Golden Chicken 2, by Hong Jack

Golden Chicken 2 by Tsz Hong, Jack

Introduction of Golden Chicken 2:
Chinese: 金雞 2
Year: 2002Director: Samson Chiu
Producer: Peter Chan Ho SunMain
Character: Ng Kwun Yu

Story:
Divided into two parts:

First part – Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS period)

Second part- decade spanning romance between Kum and her cousin

Intention:
-mirrored and complemented the success and setbacks of recent HK history-convey some positive messages to the HK people
-appreciating HK people‘s tough and hard working attitude
-celebrating the anniversary of HK’s 50th year under Mainland rule hanging over the territory head


Positive messages:
-‘bad memories are necessary, it only to make the good thing better’
-positive attitude to tackle problem during the tough period in HK


Appreciation of HK people:
-Each character have their own story
-Anthony Wong- perishes in the throes of passion
-Ronald Cheung- mentally deranges john who attaches himself a little too closely Kum’s life and her body hair
-Leon Lai- hunky doctor who’s batting SARS and his own fatigue
-Angelica Lee- regret that she left and didn’t take care for her husband-Kum put a tough, chipper face on everything and resolves to carry on.


Prefer everything remain constant within 50 years:
-Andy Lau as the chief executive‘the linkage rate of currency between US and HK remain 7.8:1
-prefer unchanging within the future years-especially the political system (independence)


Further Question:
Are there any other representation of this film that the filmmaker want to present to us? If yes, what do you think about the techniques he used for presenting these messages to us?


Reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnzFWZnmFkE
www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/golden_chicken_2htm
www.hmv.com.hk/product/dvd.asp?sku=483935 www.cinespot.com/hkmreviews/c3goldenchicken2.html