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Ah Long Pte Ltd

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Release Date: 7th February 2008 (Showtimes)
Language: Mandarin
Running Time: 108 mins
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Jack Neo
Cast: Fann Wong, Mark Lee
Local Distributor: Golden Village Pictures

User Rating: (482)

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"Ah Long Pte Ltd" is a light-hearted black comedy about the triad world and the money-lending business. Following the retirement of her triad leader (Richard Low), a young lady, Li Hua (Fann Wong), tries to restructure her money-lending triad into a professional and 'loving' triad that stands against the use of violence. She also suffers a nagging mother and gets involved in a romance with Mr Fang (Mark Lee), an effeminate dance instructor cum image stylist.

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the best sigapore movie ever

Reviewer: alwiwong | Sep 05,2008

What I loved most: great action

What I really hated: nothing

i love this movie.i think this is the best singapore movie yet.i love all the action in there.i REALLY LOVE IT LA!REALLY REALLY LOVE IT. haha

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the best sigapore movie ever

Reviewer: alwiwong | Sep 05,2008

What I loved most: great action

What I really hated: nothing

i love this movie.i think this is the best singapore movie yet.i love all the action in there.i REALLY LOVE IT LA!REALLY REALLY LOVE IT. haha

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Embarrassingly Dull

Reviewer: lukamto3 | Aug 30,2008 0 people found this review helpful

What I loved most: mark lee dancing

What I really hated: the plot

Ah Long doesn't do much justice to their budget. For one, the connection between Fann Wong's character and Mark Lee's was horrifyingly shallow and insultingly obvious (can't tell you; you'll figure it out anyway). Oh and I absolutely, positively, undeniably, super intensely hated the climax and especially the flat resolution at the end. To be fair, I did like the status quo of the story with Mark Lee's effeminate side; at least for the first minute of the show. I liked the theme of the story, but it was not executed well enough I wish I could say the humour makes up for the story factor but it doesn't. At least for me, funny was a hit and miss deal with Ah Long. I made a bet with my friend - if I hadn't laughed at least 20 times (chuckling included) in the duration of the movie, he would have to give me back the money I paid for the show. Fortunately (for him), I laughed a total of 20.5 (I smiled and he caught me) times and lost. Still, 20.5 laughs in 108 minutes is barely one laugh every 5 minutes. Not good odds. But that's just me. Anyway, money aside, I want my 2 hours back Jack.

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Overall: 2 star rating

Why is this movie Still here?????????????

Reviewer: avatar1881 | Aug 30,2008 0 people found this review helpful

What I loved most: None... Get this movie review out of Yahoo Movie.. Pls

What I really hated: The Lousiest Lamest Not Funny Show!!!!

Please get the hell out of this review Section... This is the 2nd worst movie I have watch for the past year... after Penny Dreadful.. Seeing this movie review still here makes my BLOOD BOIL.. Scram!!! Stupid Ah Long Pte Ltd... Waste Money!!! no worth even to rent vcd for this movie.

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Fantasy in Hokkien

Reviewer: guankuanyeoh | Aug 30,2008 0 people found this review helpful

This is interesting and rather thought- provoking. Fann wong acting as the ah long and mark lee acting as a sissy dancer?????? Should be opposite Right????????? i dunno why but if Jack Neo wanna compete with Eric Koo and other directors such as Djinn and Royston Tan, he gotta do better than that...

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Overall: 3 star rating

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If Fann Wong's character was asked by her mum to "give half ball like Manchester United" to attract more men (for those in the know), the movie as a whole gives even less in lasting entertainment pleasure. "Ah Long Pt. Ltd." is the sort of regional comedy that does makes you laugh - that's not the contestation. It's just that the frequency of sidetracking, cheap FX and prolonged periods of tedium make "Ah Long" a disappointment for anybody who enjoyed Jack Neo gems like "Just Follow Law".

While the movie starts quite promisingly - Mark Lee in Village People gay costumes doing jazzercise and whatnot - it takes a steep dive into the vast region of Bore somewhere near the last third. It is probably then when the Hokkien-specific banter starts losing its charm and when its characters start looking a little silly because the hollowness of the plot is starting to show.

Fann Wong plays a badass "gangsterina" who marries Mark Lee's effeminate dance instructor character to whip up a two-hour excuse of a story. Nobody is asking for a laugh riot. Neo's films have always been undercurrent social commentary with plenty of idiosyncratic Singaporeana thrown in for good measure, but even giggles are few and far between this time. While "Just Follow Law" and "Ah Long" are similar in accessibility to those of us this side of the causeway (funny that some of it were shot in Malaysia), the latter does not have the same sort of comedic appeal. "Ah Long" suffers from an uneven direction because we are too often caught up in elaborate fight sequences and unnecessary special effects, taking away the need to produce the quality lines that we know Jack Neo is capable of. For every joke that "Ah Long" manages a giggle, there are 20 that don't.

So here we even have a bunch of models and radio deejays filling in for the supporting roles, obviously failing as well where Fann Wong and Mark Lee did. It's not that the lead pair are bad actors. In fact, they kept the story going for as much as they could. It's just that the contrived, disjointed ideas have become boring enough for us to lose interest in their fate. It is even more disappointing to see that a lot of effort was put in to make the film, considering half the budget would've probably sufficed if a less ambitious product were conceived earlier.

"Ah Long" is a commercial hit in Singapore, drawing loud laughter everywhere during the Chinese New Year just gone. Here, it's best highlighted as a two-hour telemovie with 20 or 30 tummy tickles on either side of a scene with Fann Wong's bare butt showing - which probably isn't even hers.

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