Helios' basic premise of terrorists trading nuclear weapons in Hong Kong is hardly new - in 1999, Teddy Chen was already unleashing chemical-weapon-wielding Khmer Rouge cadres on Hong Kong in The Purple Storm. While they could now line up brighter stars and bigger explosions in a shoot spread out across several countries - Helios counts among its cast Hong Kong character actors, South Korean heartthrobs and a mainland Chinese thesp - the bigger scale has encouraged rather than curbed the ambitious Hong Kong duo's tendency to craft the kind of over-complicated (and thus repeatedly logic-defying) plot which marred Cold War. The much heftier $26-million budget, nearly double that of their directorial debut two years ago, has proven to be a mixed blessing for Leung and Luk. Beyond this sensory overload, co-helmers Longman Leung and Sunny Luk have also reproduced, if not amplified, the flaws typical of recent entries in the genre: just like in their 2012 policier Cold War, implausible twists and ill-informed views of real-world power dynamics undermine what should have been an audacious attempt to fuse pyrotechnics and politics. Mixing deafening explosions, bone-crunching fisticuffs and a setting dripping with near-apocalyptic fatalism, Helios boasts all the ingredients necessary to qualify as the ultimate Hong Kong action thriller. A pan-Asian cast of A-listers star as policemen, professors and arms peddlers trying to gain control over a weapon of mass destruction in Hong Kong. Orchard Central Food Trail - Salad, Cupcakes, Ice.Food Review - FYR Cycene Ond Drinc (Boon Tat Street).Best Foot Massage in Singapore - Feet Haven Reflex.Cafe Hopping and Street Food in Penang - Best Food.Launch of Heineken Extra Cold in Singapore!.HELIOS (赤道) - The Fate of Super Junior's Choi Siwon.Stay back for: A video montage of who was playing what characters in the movie, just in case you forgot their real names.įun fact: Choi Siwon and Jacky Cheung actually joined together for a duet for the movie OST 赤色壯舉! Take a listen! The story plot gets intense towards the last act and through directing and clever camera angles, there are a few surprises that will catch you offguard.Ī #3.5evilbeans movie, but +1evilbean for Janice Man! Go watch! I assure you that Helios will definitely be worth your ticket price. The action slows down in the middle, but that was also when the 2 major plots of the story intersect - Helios and his criminal intent + diplomatic complications between HK and Korea. And we all know how sophisticated-looking the gadgets of Iron Man are. It looked so cool, I thought it was a scene that was ripped out from Iron Man. However, I must commend on the excellent visual for the key item of the movie - the handheld nuclear device DC8. There were some HongKong movie cliches - blowing up of police cars in tunnels and a car chase scene between Siwon and one of the criminal, on a relatively straight road with no cars AT ALL. I especially liked Jacky Cheung in his portrayal of the concerned physics professor. Of course, besides these 2 eye candies, the star-studded ensemble of Jacky Cheung, Nick Cheung, Shawn Yue and Wang Xueqi put on a great performance of their own characters in Helios. That is how much I rooted for her character. I was so ready to "BOO" if the director kills her off. Throughout the show, I was praying so much for her not to get killed off. For the ladies, no doubt, the masculine Mr Simple Choi Siwon, who believes in the values of loyalty and serving the country with pride and honour. Review: This might be biased, but I am sure that the eye candies in this show for both the ladies and the guys are worth +1evilbean on their own. Dumb police.) In any case, this time, Helios manages to steal a weapon of mass destruction from South Korea and intends to make the trade in Hong Kong.Ĭue epic firefights and explosions between the police and the criminals.īut most importantly, cue the conspiracies and diplomatic complications between China and South Korea, and you have 2 major plot points inter-weaved into this 119 minutes of crime and intense eye-popping action. Just wait for him to rise in the east everyday can already what. (Strange though, because Helios is actually the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology. Synopsis: Helios is a global criminal that has never been caught. Genre: (You know it's definitely a HK movie when they blow up those police cars)
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