Movie Marathon Day !

Sunday, 26 August 2007, Brother Dennis and I decided to watch "Contract Lover" at GSC Gurney Plaza. This romantic comedy is by my favorite actor, Richie Ren @ Richie Jen and new come actress, Fan Bing Bing, probably from Mainland China.

Contract Lover is about Fatt (Richie Jen) is from a family of martial arts experts, but he ends up being a businessman instead. He intends to introduce his girlfriend (Kate Tsui) to his father (Yuen Wah) but is skeptical if his father could accept her modern ways. Hence, Fatt resorts to hiring a temporary girlfriend to test out his father.

Zao (Fan Bing Bing) has just graduated from university and urgently needs money. She takes up the job and signs a contract with Fatt to be his temporary lover. Fatt brings his hired lover home to meet his father, only to expect the unexpected. The ending was good and I am so glad that we have chosen to watch this movie....

Finished Contract Lover at about 5.00pm and being too early for our dinner at CHA, Traders Hotel Penang, we decided to watch another movie ... This time, we have chosen to watch Rogue Assassin by Jet Li.

Rogue Assasin is an action packed movie with lots of killing, fun-shots and sword fighting ! The story .... After his partner Tom Wynne (Terry Chen) and family are killed apparently by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue (Jet Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal. Rogue eventually resurfaces to settle a score of his own, setting off a bloody street war between Asian mob rivals, Chang (John Lone), head of the Chinese triads and Yakuza boss Shiro (Ryo Ishibashi). When Jack and Rogue finally come face to face, the ultimate truth of their past was revealed. The movie ending was unexpected ... something that we could not have guessed !

After the movie, we head on to CHA, a tea-dining bistro serving local chinese and Huaiyang specialities for a wonderful dinner hosted by Soo Theng, Nanthini and Voon Choong ... we had Stewed Pork, Prawns in Salted Eggs, Kailan with Salted Fish, Chinese Wine Chicken and Fried Cod Fish with Soya Sauce. For dessert, we had "Woh Peng", a Chinese Pancake. It was a superb dinner ..... Thanks to our 3 good friends for inviting both Dennis and me to savour this unique cuisine !