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...film’s fictional portions are as poor as these moments are brilliant. The script and acting conspire to deny the Larsen character any credibility. His voiceover commentary is both gratingly juvenile—“a real bounty hunter”—and absurdly hard-boiled—“what might just be our VIP pass into the shitstorm?”. He has the mentality and combat skills of a commando, but the profession and body art of a hipster. Larson’s real physical courage is entirely at odds with...
...script, tentatively titled HPT 157: “Casino Evil,” was co-authored by John P. Blickstead ’06 and Margaret Shipstead ’05, novice playwrights well-versed in the Pudding’s style and history...
Shipstead, an English concentrator who has yet to be involved in a Pudding production, said that the chaotic plot of the script is classic Pudding...
...Shipstead said the impulse to write a script with Blickstead this year came from the encouragement of a psychic. “John doesn’t give himself nearly enough credit, which is fine because he’s pretty,” she said...
...that weren't plot enough--and it's plenty--the script by Alan Mak and Felix Chong gives Ming a mystery-novelist wife (Sammi Cheng) and Yan a pretty shrink (Kelly Chen), an ex-girlfriend and a young daughter. At the center, though, is the wary dance of Yan and Ming, each man serving two masters, each character luring the viewer to sympathize with his charade and hope that somehow both can survive. Leung, who played the warrior-lover in Hero, and Lau, Hong Kong's top pop star and movie magnet, are terrific as smart men, ruthlessly loyal, feeling...