Connected

Watched the Hong Kong movie, Connected in Pavilion today. I believe I m really beginnin to fall seriously in love with the cinema there =) It's so spacious as compared to others. Okay, back to the movie. I think the movie is good, though it only focused on communication between two strangers but the intensity was just as great. Apparently, it was remake of an American movie but I have not seen the movie before. Overall, I enjoyed the movie. What's there to complain about when there was a hunk actin in it?? Haha. Here's a lil details on the movie.

Connected (traditional Chinese: 保持通話; simplified Chinese: 保持通话; pinyin: Bao chi tong hua; Cantonese Yale: Bo chi tung wah; Literal title: Maintain the telephone conversation) is a 2008 Hong Kong action-crime thriller film directed by Benny Chan. It is the first Chinese-language film to remake an American film, as it is a remake of the 2004 American thriller Cellular. The film stars Louis Koo as a man who receives a distressing phone call on his cellular phone from a young woman (Barbie Hsu) who has been kidnapped. Both lead actors shot their scenes separately, only sharing one scene together.

Louis Koo (古天樂) plays Bob, a debt collector, and single father whose life has fallen apart after his wife leaves him and her son behind.

Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛) plays Grace Wong, the female protagonist who is kidnapped. Grace is a widowed single mother, who owns a successful toy designing company. Hsu, a Taiwanese actress who appears in her first Hong Kong film, commented on her character: “The character I play is a victim throughout. After being kidnapped and imprisoned, she even has to witness someone being killed. It’s all very frightening. Yet, I like this character a lot because she manages to piece together a shattered phone to make a call, under such difficult circumstances.

Liu Ye (劉燁) plays a Kidnapper with a hidden agenda.

Nick Cheung (張家輝) plays Detective Fai, a low-ranking police officer in Hong Kong's Serious Crime Division.

Flora Chan (陳慧珊) plays Jeanie, Bob's sister, who plans on leaving him with his son.

Carlos Chan (陳嘉樂) plays Roy, Grace's brother

Ken Hung (洪卓立) plays Ho, Roy's classmate.

Fan Siu-Wong (樊少皇) plays the Kidnapper's Henchman

Gong Beibi (龔蓓苾) plays Fai's wife in a cameo appearance.

Cheung Siu-Fai (張兆輝) as Fai's distrustful superior.

(Cited from Wikipedia)