Movie Review: Asian Invansion in Hollywood!?! By the not-so-professional
Hiya readers. Today I wanted to review yet another movie that I like.
But today is kind of special because the movies that I am going to review are movies with an ASIAN LEAD. YES I TYPED IT IN CAPITAL TO SHOW MY EXCITEMENT.
Why is it special you ask? Let me break down some of my reasonings…
1. There is not a lot of movies with an Asian lead (even as a side character) in Hollywood and recently its been changing!
2. Sure there are some Asian movies but mostly it is the same genre or maybe they are just a side character who are only there for a cheap laugh or some strereotypes. What i am trying to say is that there isn’t a lot of Asian-lead movie with a variety of genres (and a good story)
3. I am ASIAN. ISNT THAT ENOUGH REASON TO BE PROUD????!?????
OK.
Welp now that’s out of the way LETS GO INTO THE REVIEW
First movie is SEARCHING.
Personally I just love detective/police procedural or mystery kind of movie. And this movie has all of that; it has some detecting, police, mystery and twist. It’s right off my alley to be honest (hey I’m trying to use all the slang in the world lol) this movie is truly off the chain!! (there it is again)
GENRE : MYSTERY THRILLER
STORY : This movie is about a dad who is searching for his missing daughter. He is trying to ‘search’ for her by looking through her social media. Her disappearance is very mysterious and her disappearance made the Dad realize that he know nothing about his daughter especially after the mother’s death. The main characters are Dad, Daughter and The Detective. The storywise, well the reason I love this movie is because this movie is keeping me on suspense even until the end, also the unique thing about this movie is that the editing that was in it. Most of the movies are presented by showing Margot’s activity on social media also the discovery about her depression after the mother’s death that the Dad doesn’t know about. I LOVE the CONCEPT.
CAST : The Dad is played by Korean-American Actor John Cho who is pretty famous in Holywood Movies though I can’t recall where I’ve seen him in movies (my bad) and for the daughter it was played by Michelle La who is also Korean-American. However the detective is played by Debra Messing, she’s pretty famous and I’ve seen her in one of my favourite TV Series called ‘Mysteries of Laura’.
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"If you like mystery-thriller/suspense kinda movie and an unique filming style this is the BEST one to watch”
SCORE: 9/10
Second movie is CRAZY RICH ASIANS.
GENRE : ROMANCE COMEDY
STORY : This movie genre is the genre that I love the most which is Rom-com!! (being a hopeless romantic that I am haha). This movie plot is the most basic romance movie plot ever which tells a story about a man and a woman who fell in love and got in a relatioship BUT the man has a secret which is *spoiler alert* its in the title lol. Its like one of those movies like Cinderella to be honest. This movie is actually based on a Novel by Kevin Kwan with the same title. Another thing that I really like from this movie is that they also show how especially a chinese culture have their own rules about certain thing in terms of searching for a perfect bride where they can be very traditional.
CAST : The main character are the Man who is played by Henry ‘elegant’ Golding (because of his british accent LOL) and the Woman is played by Constance Wu (who plays a mom in a TV Series ‘Fresh of the Boat’) the Mother is played by Michelle Yeoh (SHE IS SO ELEGANT AND SCARY AT THE SAME TIME IN THIS MOVIE) and don’t forget about Awkwafina she’s the funny friend in the story.
" IT IS A MUST WATCH FOR EVERY ASIAN HOPELESS ROMANTIC!”
SCORE: 9/10
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