In 2009, Herman Yau Lai-To was the most active director. In addition to the blockbuster film "Turning Point", co-produced by Shaw Brothers and TVB, there were also "The First 7th Night", "Rebellion" and "Split Second Murders", this comedy that caused small disputes. When "Split Second Murders" was released in October 2009, Universe Films' boss Daneil Lam Shiu-Ming and the directors Pang brothers bombarded Herman Yau for robbing idea and actors, claiming that the actors used in "Seven 2 One" and "Split Second Murders" are nearly 80% similar. Among them, Chrissie Chau Sau-Na, a popular model who became a hot topic in 2009, as well as popular female models and singers, such as William Chan Wai-Ting, Wylie Chiu Shek-Chi, Stephanie Cheng Yung, etc. The Pang brothers' "Seven 2 One" was filmed first, but it was released by "Split Second Murders", which made the audience think it was the same movie, which made the "Seven 2 One" released in November lose the opportunity, and the promotion of the film helped in disguise "Split Second Murders". They even scolded Herman Yau for being immoral, for "doing a bad market", etc. However, the box office performance of the two films was quite poor, and the two film companies, Mei Ah Entertainment and Universe Films, actually started filming under hard work, so they shouldn't be so angry and scolded each other.
Although the two films used similar actors and were produced in low budget films made from short stories. "Split Second Murders" maintains Herman Yau's consistent social concern and dark humor style, and the production is relatively rough, but the content has many memorable points. Billy Luk Wing Kuen, the central character Luk of the film, takes the one-day experience of a frustrated cartoonist as the main axis, and derives a fictional story of insurance broker Kay Tse On-Kay, her sister Stephanie Cheng Yung, brother-in-law Cheng Sze-Kwan (C Kwan) and husband Andy Hui Chi-On through the play in the play, and then Kay Tse and C Kwan once again played different roles in the play, playing a game of disorganized roles. Obviously, Herman Yau wanted to use "Split Second Murders" to respond to many news events that attracted public attention. Through Chet Lam's Angel of Death and a series of deaths related to Billy Luk, another ending appeared. He chose not to be with the gangster Au-Yeung Jin's (MC Jin) publishing house made a compromise and changed everyone's fate. To a certain extent, this was also Herman Yau's aspiration.
As for the Pang Brothers' "Seven 2 One", they maintain their level in production, and the production quality is much "glossier" than "Split Second Murders". It seems to be a high-quality sketch movie. In the convenience store where Chrissie Chau works at the opening, William Chan entangled with a man wearing a mask, and he was stabbed in the back, the story is flashed back, and different characters and stories are derived. The seven stories seem to be unrelated, but they finally "get together". The film can't help but think of an old work by Michael Haneke, "71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance" (1994), a story of a bank robbery that connects multiple characters. Of course, the Pang brothers are more brisk and business friendly. In the interlacing, flashbacks and flashbacks of the seven stories, a lot of thought was spent on the arrangement, and the audience also needs to follow the structure of the film to find the context. But the film does not derive a certain level from such a structure. After watching the content, the audience was not moved by Elanne Kwong Yeuk-Lam's accidental death at the end; nor did they realize the ingeniousness of fate from this structure, but only felt that the director had played a game, and the positive ones felt that the director put all his heart into it, while the negative ones felt quite boring. This film has another ending like "Split Second Murders", that is, William Chan who is a collector, made a decision to allow Chau Pak-Ho to pay the money at the end of the month, so that the whole tragedy did not happen. On the topic of dealing with fate is not as profound as "Split Second Murders".
By Kam Po LAM (original in Chinese)
Although the two films used similar actors and were produced in low budget films made from short stories. "Split Second Murders" maintains Herman Yau's consistent social concern and dark humor style, and the production is relatively rough, but the content has many memorable points. Billy Luk Wing Kuen, the central character Luk of the film, takes the one-day experience of a frustrated cartoonist as the main axis, and derives a fictional story of insurance broker Kay Tse On-Kay, her sister Stephanie Cheng Yung, brother-in-law Cheng Sze-Kwan (C Kwan) and husband Andy Hui Chi-On through the play in the play, and then Kay Tse and C Kwan once again played different roles in the play, playing a game of disorganized roles. Obviously, Herman Yau wanted to use "Split Second Murders" to respond to many news events that attracted public attention. Through Chet Lam's Angel of Death and a series of deaths related to Billy Luk, another ending appeared. He chose not to be with the gangster Au-Yeung Jin's (MC Jin) publishing house made a compromise and changed everyone's fate. To a certain extent, this was also Herman Yau's aspiration.
As for the Pang Brothers' "Seven 2 One", they maintain their level in production, and the production quality is much "glossier" than "Split Second Murders". It seems to be a high-quality sketch movie. In the convenience store where Chrissie Chau works at the opening, William Chan entangled with a man wearing a mask, and he was stabbed in the back, the story is flashed back, and different characters and stories are derived. The seven stories seem to be unrelated, but they finally "get together". The film can't help but think of an old work by Michael Haneke, "71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance" (1994), a story of a bank robbery that connects multiple characters. Of course, the Pang brothers are more brisk and business friendly. In the interlacing, flashbacks and flashbacks of the seven stories, a lot of thought was spent on the arrangement, and the audience also needs to follow the structure of the film to find the context. But the film does not derive a certain level from such a structure. After watching the content, the audience was not moved by Elanne Kwong Yeuk-Lam's accidental death at the end; nor did they realize the ingeniousness of fate from this structure, but only felt that the director had played a game, and the positive ones felt that the director put all his heart into it, while the negative ones felt quite boring. This film has another ending like "Split Second Murders", that is, William Chan who is a collector, made a decision to allow Chau Pak-Ho to pay the money at the end of the month, so that the whole tragedy did not happen. On the topic of dealing with fate is not as profound as "Split Second Murders".
By Kam Po LAM (original in Chinese)
