前的一個晚上，一輛大卡車因交通意外以高速撞入小豪家裡，小豪的家一瞬間消失了。小豪是唯一的生還者，可是孤獨的傷痛，深深的刻在他心上，生存就好像是一種懲罰。在成長的路上，小豪的性格變得十分乖癖暴戾。直到有一天，休遇到了一個改變他一生的人，這人叫自己做「二等兵」。二等兵在市郊的圍村裡，收留一些被社會遺棄的人。而圍村裡的同工美婷對小豪的哮喘病照動有加，發展了兩人的感情。可是圍村裡有一個叫阿宏的人，他年僅九歲就持刀傷人，他反叛、崇尚暴力。小豪的出現，對他來說己形成了一個兩虎相爭的局勢，圍村裡各人都作了準備，因為他們曾經都是一些有案底的慣犯。血腥暴力的氣氛，籠罩著整個圍村，戰爭好像會一觸即發。二等兵的美婷等，都為這個局擔心……
One night about twelve years ago, a big lorry crashed into the house of Siu Ho with high speed accidentally. Siu Ho's home disappeared in just a while. Siu Ho was the only survivor. However, the pain of bring alone has deeply hurt him. To him, remaining alive seemed to be a punishment.
Siu Ho has grown into another person. He is peculiar and fierce. until one day, he meets a man who has changed his life. This man call himself as "a private soldier".
"Private Soldier" lives in a walled village at the suburbs. He has kept some people who have been ignored by the community. And, a co-worker in the walled village, Mei Ting, has been taking good care of Siu Ho as he has contracted asthma. The two of them have become lovers.
However, there is a boy called Ah Wang in the village. When he was only nine, he used a knife to hurt people. He is rebellious and violent. The appearance of Siu Ho seems to be his immediate opponent. Moreover, another triad member named "Lang Pi", a wicked and dangerous man, has also come to stay in the village to avoid his enemies. Facing this complicated condition, everyone in the village has made preparation for an outbreak of violence as some of them were habitual offender with criminal record.
An atmosphere of tension has filled the village and it looks as though a war will break out any time. "Private Soldier". Mei Ting and others are all worrying about the situation....
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Although not the best movie of its type, due to its merit and concern for underprivileged beginnings it’s really hard to discount. A well-meaning film, routed from harsh reality and having quite a blunt nature to its script, the impact of teenage angst and violence is felt and understood. For me a film sitting somewhere between Korean film “Bad Movie” about teenage street delinquency and HK’s own “Besieged City”, which dealt with similar problems of drug abuse and teenage criminal gangs. Here though the contrast is quite startling. For you have EEG stable mates Kenny Kwan, Deep NG and the hauntingly beautiful Mandy Chiang slumming alongside triad violence, brutal social attitudes and volatile aggression. Siu Ho (Deep NG), Ah Wang (Kenny) and Mei Ting (Mandy) are placed at a rehabilitation center in Taiwan, with Mei Ting a co-worker helping Siu Ho’s condition of crime, asthma and a tragic past. Mei Ting’s own life had once been servitude to prostitution, but she escapes to the center to build her life up again. Here she helps Sui Ho (who falls in love with her) and Ah Wang who both try to learn about compassionate values instead of destructive behaviour; a new positive ‘air to breath’ in bringing their lives to a more valued bonding spirit and a procure for stimulating happiness. But violent triad gang members cause problems at the rehabilitation centre, with Ah Wang holding a terrible resentment to one of the gang members. This film shows at least the hard-hitting circumstance and difficult in understandings why certain people behave erratically. The dysfunctional and exasperated helplessness that encroach on underprivileged young people, causing insecure restless states of mind. Siu Ho and Ah Wang both lose their parents, one to a house disaster and the latter to suicide, leaving them at the mercy of crime and abuse. This fuels their resentments and anger which is difficult to fully see through their blighted and violent young lives here. Kenny, Deep and Mandy immerse themselves in the most contrasting movie to their image. Although not as evident with Mei Ting (was the ‘Rock Royalty’ Tee ironic here), Mandy as performed outsiders again as a prostitute in “Whispers and Moans”, and far from her pretty pop star image. (Give Mandy more chance she can be very good). Kenny and Deep NG are also decently convincing as the troubled boys. A film worth seeing. But "Besieged City" is the one I'd certainly recommend. |
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