Growing up with her karate instructor father (the increasingly ubiquitous Japanese veteran Yasuaki Kurata), Mari Hirakawa (Stephy Tang - Love is not all Around, La Lingerie) was forced into training at a young age, loathing every minute of it. But after losing a competition, she quits. Years later, her father’s death means Mari can finally sell the dojo and get on with her life. To her horror, she discovers that she will only inherit 49% of the property she has lived in her entire life. The remaining 51% has been left to Chan Keung (Chapman To), a former student and triad member who has just been released from prison.
Atmosphärisches, teils fast meditatives Drama, das eine kleine Geschichte erzählt und seine Stärken eher im Kleinen ausspielt, in vielen Details in Mimik, Gestik, Dialog, der schönen Optik. Stephy Tang in der Hauptrolle spielt vorzüglich, aber auch die Nebenrollen sind gut besetzt. Dazu gibt's einen abwechslungsreichen, coolen Score. Man kann sich wirklich herrlich in den Film fallen lassen. Schön! Chapman To kann Regie.
8/10