The problem with this review is that the opening shot of those girls on roller blades dressed in silver exploding still makes me want to see the movie.
Thank you so much for making this. I watched this in the theater, but forgot its name. I was haunted by how terrible it is. Finally, having named this film, I can put my trauma behind me...
Switch makes the absurd resurrection of dead characters and enemies joining the good guys in each Fast & Furious movies look very reasonable in comparison
@@NeostormXLMAX making this up like what? Watching it for free in a website called Kiss Asian? Why are you assuming that I'm making this up? So you can start an argument here in youtube comment section?
Honestly, I kinda miss the 90's "Cultural art" Chinese movies from Zhang Yimou type of social commentary and cultural change of China type of movies. The last art movie I saw was "Tangshan Earthquake"
Plenty of them are around, for example, 隐入尘烟/Return to Dust from last year as well as the animated feature 深海/Deep Sea from this year and 野马分鬃/Striding Into the Wind from the year before. The difference in genre is much more clear in China now artsy movies generally cater to the artsy audience in China rather than either the mainstream audience or foreign. audience as it was the case in the 1990s. The only recent movie that still did that was 山河故人/Mountains May Depart from 2015. The failure of that movie to find the audience at home and lukewarm reception aboard meant this type of movie would fail both in the box office and as awards baits at foreign festivals. So, cultural change movie take the form of 你好李焕英Hi Mom, ( this genre is more popular in TV shows with coming of age theme like 以家人之名/Go ahead, 你好旧时光My huckleberry friends etc or family through the ages sagas like 人世间/A Lifelong Journey[which btw has a killer theme song mv watch?v=o1tludi1YeU], 温州一家人/Family On The Go, 金婚/Golden Marriage, 一年又一年 or even the Kewang/渴望 the first chinese long form TV series), while social commentary are more like 我不是药神Dying to Survive as well as currently airing movies like 八角笼中/Never Say Never and 孤注一掷/No More Bets, rather than Zhang Yimo type of films.
Oh my GOD I actually saw some of this movie when it came out (my parents were streaming it). I remember thinking “what the hell this is shit only a 12 year old boy would think is cool,” and that negatively colored my perception of Chinese movies for the longest time. Glad that Chinese filmmakers are finally telling the stories that matter to them!
To be fair, at least this movie is trying to be (sort of) original. I remember catching some clear HK/Chinese knockoffs of Hollywood blockbusters in the '00s and 90s that were just a collection of stunts and memorable scenes pushed to 11 in ridiculousness without CG or any real plot. This one at least feels like maybe there's a hidden meaning even it that hidden meaning is, "Our investor/producers were all perverts."
This is kinda like a shawn of the dead, or scottpikgrim feel or something like suckerpunch, very how to describe and nonsensical and over the top but entertaining
All I got from this is that the scifi mockumentary Journey to the West sounds fascinating, and it's a bold move to name it after the most famous story in Chinese mythology. Looking forward to hearing you talk about it!
thank you for talking about Switch 2013. I've always considered this one to be "The Room" of Chinese blockbusters, at some points ever funnier than The Room(in some ways it resembles Batman and Robin more, lol). This really is the best guilty pleasure. I've personally watched this more than 5 times and showed it to some of my friends who rejected it at first but slowly joined me as I laugh at all the weird sht happening on screen. The popcorn scene, the rollerblade scene, the 5-second Jingdong delivery scene, all of 佟dark为 scenes, all of 斯琴高娃, the ending twist, the horrible American villains, the hilarious mandarin dub, all the random locations. I just can't stop laughing at this monstrocity of a movie. We NEED more awareness for this. 🤣
I would love to see a full video on modern (last 20ish years) Chinese films you like from across genres. As fun as hearing about the bad is, I found myself more interested in the movies you mentioned at the beginning, and I'm always on the lookout for films to add the my ever growing back log.
