This is the season to reunite and have a grand time with your loved ones! With new line-up of CNY movies set to hit the big screen, here are some new films that we’ve curated for the enjoyment of you and your fam bam this CNY.
1. Kung Hei Pat Poh (Missbehavior)
Release date: 31st January 2019
Movie casts: Gigi Leung, Dada Chan Ching, Isabel Chan, Chui Tien-you, Miriam Yeung
The mobile chat team ‘Pat Poh (Nosy Ladies) consists of a tight-knit crew of 6 females and 2 males. A sudden string of unpleasant events happened among them which put a strain on their friendship. However, when one of their friends finds herself in trouble, the former buddies must put their differences aside to save her.
2. The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang
Release date: 5th February 2019
Movie casts: Jackie Chan, Ethan Juan, Elaine Zhong, Lin Po Hung, Lin Peng, Qiao Shan, Pan Changjiang, Yuen King Tan, Luu Brothers and Jerry Jiang
This action-fantasy movie focuses on a legendary demon hunter named Songling, who is destined to defend humanity from a malicious entity that invade the human realm. He teams up with a lawman protégé and a motley group of friendly monsters along his journey to defeat the evil.
3. I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Release date: 31st January 2019
Movie casts: Eric Tsang, Wong Cho-Lam, Teresa Mo Sun Kwan, Ivana Wong
An adaptation from the widely popular Broadway Musical of the same title, this musical comedy comes with a twist of Hong Kong sentiment. It consists of 12 vignettes that explore one central theme in life – love.
4. A Journey of Happiness
Release date: 5th February 2019
Movie casts: Joyce Cheng, Lo Hoi-pang, Lin Min Chen, A Niu, Alex Lam, Jerry Lamb
A Malaysian-Hong Kong comedy film which tells the journey of a dysfunctional family of four from Hong Kong who travels to Malaysia in hopes to rekindle their strained relationship. During their time in the country, hilarity ensues after an encounter with three strangers who introduce them to an unforgettable journey.
5. Integrity
Release date: 14th February 2019
Movie casts: Sean Lau Ching Wan, Nick Cheung, Karena Lam, Alex Fong Chung-Sun
The crime film revolves around a multi-year ICAC investigation into a complicated bribery case that is on the brink of collapse after the disappearance of the mastermind and whistleblower who went missing. A top ICAC agent and his estranged wife who is a fellow investigator teams up to risk their lives to bring the whistleblower back to Hong Kong.
6. Amazing Spring
Release date: 5th February 2019
Movie casts: Cedric Loo, Sharon Yeung Pan Pan, Law Kar Ying, Jack Lim, Joey Leong
A musical-comedy film which tells the story of an arrogant young heir who tires to acquire the Dadi Village but somehow travels back to a stranger and funnier period of the village in the past.
7. A Lifetime Treasure
Release date: 5th February 2019
Movie casts: Louis Cheung, Ivana Wong, Sammo Hung, Andrew Lam, Bob Lam, Teddy Robin, Leung Siu Lung, Tien Niu
The peace of an elderly home is shaken when a gangster who is an old friend of Master, the person in charged of the place plots to seek revenge on him.
