Nope, this is wannabe classy stuff, since it's based on Jin Ping Mei, a.k.a. Hold on a sec - this isn't typical softcore sleaze. A round of beers and high-fives for everyone. Action, crime, and arthouse films have more international cachet, but do audiences in Europe and North America care more about opulent softcore pornography than a well-written, acted and directed romantic comedy? I'm guessing that they do, and thanks to the geniuses(?) at My Way Films, those people and their raincoats can head back to the cinemas. The Forbidden Legend: Sex & Chopsticks returns that hallowed genre to Hong Kong Cinema, bringing with it the fleshy beauties, questionably attractive leading men, softcore couplings, and game silliness that have so enchanted midnight movie audiences worldwide. It's been years since that former staple of Hong Kong Cinema - the ancient costume Category III sexploitation flick - has reared its soft-focus head, but the wait is now over. It has babes, boobs, and it doesn't really bore, so it'll likely meet the expecations of its intended audience. This adaptation of the classic Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei is a solid genre entry, if not an actual good movie. Man-Yi, Lam Wai-Kin, Samuel Leung Cheuk-Moon, Tam Kon-Cheung, Norman Hikaru Wakana, Kaera Uehara, Serina Hayakawa, Yui Morikawa, Winnie Leung (left) Hikaru Wakana, and (right) Serina Hayakawa and Lam Wai-Kin
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