Love Battlefield

Needless to say that with my love and admiration of the Hong Kong cinema, then of course I had to sit downd and watch the 2004 movie "Ai Zuo Zhan" (aka "Love Battlefield"), as I had the opportunity to do so here in 2023.

Writers Wai-Lun Ng and Kam-Yuen Szeto put together a fair enough storyline and script for the movie, though the pacing of the narrative was a little bit like a roller coaster, up and down throughout the course of the 96 minutes that the movie ran for. However, I found the story to be entertaining, and that is the purpose of movies, so that was a good accomplishment from the writers.

I watch a lot of Hong Kong movies, but I was only familiar with leading actor Eason Chan in this movie. And while he did carry the movie well enough, it was far from being one of his better performances in his career. The cast ensemble in "Ai Zuo Zhan" was good, and the actors and actresses put on fair performances in general.

While "Ai Zuo Zhan" certainly was watchable, it was hardly a movie that had enough contents to the script and storyline to support more than a single viewing. And I doubt that I will ever be returning to watch it a second time.

My rating of director Soi Cheang's 2004 movie "Ai Zuo Zhan" lands on a five out of ten stars.