Daisy (2006)

1 The love I've been dreaming of… …is all so close to me. But all I can do is… …just watching you without words. 2 In this city of strangers… …I lived day by day painting love. Waiting and hoping that you'll be here… …with the scent of daisies. 3 It is too late but now… …I finally recognize you. But maybe we were not meant to be. I never wanted to let this love fly away.But I am sorry I have to leave … with you still breathing here. 4 Every day in the same time you always nearby me, Only I didn't recognize stupidly and you passed through me *3 It is too late but now… …I finally recognize you. But maybe we were not meant to be. I never wanted to let this love fly away.But I am sorry I have to leave… …with you still breathing here. http://mblog.manager.co.th/chonsamun1/2013/05/31/hey-daisy-ost- English-sub/

Again, I'm late 6 years to watch a good Asian movie. This makes me think why cinemas in my country only play Hollywood summer blockbusters when there are many better non Hollywood movies out there. Anyway... This movie really reminds me of HK Chow Yun Fat's The Killer (1987). There is a romantic killer and disable girl as his love interest. By then, the girl was blind after the shoot out and in Daisy, the girl can not speak after the gun fight. Both killers are decent man and have a good self consciousness (I doubt there is really a gun for hire out there like our lead actor). But that's all of the resemblance. The tone of Daisy is drama, so action is not very intense. Even at the end, when the final show down between the killer and the villains, the intensity is not very high. But one thing differ this movie from its predecessor, it's Jun Ji Hyun. She's really a good actress, capable of drawing our sympathy, feel her love and pain even though she does not speak nearly for half end of the movie. When she discovered the truth about the man whom she really loved, deep down in our heart we really wish happiness for her, even though some of us maybe know what's coming. Definitely 8/10

Daisy is a great film. It has a mix of action, drama and romance. It is a movie that tells an awkward love triangle between a naive painter, a cop and an assassin. It touches themes about the difficulty of confessing one's love due to difficult situations. The movie is a collaboration of Chinese and Korean filmmakers. That is why the love story was great due to the Koreans,who are well-known for their classic romantic films and the cops and criminal story was just as great due to the Chinese,who are well-known for making great action films.The acting was superb in this film.Gianna Jun was spectacular as an actress despite of not having a speaking role for 3/4 of the film. She can convey emotions without words extremely well which definitely proves that she is an exceptional actress. The same can be said for both Korean actors Lee Seong-jae and Jung Woo-sung,who acted as the cop and assassin respectively. This film was made in Amsterdam which made the setting of the film was truly fabulous. The direction of Andrew Lau (Infernal Affairs) and the screenplay of Kwak Jae Young (My Sassy Girl,The Classic,Windstruck) were definitely extra-ordinary. Since this is the director's cut version, the film may be kinda of slow as the first one-third of the story is a narration from the perspective of the three major characters. But inspite of this, I still find the positive qualities of the film far too overwhelming as compared to this one flaw.A highly recommended film.This film defines what a great Asian film is all about.

The cast are good. The setup is interesting. However I cannot stop feeling that there is something missing in this movie. It lacks couple things that would make the audience believe in the story. The main problem, I believe, is the characters lack depth. The constant flashbacks waste a lot of time telling the same story three times. Therefore, although the movie is fairly long, there are not enough scenes for each character to develop and show us their personalities. The setting is also unbelievable as well. A bunch of Koreans in Netherland, especially one working as a cop and one working as an assassin, does this feel like a credible story? The movie is somewhat entertaining, the actors and actress did a good job, the cinematography is pleasing but I just feel disappointed that all these good effort did not add up to a good movie.