I doubt he has the context to appreciate what Chernobylian parts it has. It's bad for a number of reasons but mainly because it tries to mash two trash genres into one(trashy masala entertainment and repetitive mytho-retelling) both of which has cultural connotations
There is a genre of films in mainland that i love, usually critical and dark. Most of them have in common that they have a private backer, director has full control & they not legal to be shown in mainland, and not interesting enough to be shown outside (west). Usually a film the director can make them his friends (backers) and some film festivals like Berlinale, Venice film festival and so on ... No idea what the genre is called, maybe "Chinese independent author films"? Like: "Black Coal, Thin Ice", "11 Flowers", "Buddha Mountain", "The Shaft", "Blind Shaft", "Black Snow" and so on ... I would love to hear your input on those films :-)
'the hall of mirrors in versaile' makes me feel physical pain, i know our culture here in brazil has some unauthentic usage of foreign culture, but nothing will ever feel that distasteful and dishonest since china has 6k plus years of raw culture and a rich asian instead of tapping on that for his/her mansion, would go for the european one.
In case anyone else missed it at first, here's his list of great Chinese movies made in the last few years: The Wandering Earth II Creation of the Gods I Deep Sea Journey to the West (2021) A Guilty Conscience Lost Love No More Bets Hachiko Hi, Mom Leap
@@ArariaKAgelessTraveller Yeah, you never know what you get if you pick a random one, some have been... less than stellar. So I made sure to date that one.
2010s was an golden age of Chinese TV series though, 后宫·甄嬛传/Empress in The Palace, 红色/Red, 琅琊榜/Nirvana In Fire, Scarlet Heart/步步惊心, 温州一家人/Family On The Go, 伪装者/The Disguiser, 花千骨/The Journey of Flower, 大秦帝国/The Qin Empire, With You/最好的我们, Day and Night/白夜追凶 etc. After 2015 or so Chinese Dramas has gotten way too long and suffer from serious pacing issues, ( this effect is really clear in Longest Days in Chang'an) it is not until regulation action that 70+ episode dramas that drags for 50+ episodes is no longer a thing... While after 2018, TV dramas has turned into idol making vehicles with little focus on plot, drama or other serious aspect of show making. While a few stars shine through, but many of still stuck in the same genre defined by dramas from the early to mid 2010s. Hell, Chinese comedies never get out of the mold set by My Own Swordsman/武林外传 which was a 2006 show (not count ones copying US sitcoms like iPartment /爱情公寓 which interestingly completed died as a genre in the last few years).
I love learning about films I'd probably never get to find out about through this channel. Being from Australia I have no idea who most of these actors or directors are, if any, but I love watching your videos anyway.
Actually you’re one of the few I watch instead of just listen to. Yr editing & clip choices are feasts for the eye & I come away from a video with 5 more movies on my watch wish list.
0:02 I can't believe that Seven Tang was ever in a bad movie. It's a bigger shocker to me. Just finishe on the video and I don't even remember what happen cuz Iam so confused. Crazy.
So many good remarks made here: Chinese vanity culture In a race, you're supposed to run towards the finish line, not chase after other people Very well done.
Would love your analysis on Deep Sea, as I barely give it a 4/10, for it's visual development. But story/filmmaking wise, it felt really long, but maybe I missed something.
I had a good laught, still hearing about your passionate but interesting and on the point comments. Great job, it was very enjoyable. I'm almost curious about this movie, actually!
I know why the movie is called "Switch". If you dont want to watch the movie, "Switch" your TV off. If you still want to watch the movie, "Switch" your brain off.
Accented, can you talk about 《八角笼中》, Wang Bao Qiang's latest? For everyone else, it's English title is Never Say Never, which is a terrible translation, but the movie has the exact opposite characteristics to Switch and it's truly my favourite Chinese movie of the past DECADE.
This kinda reminds me of the nonsensical stuff from 90s Hong Kong cinema (which Andy Lau was a part of) but minus the old school charm that those older films had
"I wonder how many people missed out because they only listen to my videos." I'd say these people dodged a real bullet for this one really, not seeing it removes some of the cringe.
I kept screaming at my screen and it went from "that silly, that's dumb" to "what the f*ck? how did they survive? what the sh*t? this is f*cking terrible."
