I had the opportunity to sit down and watch the 2020 Taiwanese movie "Da pen ti" (aka "A Choo") here in 2021, and I hadn't even heard about the movie before I sat down to watch it. But it being an Asian movie was more than enough to make me sit down to watch it.
But "A Choo" was a movie that fell a bit short of entertaining me. Now, don't get me wrong here, because I am not saying that it is a bad movie. But writer Giddens Ko just didn't manage to produce a script and storyline that had much of any particular appeal on me. Sure, the movie is watchable, but this was by no means a grand moment in Taiwanese cinema.
They did have some interesting actors and actresses on the cast list, most of which I was not familiar with, so that was something that was good - as that is something I enjoy. I was initially thrilled to see Louis Koo on the cast list, but he just didn't manage to lift up this movie.
Visually then "A Choo" is rather great, lots of good effects and the movie is crammed with some action scenes as well, which help to sell the movie, I suppose.
Ultimately then "A Choo" just wasn't my cup of tea, and as such I am rating it a less than mediocre four out of ten stars.
Plot summary
Even when they were orphans, Wang Yizhi has always been in love with Xinxin. Now older, Yizhi decides to train as a boxer before he allows himself to profess his love, but only for her to fall for a geeky computer engineer who is secretly a popular superhero. When Xinxin gets kidnapped, Yizhi must prove his love and his fighting skills to get the girl of his dreams.
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Oddball superhero movie...
Really average or below
This film is a really below average . Absolutely predictable storyline and performances too did not reach to create any empathy with the characters. Everything just happened very randomly . Although the genere is Fantasy / super hero but some sense and direction is still required to steer a point home . This movie totally lacks it . Watch at your own risk.
9 knives stories always interesting
Storyline is very rich. Mix of fantasy, action, romance, comedy. The cast are also the highlight. Taiwan most famous teen idols and hk popular actor. I can see there are lots of elements in one movie but I don't feel it's not appropriate at all. Even a lot of idea come from many classic movies, but just don't feel a copycat at all. Probably the most entertaining Taiwan movie recently.