Pang Ho Cheung’s (彭浩翔) low-budget category III film, Vulgaria <低俗喜劇>, has remained in the top spot at the Hong Kong box office since its low-profile release on August 9, 2012. Vulgaria, starring Chapman To (杜汶澤) and Ronald Cheng (鄭中基), is a sex comedy film that tells the story of a struggling movie producer who is forced to remake a new version of the soft porn film, Confessions of a Concubine <宮人我要>, after a triad leader agreed to invest in his films. It was reported that 90% of the dialogue in the film is marked by foul language, in which Pang Ho Cheung used as a device to add more “realism” to the wild scenarios presented in the movie. Vulgaria took a little less than three weeks to film the entire movie, and less than a month for Pang Ho Cheung to finish its post-production. Despite the lack of promotion and its Category III status, Vulgaria has maintained its #1 status in the Hong Kong box office. Since its release on August 9, Vulgaria has earned a total of $11.9 million HKD from 36 locations, more than four times the gross of Hong Kong and China co-produced blockbuster, The Silent War <聽風者>, which debuted in Hong Kong at the same time as Vulgaria. Despite its success in mainland China and frequent promotions in Hong Kong, The Silent War underperformed at the box office and only earned $2.9 million HKD. Other blockbuster films, such as Hollywood’s Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, The Bourne Legacy, and The Dark Knight Rises, were also overshadowed by Vulgaria’s success in Hong Kong. “The Silent War” is Predictable The Silent War’s failure in the Hong Kong box office was unexpected. The Silent War stars box office darlings, Tony Leung (梁朝偉) and Zhou Xun (周迅). The espionage thriller is directed by Alan Mak (麥兆輝) and Felix Chong (莊文強), the creators behind the highly acclaimed and popular Infernal Affairs <無間道> film series. Infernal Affairs broke many box office records during its theatrical run in Hong Kong in 2002, and many critics claimed that it was this film franchise that revived Hong Kong’s dying film industry. Alan Mak and Felix Chong’s second collaborative effort, 2009’s Overheard <竊聽風雲>, also drew in large attendance records in Hong Kong. Although its sequel, Overheard 2 <竊聽風雲2>, performed slightly poorer than its predecessor, it earned enough at the box office to offset its production costs. So why did The Silent War fail at the Hong Kong box office? Although the film is visually impressive, many critics thought the movie lacked suspense with underwhelming action sequences. The story of The Silent War, which depicts the battles between the spies of China’s Communist Party battling the Kuomintang – and with the Communist spies winning in the end – also disgruntled many Hong Kong viewers, scoffing the movie as predictable and unexciting. However, in mainland China, The Silent War earned great success. Since its debut in August 9, the film has earned over $200 million RMB in the mainland Chinese box office, becoming one of China’s most successful summer blockbusters of the year. Creds: QQ
Considering that this is supposed to have been low budget and very popular, I'm surprised that there aren't any links found. Believe me, I've looked; on various groups and on emule (which usually has just about everything). I wonder why this is?
[video=youtube;LdX6OOXZstE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdX6OOXZstE[/video] Just checked out the trailer and Vulgaria seem like a movie full of cursing, not sure if there are any sex scenes but it gets a Cat III just for all that cursing. Seems very funny though...
what is it that you looking for? DVD cantonese? this just released in theaters! they are still doing promo for it! calm down horn dawgs:trollface2: -the earliest version you will find is bootleg recorded with handheld/phone or -dvd manderin speaking.
LOL... I thought it was already out a while, mea culpa. At any rate, a lot of the links I found all seem to be trojan or virus sites; thank goodness for Kaspersky's. I just saw Chapman To in another film (Bounty) and find him to be probably one of the most versatile actors to appear in HK cinema for a long time. He sort of reminds me of a young Tony Wong in terms of being able to convincingly portray characters that are more than just a bit wacky. BTW, if anyone wants to see a short snippet of the two of them (To and Wong) together, take a look at True Women For Sale, (below) a 2008 drama and scan forward to about the 24 minute mark. [video=youtube;FRXSNElC68I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRXSNElC68I&feature=fvwp&NR=1[/video] Insofar as this latest movie, I can't wait for the rip, with Cantonese audio, of course; I find a lot of these HK made films, when converted to Mandarin, seem to lose a lot of comedic effect. Maybe the translation has something to do with it.
They just throw in Dada, slap on a CATIII, and make people go watch it, to only find out, its just full of swearing.....
Just DL'd this via torrent (in Canto too); no "real" sex per se (a lot of implied action, LOL...) but the subject matter is definitely adult, and it is hilarious. My personal rating of 5 out of 5 stars.
unless this movie was finished filming a while ago, just had to wait for cinemas to approve or something
Well, it's been in HK theaters for a while now, but either way, it was a great movie and amusing commentary about human sexual intimacy. BTW, if you ever want to see another old classic that could have been viewed in a similar vein, check out Under The Rose [1992], another HK Cat 3 that delved into how people there obtained underground sex. I coincidentally downloaded that about two weeks ago and it seems to be still very much available on torrent.