Oh boy Indonesian horror movies also once suffered many setbacks back in late 2000 to early 2010s. Back there most horror not show the scary part but rather they show mostly ladies wearing bikini or wearing sexier outfits. Thank god the current indonesian horror movies is so good it made people having a nightmares 🤣
Update: Demonitized because Lin Chi-ling is too hot to handle.
Worth it.
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I love Yui Hatano in Yakuza Kiwami.
truly a cultured individual
was this a dare...
she's my fav also lol
yes, i'll stick to your recommendation
shame on you hhhhhhhh now I have to check it out.
The problem with this review is that the opening shot of those girls on roller blades dressed in silver exploding still makes me want to see the movie.
Don't let your heart(or crotch) win.
It's not worth it.
@@sinisterpanda2738men ☕
Can we edit it down to just the good stuff & make a cool music video? Is there 3 minutes of good in that film?
Tbf, that scene look stupidly interesting, people would watch for stupid fun
Yeah, I think explosions and attractive ladies are two broadly appealing things.
“Ha ha you all thought I was the kid’s mom, but I was actually the kid’s dad!”
😂😂😂😂
here we go again, accented cinema torture himself for our own entertainment
bing chilling
love seeing orbits here 😸
"Desperately trying to prove to the world that you are a winner, not a weiner."
fire line
"You're supposed to race towards the finish line, not chase other people". Give me a minute, Zhang just blew my mind a little bit
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyup. Stellar line.
Thank you so much for making this. I watched this in the theater, but forgot its name. I was haunted by how terrible it is. Finally, having named this film, I can put my trauma behind me...
It’s ok. Take deep breaths. You’re safe here. Visualize all the good Chinese movies, all holding you. You are safe now. The bad movie has gone away.
I don't even watch the film,but I already feel nauseous from watching this review
"In a race you need to run to the finish line, not chase after others." Bravo. Perfect way to articulate the issue with trend-chasing.
Switch makes the absurd resurrection of dead characters and enemies joining the good guys in each Fast & Furious movies look very reasonable in comparison
Yoo, when he say “yui hatano” we know that our friend not only have movie knowledge, he have another “Movie” knowledge too. The real man of culture.
And it’s funny that Yui Hatano became famous outside of Japan because of her resemblance to Lin Chiling. 😂😂😂
I just searched and didn't see the resemblance.
@@Napoleonic_S You need to look for the ones with her clothes on.
@@vangmxYui Hatano is often referred to as the "AV version of Lin Chiling".
Yui Hatano huh.. I see you are an absolute man of culture..
Hall of Mirrors in Versailles is my favourite running joke. 10/10.
I am honestly impressed at how bad this movie is. It feels like some kind of accomplishment. It deserves some kind of award.
😂 its so bad, i bet it would be hilarious to watch drunk
Cool to see that China can make movies as bad as Hollywood.
Honestly I'd rather watch this than The Flash. Not saying much but still.
@@greenhowieas a guy who watch this movie a month ago, I rather watch flash instead
I think you can also say so in Hong Kong golden cinema era. But somehow HK cinema often has the 'so bad it's good' and stood the test of time.
@@sweetballs4742you made that up lmao😂😂
@@NeostormXLMAX making this up like what? Watching it for free in a website called Kiss Asian?
Why are you assuming that I'm making this up? So you can start an argument here in youtube comment section?
