minbichen-29170 For most audiences, It's Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong is but a barely watchable têt-à-têt between two lifeless characters, but for those living in Hong Kong, this movie is an insufferable and almost offensive representation of the city they love. Not only is the film but an endless string of unbearable clichés, it grossly reduces every demographic that's seen to the most despicable version of itself - locals, expats, Australians, Mainlanders, Indians - did I miss anyone out? For example, must every Australian living in Hong Kong be a rugby lad, every Mainland Chinese female shallow and manipulative, and every Indian a tailor? I understand that some of these caricatures exist in Hong Kong, but to only leverage on stereotypes is grating to the viewer and frankly disrespectful to location culture.Perhaps what could have saved the film is the chemistry between the two lead actors, but the uninspiring and often cringe worthy dialogue leaves little room for anything but awkward or at best passable performances. Ultimately, It's Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong is a unsavory version of films it pays homage to (Before Sunset). Let's just hope there's no sequel to this one.

thairookachat After stumble on the movie on my flight. I want to share this with my brother. As soon as I got of the plane I rang him all told him about this great film that got my attention for 78minute with basically two actors. Very clever and romantic script. My brother manage to find Emily ting contact. And buy the film for Thailand screening. Today I watched it again. I feel this should become classic film. I hope follow his heart and he didn't get the extra taxi stop.

ReganRebecca In 1995 Richard Linklater released Before Sunrise, a romantic film about two young people who meet abruptly in Europe and over the course of an evening fall in love as they walk and talk. The magic of the film is in its very simplicity, bare as it is of special effects or overly dramatic plotting. It's spurred a generation of imitators that all keep trying to capture the magic and the chemistry of that movie and unfortunately most can't survive the comparison to that wonderful film. Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong is a movie made in the wake of Before Sunrise. Though the details of the people and the setting are different this is ultimately a walking and talking and falling in love movie. Ruby (Jamie Chung) is an American of Chinese descent who is planning to meet her friends for a drink but who can't locate the bar on her gps-less phone. Overhearing her dilemma, Josh (Bryan Greenberg), a white American expat, offers to walk her to her location. Over the course of their walk a connection sparks between them though when they arrive at their location Josh reveals something which sends Ruby into a rage and the two part on bad terms, only to be reunited completely by accident a year later when they meet on a ferry. Movies like this always rest on the strength of the characters and the chemistry of the actors and sadly both are really lacking here. Ruby, and Josh in particular, are not that interesting. Also, despite that the fact that the actors were engaged at the time of filming, they bizarrely lack chemistry. Ruby seems (rightly) defensive and sharp tongued a lot of the time, which makes sense since Josh is a complete stranger and she's in a foreign country, but on the flip side it's confusing why Josh would keep making pains to try to get to know her when, at least initially, she isn't interesting. Emily Ting shows promise as a director, but I can't help wishing she had chosen a more original plot that wouldn't suffer comparisons to a movie that has been so lauded and is held so dear for so many.

wwallaceharrington Perhaps I am simply old school, but I like stories that have a beginning, a middle and an ending. This film started off well enough: a chance encounter of two Americans in Hong Kong, a night that was apparently exciting for both of them and then a revelation that ended the night on a sour note. Then a middle, where there is another chance encounter, another exciting night, another conflict and then... it ended. Two people in a cab looking at each other, longing for an answer... and the screen goes to black. It reminded me of the Lady and the Tiger exercise from elementary school. The student is told there are two doors: behind one is a maiden, behind another a tiger; you write the ending. As much as I liked the actors, the scenery and most of the movie (although I found some of the situations a bit contrived and wonder how many people would react the way these characters did given those situations) I found the ending completely unsatisfying. This was like reading a book that was missing the last forty pages.