| Bullets of Love | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Andrew Lau | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Andrew Lau Ichise Taka | ||||||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Thirteen Chan | ||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Leon Lai Asaka Seto | ||||||||||||||
| Music: | Chan Kwong-wing | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Andrew Lau Lai Yiu-fai | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Danny Pang Phat | ||||||||||||||
| Studio: | Film Power Company OZ Co. | ||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Deltamac Films | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 115 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese Japanese English | ||||||||||||||
| Budget: | HK$25 million[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Gross: | HK$3,587,266 | ||||||||||||||
Bullets of Love is a 2001 Hong Kong action thriller film produced and directed by Andrew Lau and starring Leon Lai and Asaka Seto.
Hong Kong Regional Crime Unit inspector Sam Lam (Leon Lai) rapidly raids a transnational criminal organisation and capturing its leader, Night (Terence Yin). Although his crimes were heinous, Night spends a huge sum a team of clever lawyers to defend him, causing the efforts Sam's fiancé, Ann (Asaka Seto), who is the prosecutor of the case, coming to no avail. Eventually, Night received a light sentence of five years imprisonment. Holding a grudge against Sam and Ann for putting him in prison, Night schemes with his older brother, Day (Richard Sun), to orchestrate a plan for revenge.
After the conclusion of the case, Ann and Sam takes a vacation to Paris. Unexpected to them, Day sends a killer who shoots and kills Ann, who was riding an elevator, but does not kill Sam. Ann's death causes Sam to grieve abnormally. Sam decides to quit his job in the police force and opens a bar in Tai O, leading a reclusive life.
Two years later, Sam meets You (Asaka Seto), a Japanese tourist who looks exactly like Ann. Sam cannot help but fall in love with her. One day, Sam accidentally discovers a secret about You, while on the other hand, Night, who won an appeal on his case, was released early and is determined to get back at Sam.
Earl Cresssey of DVD Talk rated the film a score of 3.5 out of 5 stars and praises the developed characters, action sequences and suspenseful storyline, while also noting a few logic problems.[2] LoveHKFilm gave the film a mixed review criticizing its emotional hooks and Leon Lai's performances, but praises the performances of Asaka Seto and the supporting cast.[3]
The film grossed HK$3,587,266 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 27 September to 17 October 2001.