| Rating: | ★★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Action & Adventure |
First of all, I am not a fan of Jay Chou. In fact, Yam and I have described him as looking like a tambay from Binondo.We just couldn't get why most of Asia seems to adore Jay, with his slitty eyes and bored look. Besides, I couldn't stand to watch him long enough to decide if he has real talent.
Initial D is more known as Jay Chou's debut movie, than it is an adaptation of an immensely popular Japanese manga and anime series. But I was actually excited to see this movie because of Edison and Shawn!
From the opening scene, the movie looked really slick and had a kickin' soundtrack. I'm guessing it was Jay who sang most of the songs, which combined hip-hop, rap with more classical elements, but still retained some Oriental sound.
The story is about Jay aka TuoHoi, a gas attendant by day and tofu delivery boy by night, who has an incredible talent for racing. His father, played to perfect greasiness and drunkenness by Anthony Wong, is a has-been racing driver.
One night while delivering tofu in his fathre's beat up Toyota Sprinter AE86 Trueno, he gets into an impromptu race with Shawn and his GTR and beats him. It is a pretty exciting scene, except Jay seems to do nothing but look bored and sleepy while driving. Shawn doesn't know who he is, except he sees the tofu sign and tries to track down the mystery driver.
The story develops with shy Jay falling in love with a girl (Japanese actress with big eyes) who turns out to be a ho; Jay trying to hone his racing skills and eventually racing against Shawn, Edison and racing pros.
The racing scenes are impressive. You do get a feel of the excitement of driving through a zigzag road with hairpin turns. However, there's no real emotion in Jay's face most of the time. At least, Edison and Shawn are both charming and have those devilish smiles. (Okay, I'm biased for these IA guys!)
I can't help but feel Edison would have made a more interesting lead guy than Jay! But oh well, Jay did pass his first movie role with somewhat okay results.
Initial D is bound to have a sequel, judging from the vague ending. Will I still be in it for the ride?
hehe! I so agree with you. I watched the movie because of the IA guys as well. But now that you are a Jay Chou lover, do you atill look at the movie the same way? :)
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