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'Boys Are Easy'
Friday, Feb 15, 2008 10:29AM / Standard Entry / Asian Movie Review / Members only
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I was flipping channels and happened upon another classic HK 'Golden Age' picture that I hadn't seen before... I could tell right away that it was an early 90's Wong Jing film... Turns out it was 1993's 'Boys Are Easy' (追男仔)

But what I was amazed about was how many big names were in this:

Yes thats right, Bridgette Lin, Maggie Cheung, Chingmy Yau, Tony Leung Ka-Fei, Jacky Cheung and believe it or not, a very young Ekin Cheung (pre-Y&D hair) in what is probably his second or third movie..

Like most of these films, the plot is relatively cliched and ultimately not very memorable - a father pretends to have cancer to encourage his three daughters to get married, they find fake boyfriends who they ultimately end up falling for... (of course)

in this case (especially 15 years later), the entertaining part isn't the plot, but its seeing these big name actors (several of whom haven't done an HK movie in years) working together...

ps - in case you didn't know, Maggie Cheung was way HOT in 1993. :-P

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stephen
posted on Thursday, Feb 21, 2008 2:38AM [Report]

As good as the supercast of "Days of Being Wild" with early roles for Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung and (uncredited) Tony Leung Chiu-Wai. That's a SUPER cast -- and a damn good movie.
JasonJason
posted on Tuesday, Feb 19, 2008 1:36AM [Report]

I remember asking myself the same question about Jimmy Lin when I recently re-watched "Flying Daggers" ( a great wire-fu/mo lei tau with much of the same cast) and Wiki'd him as well. It's a shame how the industry can be so fickle sometimes, I thought he was charming and had great comic timing.
JasonJason
posted on Tuesday, Feb 19, 2008 1:33AM [Report]

What do you mean Maggie was way hot "in 1993"? Haha just kidding, but she is my all-time favorite. I like her from her chubby-faced days in the 80s to her sexed-up look in the 90s (check out Tsui Hark's "Green Snake" ... wow!) to her more mature and refined image these days. A classic.
Frederic Ambroisine
posted on Saturday, Feb 16, 2008 5:15AM [Report]

Hi Blueamrub, is there the "Bowling song" Karaoke with Tony Leung & Brigitte Lin on your DVD ?
Blueamrub
posted on Saturday, Feb 16, 2008 4:55AM [Report]

i have this on dvd. luv this movie so much, me and sibs pratically memorize the scripts since we've watched it numerous times..hahha..
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Etchy
posted on Saturday, Feb 16, 2008 3:17AM

i saw it on TV, i didn't catch the entire thing either... i should try to find it next time i am at a store in TST...
Frederic Ambroisine
posted on Saturday, Feb 16, 2008 3:14AM [Report]

This movie is one of my guilty pleasure, and I saw it several times ! Did you see the uncut version. I remember I saw it on Laserdisc in the 90's, and there was a hilarious Karaoke scene (I'm calling it the "Bowling song") with Tony Leung Ka-fai and Lin Ching-hsia, but when it was released in DVD in Malaysia first (yes, I was nerd enough to order it from Malaysia), this scene was cut. And I think on the Hong Kong DVD released a few years later, it's cut too...
JoanneSanderson
posted on Saturday, Feb 16, 2008 1:56AM [Report]

I really liked Tony Leung ka Fai's character in the movie, he stole the film for me, getting beaten up by Bridgette Lin was hilarious especially his scene in the grass skirt. I quite liked the comedy. I never realised it was a 1993 movie, oh it makes me feel old :(
janechu
posted on Saturday, Feb 16, 2008 12:29AM [Report]

yea, it is fun to watch the old movies to see how the "now big stars" were in the "old" days... hehee... I've been watching a lot of old films too... pretty good... ;)
andy_lau_spain
posted on Friday, Feb 15, 2008 10:25PM [Report]

uhmm..sounds like a cool movie..and never heard of it..90's had so many good movies in Hk
Etchy
posted on Friday, Feb 15, 2008 5:01PM

i wonder if its the same as child stars, they spend the rest of their life trying to live down their past fame.
Michael Chan
posted on Friday, Feb 15, 2008 4:40PM [Report]

just wiki'ed him and he's actually a serious competitive race car driver now. very interesting.
Michael Chan
posted on Friday, Feb 15, 2008 4:37PM [Report]

i think he had to go into the army, came back a tough guy but the market didn't like him anymore as they wanted him cutsey and stuff, or they just plain forgot about him.
Etchy
posted on Friday, Feb 15, 2008 1:09PM

ha, what happened to that jimmy lin guy? i was like 'everyone in this movie is famous except for that guy!' :-P
RenRen
posted on Friday, Feb 15, 2008 12:18PM [Report]

I remember watching that movie too. I loved Ekin Cheng.
AsianChick100
posted on Friday, Feb 15, 2008 12:10PM [Report]

hey, i remember this movie!!! i liked jimmy lin a lot then! haha...
xibanyae
posted on Friday, Feb 15, 2008 10:35AM [Report]

oh yes i know, same goes for bridget lin 10 years before that ;)