{"id":10783,"date":"2006-12-19T16:02:09","date_gmt":"2006-12-19T21:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=10783"},"modified":"2006-12-19T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2006-12-19T21:02:09","slug":"fei-ying-silver-hawk-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/19\/fei-ying-silver-hawk-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Fei ying (Silver Hawk) (2004)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"silverhawk\"<\/a>The audience for \u201cSilver Hawk,\u201d will be split in two groups. One group will despise it for being the usual fluffy science fiction blockbuster malarkey, while the other group will enjoy it for the guilty action and camp. And you can\u2019t really blame either for their thoughts. Michelle Yeoh\u2019s actioner \u201cSilver Hawk,\u201d makes no bones about itself. It\u2019s a really ridiculous and utterly moronic action film. You can see that by the fact that only within a minute the action begins without much preamble to recollect. Silver Hawk leaps over a bridge on her motorcycle and gets to work. Like a \u201cMatrix\u201d fan girl, Lulu Wong is a vigilante who, with her silver outfit, sneaks around stealthily, dons some odd sunglasses, and kicks the asses of anyone who dare confronts her during a mission.<\/p>\n

While \u201cSilver Hawk\u201d is fun, it\u2019s about as disposable as a paper cup. You use it once and you won\u2019t really be using it again. \u201cSilver Hawk\u201d will be good for one viewing, and beyond that there won\u2019t be much replay value, because it will really connect to those who enjoy the martial arts films fit for children with set pieces fit for a cheap kids show, and of Milla Jovovich\u2019s brain dead action films will also enjoy what it has to offer. \u201cSilver Hawk\u201d is a campy and entertaining throwback to fodder like \u201cBatman\u201d and \u201cThe Green Hornet.\u201d Lulu is an orphaned girl who inherited millions, became an aristocrat, globe-trots, has her very own assistant to help in her affairs in her white mansion, and fights crime.<\/p>\n

Familiar, sure, but I love a good superhero yarn. I mean, what\u2019s so bad about watching people fight on bungee cords, and two villains with a jet fighter helmet (You may recognize Michael Jai White) and purple hair walk into a public exhibit without drawing notice? In the end \u201cSilver Hawk\u201d is an idiotic rehash that made no real sense. A scientist creates an AI device that decides for its owners what it needs. A madman with metal fists kidnaps him, and demands the device be rigged for mind control and\u2026 well, it gets very hazy after that. Suffice it to say, beyond the plot set-up and frantically edited fight scenes, \u201cSilver Hawk\u201d is pretty nonsensical with a climax that\u2019s void of any sense of closure or coherency.<\/p>\n

It becomes very disjointed by the end, and then you\u2019re left wondering why the villain had two henchmen who were beaten senseless and literally walk off pouting afterward. Seriously, what\u2019s up with that? I give crap like \u201cUltraviolet\u201d grief for being nonsense, but the difference here is that Michelle Yeoh can act, she has charisma, and her character is actually quite likable. You won\u2019t get much out of \u201cSilver Hawk,\u201d so don\u2019t expect an elaborate action film. You\u2019ll receive stunts, brightly lit fights, and Michelle Yeoh laying on the charm, and that was enough for me. I loves me a hot woman in a costume kicking ass, and \u201cSilver Hawk\u201d provided that guilty pleasure with Michelle Yeoh in what is admittedly a ridiculous action movie, but may provide satisfying entertainment for fans of super hero yarns. Just put on shades while watching this to prevent migraines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The audience for \u201cSilver Hawk,\u201d will be split in two groups. One group will despise it for being the usual fluffy science fiction blockbuster malarkey, while the other group will enjoy it for the guilty action and camp. And you can\u2019t really blame either for their thoughts. Michelle Yeoh\u2019s actioner \u201cSilver Hawk,\u201d makes no bones […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[58,71,113,219,349,367,631,885,906],"class_list":["post-10783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-action","tag-adventure","tag-asian","tag-comedy","tag-fantasy","tag-foreign","tag-martial-arts","tag-s","tag-science-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}