Member DiP Posted July 14, 2011 Member Share Posted July 14, 2011 New posters to the sequel of the 2009 smash hit. A reunion of actors Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo and Daniel Wu, and producer Derek Yee (One Nite in Mongkok, Protege) as well as writer/director duo Alan Mak and Felix Chong (Infernal Affairs trilogy, The Lost Bladesman), this sequel will be a different take on the same formula with a different story and different characters. The movie will be released on August 18. http://www.chinesefilms.cn/1/2011/07/14/141s4008.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted July 14, 2011 Author Member Share Posted July 14, 2011 Latest trailer. mBWxDFcmTSs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted August 17, 2011 Author Member Share Posted August 17, 2011 Review from MovieXclusive. http://www.moviexclusive.com/detail.php?c=116&desc=O&p=1047&t=overheard-2-2011_1047 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted August 18, 2011 Author Member Share Posted August 18, 2011 Review from Twitch. http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2011/08/overheard-2-review.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted August 28, 2011 Author Member Share Posted August 28, 2011 LoveHKFilm review. http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/overheard_2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted September 21, 2011 Author Member Share Posted September 21, 2011 Review from Film Biz Asia. http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/overheard-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Travis Posted September 21, 2011 Member Share Posted September 21, 2011 I saw the DVD of this for sale for $5 last night but I haven't seen the first one yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mark187 Posted October 21, 2011 Member Share Posted October 21, 2011 HK DVD and BD now available for preorder at Yesasia and DDDhouse. comes out Oct 28th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted October 21, 2011 Author Member Share Posted October 21, 2011 I'm ready! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Travis Posted October 22, 2011 Member Share Posted October 22, 2011 I have seen this in the stores for sale but I can not find the first one. I don't know if I should see the sequel first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted November 5, 2011 Author Member Share Posted November 5, 2011 Very seldom that sequels surpass originals but I think this film is one of those cases. For the most part. The first film was fine as it was until the third act which had too much melodrama to be any memorable. Lau Ching Wan's character was also the most interesting while Louis Koo took the premise a little bit everywhere (a good and bad thing) and Daniel Wu was too subdued for anything good to come out. Plus Michael Wong was out of place (how does this guy still get work in Hong Kong?). Part 2 corrects those flaws with the almost original cast but made for a totally different script. There's still that background check and subplots on the three main characters to let us know how they are, think and operate things around them. But Chong/Mak made better decisions here on how to mix things up to create great resolutions and consistency in pacing without any unnecessary twists/changes that were present in Part 1. Things are switched here as well. Since Lau, Koo, and Wu play new roles the quality varies as far as performance goes. Lau plays it safe and economical (pretty much how he always does), Koo seems to be doing Lau's routines from Part 1 mixed with his acting style in Election 2 while Wu provides the most exciting, violent and sympathetic moments. It must be said: this is Wu's film because his character goes through the most and is the distinguishing driver of the story. Beside all that and the damn intensity that Mak/Chong are so good at, we also get a soundtrack (composed by Chan Kwong-Wing, the Hans Zimmer of China), action set-pieces (choreographed by Dion Lam, look out for the vehicle chase scene around the end of the first half of the film!), and cinematography/lighting of top quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member De Ming Li Posted November 8, 2011 Member Share Posted November 8, 2011 I've seen the first movie, thought it wasn't bad. I'll definitely be watching this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Superfly Posted June 26, 2014 Member Share Posted June 26, 2014 OK. I may be in the vast minority but i think Part 1 was superior to this. Yes I agree with most of the failings of the original. But there is something about this movie. It wasn't bad. It just was okay. I can't kill it for any huge misgiving but at the same time I can't laud over it either. Part 2 is superior in the action department. And this film gives Daniel Wu the stage which he did not receive in the first go round. But I never felt anything for these characters except for Daniel Wu's on-screen mom. (The final scene of the movie made me tear up a little.) No one was really likable. Louis Koo was good as usual but the backstory with his wife was never delved into deeply enough for me to really care one way or the other. Overall its a fine watch but nothing I suspect would be on any All-Time lists. Rating 6/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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