I stumbled upon the 2019 Hong Kong action thriller "Wo Hu Qian Long" (aka "Undercover vs. Undercover") by random chance here in 2022. And never having seen the movie, or even heard about it actually, of course I opted to sit down and watch it, given my fascination for the Hong Kong cinema.
And while "Wo Hu Qian Long" was watchable enough, writers Zhi Yang, Huihui Huang, Yinsheng Li, Link Ling,
Chucky Kom, Koon-Nam Lui and Frankie Tam just didn't really manage to churn out a storyline that proved to be more than mediocre. Actually, it seemed that too many writers weren't doing any good for the script, as it felt like too many pens were cluttering the script.
The storyline was pretty straight forward, if not actually downright generic for a movie of this type. And I can say that I was only mildly entertained by the storyline told in "Wo Hu Qian Long". And it didn't really help that it felt like you could leave the movie running, go do a chore, then return and still be up to speed with the events in the movie.
As for the character gallery in the movie, well again I am somewhat perplexed that so many writers can manage to churn out something that mediocre and bland. The movie's leading actor Philip Ng, whom I was utterly unfamiliar with, didn't manage to impress me with his stale performance in the movie. And I saw that the movie had both Andy On and Nicholas Tse on the cast list as well, can't claim that I actually noticed them on the screen here.
For an action thriller then "Wo Hu Qian Long" was somewhat stale. Sure, it can be watched a single time, though it is hardly an outstanding viewing experience.
My rating of directors Koon-Nam Lui and Frankie Tam's 2019 "Wo Hu Qian Long" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.
