Patrick Kong, Hong Kong’s top purveyor of cynical urban romantic comedy, returns with more of the same in “Natural Born Lovers”. It’s easy enough to see why Kong has proved so popular with audiences, as in trying to balance rom-com fluffiness with scepticism and darker touches, he does offer something a little different and less patronising than most genre fare. After a brief flirtation with horror with “Hong Kong Ghost Stories”, his latest outing sees him returning to more familiar territory, following up on “Love is the Only Answer” with another tale of love torture and rocky relationships. The plot is certainly very Patrick Kong, following actor and singer Julian Cheung Chi Lam (“The Grandmasters”) as Tayler, a pastry chef and former child star, who meets and falls for gorgeous nurse Bo (Annie Liu, “Exodus”). Although everything seems to be going well at first, Lam soon comes to...
- 2/11/2013
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
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