Sep
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Ngoc Diep and Vo Tan Binh serve up comic farce
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Vietnamese film fans will be flocking to the flicks this weekend as the gorgeous Ngoc Diep returns to the fold in Nang Men Chang Bong and this feisty lady is in no mood to be messed around in this rom-com.
Directed by Vo Tan Binh (Lotus Season) it is a controversial pairing of Saigon’s girl-next-door Diep, who is the darling of TV soap Thien Su Long Bong in her role as wild child Le Ly and movie appearances in Cuoi Ngay Keo Lo and Co Dau Dai Chien and Ngo Kien Huy.
Huy is regarded as the bad boy of Vietnamese showbiz after he got his best friend and mentor singer Thanh Thao’s younger sister Thuy Anh, also a singer, pregnant but denied he was the father and suggested she get an abortion and when baby was born he asked Thuy Anh to get a DNA test. After Thuy Anh was hospitalized earlier this year due to severe depression, Thanh Thao decided to speak out about the scandal.
Huy confessed all about his son Jacky Minh Tri to girlfriend, Khong Tu Quynh, and she forgave him for his mistakes with his parents suggesting he take responsibility and support the child. If Vietnamese filmgoers are as forgiving remains to be seen.
Anyway back to the movie which has been criticized in some quarters for the fact it was a rushed job filmed in just two months and they claim it is a bit of a farce, also maybe because of Huy’s involvement, but others have said it is an absolute scream and if Diep’s last feature Cuoi Ngay Keo Lo is anything to go by, get yourself along to a cinema near you now. More slapstick than high-browed humor but it is a fun movie which should give local audiences bellyache with laughter.
Diep is Ut Chot a free spirit and regarded as a masculine tomboy with the looks of an angel, but she makes it her mission to save a sensitive guy Chang Eo Ot (Huy) from a wedding disaster to a local girl.
Huy is weak willed, though, and is set to follow his parents’ wishes who have arranged his upcoming nuptials with a local girl from birth, as is the custom of some Vietnamese families, more so in the past.
But as we know when men meet Ms Diep she is very good at changing their minds and hooking them under her spell.
Also out today is The Four by Gordon Chan which is an adaptation of one of Wan Ray-An’s classic Wuxia novels, revolving around four famous detectives in ancient China.
Deng Chao, Ronald Cheng and Collin Chou and actress Crystal Liu, who starred in Forbidden Kingdom with Jet Li and Jackie Chan, portray the four leading characters in the movie.
An undercover agent is assigned by his corrupt chief to infiltrate a rival department and sabotage their investigation into counterfeit cash.
But he discovers what the department’s real plan is not to flood the city with hooky money but with an army of the undead.
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Trekking to highlands, sleeping in trees
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20/11/2012 08:37:42
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In the process of developing tourism industry
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20/11/2012 08:33:24
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New appearance of ethnic wellbeing crucial
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20/11/2012 08:29:27
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Gaint Cham temple of Po Nagar
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20/11/2012 08:26:06
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Welcome HCM - Spanish cultural week
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20/11/2012 08:16:30
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Vietnamese devotional objects in Thai Binh province has been restored
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20/11/2012 08:13:00
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VIB funds Vietnam Airlines for new Airbus A321 aircrafts
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20/11/2012 08:10:00
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