"Ok, Andy, we know that this movie's gonna stink yet we need you to make this movie worth watching. Don't worry, you'll be compensated greatly"
Honestly, I kinda miss the 90's "Cultural art" Chinese movies from Zhang Yimou type of social commentary and cultural change of China type of movies. The last art movie I saw was "Tangshan Earthquake"
Plenty of them are around, for example, 隐入尘烟/Return to Dust from last year as well as the animated feature 深海/Deep Sea from this year and 野马分鬃/Striding Into the Wind from the year before. The difference in genre is much more clear in China now artsy movies generally cater to the artsy audience in China rather than either the mainstream audience or foreign. audience as it was the case in the 1990s. The only recent movie that still did that was 山河故人/Mountains May Depart from 2015. The failure of that movie to find the audience at home and lukewarm reception aboard meant this type of movie would fail both in the box office and as awards baits at foreign festivals. So, cultural change movie take the form of 你好李焕英Hi Mom, ( this genre is more popular in TV shows with coming of age theme like 以家人之名/Go ahead, 你好旧时光My huckleberry friends etc or family through the ages sagas like 人世间/A Lifelong Journey[which btw has a killer theme song mv watch?v=o1tludi1YeU], 温州一家人/Family On The Go, 金婚/Golden Marriage, 一年又一年 or even the Kewang/渴望 the first chinese long form TV series), while social commentary are more like 我不是药神Dying to Survive as well as currently airing movies like 八角笼中/Never Say Never and 孤注一掷/No More Bets, rather than Zhang Yimo type of films.
This movie break the one rule of cinema: Making police more competent at job than the leads.😅
Oh my GOD I actually saw some of this movie when it came out (my parents were streaming it). I remember thinking “what the hell this is shit only a 12 year old boy would think is cool,” and that negatively colored my perception of Chinese movies for the longest time. Glad that Chinese filmmakers are finally telling the stories that matter to them!
To be fair, at least this movie is trying to be (sort of) original. I remember catching some clear HK/Chinese knockoffs of Hollywood blockbusters in the '00s and 90s that were just a collection of stunts and memorable scenes pushed to 11 in ridiculousness without CG or any real plot. This one at least feels like maybe there's a hidden meaning even it that hidden meaning is, "Our investor/producers were all perverts."
This is kinda like a shawn of the dead, or scottpikgrim feel or something like suckerpunch, very how to describe and nonsensical and over the top but entertaining
What a wall of word salad
Another great video! But I'm still trying to forget Yang Zhang's line about washing your eyes with toilet water. Thanks(not) for that visual! 🙂
All I got from this is that the scifi mockumentary Journey to the West sounds fascinating, and it's a bold move to name it after the most famous story in Chinese mythology. Looking forward to hearing you talk about it!
thank you for talking about Switch 2013. I've always considered this one to be "The Room" of Chinese blockbusters, at some points ever funnier than The Room(in some ways it resembles Batman and Robin more, lol). This really is the best guilty pleasure. I've personally watched this more than 5 times and showed it to some of my friends who rejected it at first but slowly joined me as I laugh at all the weird sht happening on screen.
The popcorn scene, the rollerblade scene, the 5-second Jingdong delivery scene, all of 佟dark为 scenes, all of 斯琴高娃, the ending twist, the horrible American villains, the hilarious mandarin dub, all the random locations. I just can't stop laughing at this monstrocity of a movie. We NEED more awareness for this. 🤣
did I mention the little girl subplot? i can go on and on...
I would love to see a full video on modern (last 20ish years) Chinese films you like from across genres. As fun as hearing about the bad is, I found myself more interested in the movies you mentioned at the beginning, and I'm always on the lookout for films to add the my ever growing back log.
...inspired by the hall of mirrors in versailles"
LOVE the comeback!!!
Thanks for mentioning The Wandering Earth 2 and DeepSea/ShenHai, would love to see a in depth video about these two great movies in the future.
Yeah, he already did a video for original. Wonder what he will say about its prequel.
You had me at the nurse costume 😂 bravo
"..inspired by the hall of mirrors in Versailles" lmao I lost it 😂😂
LMAO, THE DISCLAIMER IN THE THUMBNAIL🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
3:08 jokes on you, i'm already subscribed
0:13 And this is where Zhang's sanity left the freaking window.
you should review how much of a disaster Aadipurush was. The most revolting movie India ever produced
No
I doubt he has the context to appreciate what Chernobylian parts it has. It's bad for a number of reasons but mainly because it tries to mash two trash genres into one(trashy masala entertainment and repetitive mytho-retelling) both of which has cultural connotations
They got the Yui Hatano costume right. Good job AC.
