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| | trenchman.com - Movie Review - Beyond Our Ken |
 | | That movie, about a group of men determined to cheat on their wives (played as a parody of serious cops versus gangsters films) was highly original and smartly directed, and was a far cry from the banal sort of cinema that is unfortunately typical of the Hong Kong film industry these days. |
 | | The concept has potential but is not particularly original, the narrative is irregular (a huge wad of storyline is forced down the audience's gullet in the last few minutes), the direction seems languid, and, worst of all, perennial adolescent Daniel Wu stars as the male lead. |
 | | As it is, Beyond Our Ken (I can't resist noting that the film's English title is pretty darn clever, if you're aware of the essentially archaic meaning of the word "ken") isn't much more than an average, if slightly uncoventional by Hong Kong standards, film. |
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