Vulgaria (CHINESE FILM REVIEW)
Vulgaria
Film Review
by Kam Williams
Raunchy Sex Comedy Fails to Live Up to Its Billing
This movie opens with a parental
warning giving folks ten seconds to leave the theater because what you’re about
to watch is wild, raunchy, irreverent and politically-incorrect. Yet nothing
could be further from the truth. So much for truth in advertising!
Yes,
Vulgaria does revolve around a prurient plotline, but the way in which it is
executed is totally tame. In 25 words or less, this picture is about a down-on-his-luck film producer (Chapman To) who decides to try to
pay off his debts by shooting a remake of a classic skin flick. And the cash-strapped
Wai Cheung even offers
an aging porn star (Shaw Yin Yin) the lead role in the project by promising to use
special effects to place her head on the body of an attractive, young body double.
Unfortunately, Vulgaria proves to be
a dialogue-driven tease which drags on and on with tons of titillating talk
without ever getting around to displaying any of the eroticism contemplated by
its kinky producer (Ronald Cheng) with a vivid imagination. To make matters
worse, unless something gets lost in the translation from Chinese, all of this
supposed sex comedy’s lame attempts at humor also fall flat.
A transparent, bait-and-switch disappointment
strictly for suckers.
Fair (1 star)
Unrated
In Cantonese with subtitles
Running time: 93 minutes
Distributor: China Lion Films
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