GIVE ME BACK THOSE TWELVE MINUTES OF MY LIFE
The other day, I stumbled across The Rebel, which is a Vietnamese movie from a couple years ago set in French-occupied Vietnam. Based on descriptions, it was about a Vietnamese guy working for the French who falls in love with the daughter of a rebel trying to oust the French, and the trailers showed pretty nifty martial arts from both leads, and the girl apparently rescuing herself. So I figured to give it a try, thinking that the worst that could happen to my delicate sensibilities was either his lying to her for half the movie, or a mild case of Stockholm's, and that awesome martial arts would make up for it.
OMG I should have been that lucky!
Within 7 minutes, the heroine is being tortured by the hero's partner while he watched (angstily and looking sad for her, so we knew he wasn't totally evil) and then he took over the torture. Then there was a scene showeing us how messed up the partner was or something, and then we went back to another scene of the partner torturing her while the hero watched. (Angstily. I feel his pain, don't you?)
Thoroughly traumatized, I switched to Ichi, which is a Japanese movie featuring Ayase Haruka as a blind wandering swordswoman. It helps with the trauma.
But seriously! The heroine gets tortured by her future love interest! Who also watches her get tortured! WTF? (And is this, like, normal for Vietnamese movies? Should I run away next time I stumble across one that sounds interesting?)
OMG I should have been that lucky!
Within 7 minutes, the heroine is being tortured by the hero's partner while he watched (angstily and looking sad for her, so we knew he wasn't totally evil) and then he took over the torture. Then there was a scene showeing us how messed up the partner was or something, and then we went back to another scene of the partner torturing her while the hero watched. (Angstily. I feel his pain, don't you?)
Thoroughly traumatized, I switched to Ichi, which is a Japanese movie featuring Ayase Haruka as a blind wandering swordswoman. It helps with the trauma.
But seriously! The heroine gets tortured by her future love interest! Who also watches her get tortured! WTF? (And is this, like, normal for Vietnamese movies? Should I run away next time I stumble across one that sounds interesting?)