2010 06 02 - Robin Hood / Once A Gangster
SFS AT GV MARINA
Wednesday, 2 Jun 2010, 9.00pm
Cinema 1 - ROBIN HOOD
Cast: Russel Crowe, Cate Blanchett
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Action/Drama
Language: English
Robin Hood chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self preservation, from his service in King Richards army against the French. Upon Richards death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marion, a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marion and salvage the village, Robin assembles a gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for life. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff.
Cinema 2 - ONCE A GANGSTER
(NC16/Some Violence) 95 minutes
Cast: Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan
Director: Felix Chong
Genre: Action/Drama
Language: Mandarin
Celebrity cook Roast Pork (Jordan Chan) is known for his culinary sleight of hand, but hardly anyone realizes he used to be a young and dangerous slayer who cut human flesh rather than poultry meat. Now a family man who strives to be a caring father, he finds his idyllic life turn topsy-turvy when his Triad mentor comes out of nowhere and commands him to run for the Dragon Head in the underworld.
Roast Pork's only chance to extricate himself from this quagmire is to lose the election to another candidate called Sparrow (Ekin Cheng), who supposedly is the designated heir apparent to the previous kingpin. Ironically enough, Sparrow has found his true calling in academia while serving terms in prison. He has set his mind to getting into the best university in Hong Kong rather than re-donning his Triad cloak.
While these two reluctant candidates are racking their brains to outwit each other so that they can stay out of the race, their inglorious pasts eventually catch up with them as their followers are plunged into mayhem and bloodshed on pain of death to get their leaders onto the throne.
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