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Given my love and fascination with the Asian cinema, and the Hong Kong cinema in particular, of course I had to sit down and watch this 2002 romantic comedy titled "Gon Chaai Lit Feng" (aka "Dry Wood Fierce Fire") as I stumbled upon it here in 2023. I had never actually heard about the movie, not that it really mattered.Writers Chi-Kin Kwok, Gu He, Chi Wai Yeung and Wilson Yip put together an insanely bland and rather disinteresting script and storyline here. The narrative in "Gon Chaai Lit Feng" was sluggish and just generally lacking a proper red thread throughout the course of the movie to guide the audience from A to B. And that made the movie feel erratic and random, and thus draining away any and all enjoyment from it.I ended up giving up on "Gon Chaai Lit Feng" with only having sat through 40 minutes out of the 97 minutes that the movie ran for. But in those 40 minutes I have to admit that I wasn't the least bit entertained, and director Wilson Yip just failed to capture my interest at all with the bland and pointless script and equally bland and pointless characters.It was a bit amazing that a romantic comedy with the likes of Louis Koo and Miriam Chin Wah Yeung in the leading roles would strike out that hard. However, they just virtually had nothing to work with here in this 2002 movie. And "Gon Chaai Lit Feng" ended up being a movie that was by no means a memorable movie experience from either of the two.The movie was lacking totally in both the comedy and romance department, and that made sitting through "Gon Chaai Lit Feng" quite the ordeal."Gon Chaai Lit Feng" was a swing and a miss of a movie, one that I will never return to attempt finish watching. Nor is it a movie that I would recommend to fans of Asian romantic comedies.My rating of "Gon Chaai Lit Feng" lands on a two out of ten stars.

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Reviewed by bettylewben

Thin story line balanced by decent performances

Miriam Yeung stars as Alice, the daughter of a Chinese herbalist/doctor and a ridiculously ugly looking mother. In a 10 minute segment, you watch Alice learn kung-fu from her dad and how to be a beautiful person from her mother. What Alice becomes is myopic and eccentric. Her little quirks (yelling her angry feelings into a bottle of water, practicing herbal medicine) are supposed to be charming but come across as annoying. Alice works at a ladies magazine that is merging with a men's magazine. There she meets and falls in love with Ryan (Louis Koo), a player who faints after walking up stairs. This characteristic is only there as a way for Alice to interact with Ryan, right? Except that does not happen. Alice gets stranded when she loses her glasses (shades of Velma in Scooby-Doo). Alice stabs Ryan in the butt and this leads to a great friendship. Alice learns that Ryan is in love with Michelle, so she does everything in her power to help him. And if you can't guess what happens next, you haven't seen enough movies or read enough romance novels.I don't really regret buying this DVD, but what a terrible lesson it teaches. Women should change the way they look and tend to a man's every need in order to win his heart. Yeah, but why buy the cow when the milk is free, right? Louis Koo probably did not break a sweat making this movie. He's the ideal choice for a playboy. Miriam is very credible as the kooky Alice but neither actor convinces me that the two characters should fall in love or be together. If you really, REALLY like cinderella stories, this movie would be a good choice for you.

Reviewed by paul_haakonsen 2 / 10

Dry Wood Fierce Fire

2002 [CANTONESE]

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

Dry Wood Fierce Fire

2002 [CANTONESE]

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

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Thin story line balanced by decent performances

This was not worth the effort...

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