[KFCC] Love Undercover 2 Review

Story: The Crime Investigation Department Unit in charge by Fong and Man is assigned a new task, which is to protect a princess-consort named Tasah coming from the Republic of Puerto Risi. Fong is appointed to arrange a fantastic trip to introduce Hong Kong for the princess-consort. Little does she know that this is the tip of the iceberg for some greater things to come.

Review: Love Undercover 2 is a big fat cash cow that needs to be popped! Capitalizing on the success of the first movie, this movie goes everywhere and does everything! That’s not a good thing either. There are some parts in the movie that work and are genuinely funny not because they try to be, but just because they are. The parts that try too hard to be funny usually end up not being too funny at all. Although I have to admit, some of the parts that are so outrageous and stupid, they end up being funny. I classify this movie in the “so stupid, it’s funny” category somewhat like Jim Carrey’s Ace Ventura series.

Love Undercover 2 is more on the physical comedy akin to the latter example. To point out some examples of just how ridiculously stupid and funny this movie is, I offer these instances. Imagine old, fresh out of the slammer gangsters using their guns that they buried away for years. Of course there’s going to be something wrong with the guns right? But of course! So, one instance has a bullet being fired but just plops out of the barrel and lands on the ground. Now, imagine one of these “gramp-sters” pulling the pin out of the grenade with his teeth. Wouldn’t you know, when he throws it, his teeth are still on the grenade. Mwahahahaha! Okay okay, I’ll lay off the old people now and nitpick about other stuff.

Miriam Yeung is a gorgeous lady, but she just exaggerates way too much for me. I mean, why’s she gotta roll around everywhere? For goodness sakes woman, must I slap you silly? Perhaps I will, but her fans would kill me. But really, Miriam’s a talented young lady with a knack for physical humor. Sometimes it works, sometimes it’s just too much. But I wonder if that’s all she can do. Can she be more than a one-dimensional character? I’ll just have to wait and see. Now, who I really enjoyed was Lam Suet, who is normally just an annoying character that needs to be ran over several times, and Raymond Wong (from Colour of the Truth) who I really have no complaints for the most part. I liked Lam Suet and Raymond when they played themselves off as Fong’s (Miriam Yeung) ex husband and gigolo. The way they indulge in the finer things in life and act super snobby was a sheer treat for me. “Don’t they have anything more expensive?” Mwahahahaha! This movie brings out the worst in me.

I pretty much summed up the acting and comedy style of this movie already, so I’m going to attempt to cover the plot. How is it? “So bad, it’s good!” Like I said before, this movie is so bad, so ridiculous, that it’s bearable to watch. Okay, we start off with Fong tackling all sorts of police training missions including negotiations and bomb diffusing, which of course she fowls up, leading her to buzz cars into parking lots and eventually back to her former precinct in the first movie. Her first job along with her crew is to welcome and protect a princess consort from the Republic of Puerto Risi. However, her boss used up all the money he was given to throw a welcoming for her, rent a place for her to live, and show her around HK. It’s up to Fong to get them out of this the cheapest way possible, and I’ll leave the rest up to your imagination, but let me tell you this. The hijinx and hilarity are sure to come and leave you laughing for no reason at all. Just call it a guilty pleasure if anyone asks why you’re laughing. Well, eventually, Fong is called upon to meet and capture a man whom is attemping to steal a century old bottle of wine. Meanwhile, there’s a whole side-story involving Man’s (Daniel Wu) ex-gangster father gramp-ster buddies being released from the slammer. Smelling the fresh air of freedom, they proceed to plot like senile maniacs to take back the city through robberies and terror. Through a slew of different “plot” twists and turns, Fong ends up with a bunch of rich people who get their thrills off of stealing and breaking into places. Things get a little wacky with these wealthy cleptomanics, and by the end of the movie, we have a laughably funny gun battle between all parties including Fong and company, the four gramp-sters, and the wealthy cleptos.

As for the ending… Gee, I’m not sure what to say about it, except that, it’s weird. Joe Ma, what the heck buddy? Did he just wake up one day and decide to make a weird-fest of a movie? Well, if “Miriam Carrey,” the gramp-sters, or rich clepto thrill seekers sounds at all interesting to you, check this movie out, and say it with me after you see it. “Mwahahahaha!”