He Comes From Planet K (Joe Ma, 1997) [HK]

[spindizzy]

Título: He Comes From Planet K / PK the Extra-Terrestrial Título V.O: 戆星先生 / Gang xing xian sheng Director: Joe Ma Año/País: 1997 / Hong Kong Duración: 95 minutos Género: Comedia, Ciencia-ficción Reparto: Eric Kot, Anita Yuen, Stephen Fung, Nicole Cheung Enlaces: Ficha de: spindizzy

[spindizzy]

Moon, the president of a UFO club, finds an alien lying in the street. University student Carol is abducted by aliens and soon gives birth to an alien child. How the alien ends up in the street is chronicled in the film. An outrageous farce that could only have been made in Hong Kong.

HKFlix

Planet K is a sweet little movie: the feel-good I've-been-impregnated-by-aliens film of the year. A well designed musical score and overgenerously gorgeous cinematography by Jingle Ma punch up this comedy farce, and made it well worth my time. The key: Eric Kot's character doesn't speak Cantonese (or any terrestrial language): he's kept firmly in check (he has maybe 15 lines in the film), and so he's genuinely funny as the gentle naif, on a temporary visit from outer space. Dangerous only to cockroaches, with a feebly animated set of antennae (deemed "palps" by the subtitles), Kot nevertheless manages to sweep you up in his quest for his mommy and daddy. There's a priceless spoof of the classic Gordon Chan paramilitary-cops-attack scene: I'll never be able to watch one in quite the same way again. Nicola Cheung is a standout as the reluctant impregnee. She makes a convincing play for gorgeously spunky actress-of-the-moment, and even shows up veteran spunker Anita Yuen. Don't expect much here; then you'll have a good time. Not for the cute-averse.

Shelly Kraicer / chinesecinemas.org

Capturas:

Saludos!