"Blood Brothers" is a Taiwanese gangster epic set in Shanghai. Feng lives in a small village where his best friends are two brotehrs, Hu and Gang, who treat him like a third brother. He's in love with the lovely Su, but Hu and Gang convince him to go to Shanghai with them to make their fortune by working as waiters in fancy restaurants. When the three arrive in Shanghai, though, the night club they get jobs at turns out to be run by Boss Hong, a gangster, and they soon become enforcers rather than waiters. Feng is fascinated by Boss Hong's mistress, the lovely singer Lulu. Naturally things don't go well for the three and tragedy and drama follow.
While the script for "Blood Brothers" is fairly standard and predictable, the strong cast keep the movie enjoyable. Qi Shu (she was the cargo in "The Transporter") has great chemistry with Feng and the relationship between the three friends is fun to watch. The movie is solid enough that fans of this genre will enjoy it, but there's nothing special enough in it to recommend it to a more general audience.
Final Grade: B
Thursday, May 29, 2008
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