GUESS WHO KILLED MY TWELVE LOVERS? is an atypical and somewhat unique vehicle for Shaw. The setting is a remote island, where a group of contemporary youths love nothing more than to listen to music and sing a lot (yep, this one's a musical). Intrigue beckons when they hear of local murders on the radio and a glamorous but mysterious young woman, played by Jenny Hu, turns up. Could she be the one responsible? What follows is light and vibrant, cheery throughout, and almost like a live action Scooby Doo as another reviewer commented.
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Where are you my twelve lovers?
morrison-dylan-fan23 June 2018
Warning: Spoilers
After recently getting hold of another rare title thanks to fellow IMDBer ManFromPlanetX telling me about it,I decided to take a look at more rare movies from Asia. Finding no info at all on IMDb, a comment on another site about this obscure Shaw Brothers creation being a living Scobby Doo Where Are You (and finding the Shaw Brothers Musical Hong Kong Nocturne to be magnificent) I decided to join in the guessing game.
The plot:
Living on a small island, the teens pass the time playing their guitars and hanging out on the beach listening to news on the big city just a short boat ride away. Tuning the radio one day, the teens hear the news that police in the city are after a woman called Jenny who has killed her last 12 lovers (!) and was last seen in an orange swimsuit. As they try to calm their nerves, a woman sails her boat to the island. Rushing to meet this fit woman,the guys freeze when they see her in a orange bikini,and she introduces herself as Jenny.
View on the film:
Sending the islanders in a tizzy over the possible landing of a murderer, the screenplay by I. Fang Yeh draws an animated atmosphere with a zany pace that slings quirky mystery investigating and bubblegum pop teen romance. Pulling guitars out of the air for random songs, Yeh gives the dialogue an irresistible quirkiness which catches Jenny's romantic charms towards all the boys on the island.
Splashed with the primary colours of a Shaw Brothers production, director Chia-Hsiang Wu & cinematographer Shao-Yung Tung give Jenny's island adventure a stylish, glittering shine, as the vast wide-shots make the orange bikini-wearing Jenny and the high seas surrounding the island look beautiful. Grooving to a cartoon appearance, Wu and Tung send the camera zipping along to the catchy song numbers,and zooming-in on off-hand remarks the locals make over their suspicions of Jenny. Shimmering in a production made for her, Jenny Hu gives a breezy, charismatic performance as Jenny,with Hu giving the sweet Jenny a cheekiness which raises question over who killed the twelve lovers.
The plot:
Living on a small island, the teens pass the time playing their guitars and hanging out on the beach listening to news on the big city just a short boat ride away. Tuning the radio one day, the teens hear the news that police in the city are after a woman called Jenny who has killed her last 12 lovers (!) and was last seen in an orange swimsuit. As they try to calm their nerves, a woman sails her boat to the island. Rushing to meet this fit woman,the guys freeze when they see her in a orange bikini,and she introduces herself as Jenny.
View on the film:
Sending the islanders in a tizzy over the possible landing of a murderer, the screenplay by I. Fang Yeh draws an animated atmosphere with a zany pace that slings quirky mystery investigating and bubblegum pop teen romance. Pulling guitars out of the air for random songs, Yeh gives the dialogue an irresistible quirkiness which catches Jenny's romantic charms towards all the boys on the island.
Splashed with the primary colours of a Shaw Brothers production, director Chia-Hsiang Wu & cinematographer Shao-Yung Tung give Jenny's island adventure a stylish, glittering shine, as the vast wide-shots make the orange bikini-wearing Jenny and the high seas surrounding the island look beautiful. Grooving to a cartoon appearance, Wu and Tung send the camera zipping along to the catchy song numbers,and zooming-in on off-hand remarks the locals make over their suspicions of Jenny. Shimmering in a production made for her, Jenny Hu gives a breezy, charismatic performance as Jenny,with Hu giving the sweet Jenny a cheekiness which raises question over who killed the twelve lovers.
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