"Desperately trying to convince the world you are a winner, not a weiner" is my new favorite quote
Haha, I caught that Yui Hatano reference.
Deep Sea is such a beautiful and deep (pun intended) movie.
I hope he will review this.
You guys have no idea what we went though watching this in a movie theater, speaking as a Chinese
I kinda feel that Andy Lau and Tom Cruise are equivelent actors in each of their markets.
There is a genre of films in mainland that i love, usually critical and dark. Most of them have in common that they have a private backer, director has full control & they not legal to be shown in mainland, and not interesting enough to be shown outside (west). Usually a film the director can make them his friends (backers) and some film festivals like Berlinale, Venice film festival and so on ...
No idea what the genre is called, maybe "Chinese independent author films"?
Like: "Black Coal, Thin Ice", "11 Flowers", "Buddha Mountain", "The Shaft", "Blind Shaft", "Black Snow" and so on ...
I would love to hear your input on those films :-)
I might have lasted only 20 minutes into Switch. It is a discovery of many new ways a film is able to insult your intelligence.
Please do a review with the Deep Sea movie! I swear chinese animation is on another level with the story telling and visuals.
A moment of silence for all the innocent ladies and gentlemen who doesn't know who is Yui Hatano
hear hear
Whelp, I know now...
Sorry man, Yakuza Kiwami already featured her
Sara Yurikawa in nurse costume?
Story writer: What story should I write about?
Director: Doesnt matter as long as Lin Chi-ling is in it!
13:51 Journey to the West is my favorite Chinese movie in the past several years as well, so happy to see it
'the hall of mirrors in versaile' makes me feel physical pain, i know our culture here in brazil has some unauthentic usage of foreign culture, but nothing will ever feel that distasteful and dishonest since china has 6k plus years of raw culture and a rich asian instead of tapping on that for his/her mansion, would go for the european one.
Let's be honest for a second. Bad movies aren't just a Chinese problem.
this look like some rich AV director is filming this thing.
😂😂
Chinese movies having a good year? Jackie Chan says HOLD MY BEER
Ride on was actually pretty good lol
To be honest and hidden strike was filmed about 4/5 year's ago it had a mess of post production
Great vid! Have you seen that Netflix movie where Jackie Chan teams up with John Cena? It was pretty good
4:38 NAHHH THEY EVEN GOT PARADISE ISLAND FROM THE BAHAMAS IN HERE DAWG 🔥💀
Hey Accented, Have you watched the latest Chinese mythology adventure film 封神? Want to hear your opinion about it
Still waiting for it one to Canada
In case anyone else missed it at first, here's his list of great Chinese movies made in the last few years:
The Wandering Earth II
Creation of the Gods I
Deep Sea
Journey to the West (2021)
A Guilty Conscience
Lost Love
No More Bets
Hachiko
Hi, Mom
Leap
Hi, Mom was so good! I'm gonna watch No More Bets coz it seems fun to gamble ahahhahah. Thanks for listing it!
we always have Journey to the west movie every few years
@@ArariaKAgelessTraveller Yeah, you never know what you get if you pick a random one, some have been... less than stellar. So I made sure to date that one.
Super thanks. You saved me time
8:10 HE SAID IT AGAIN, FINALLY!!!!
funny jokes aside, why do you care about Bechdel Test at all?
2010s was an golden age of Chinese TV series though, 后宫·甄嬛传/Empress in The Palace, 红色/Red, 琅琊榜/Nirvana In Fire, Scarlet Heart/步步惊心, 温州一家人/Family On The Go, 伪装者/The Disguiser, 花千骨/The Journey of Flower, 大秦帝国/The Qin Empire, With You/最好的我们, Day and Night/白夜追凶 etc. After 2015 or so Chinese Dramas has gotten way too long and suffer from serious pacing issues, ( this effect is really clear in Longest Days in Chang'an) it is not until regulation action that 70+ episode dramas that drags for 50+ episodes is no longer a thing... While after 2018, TV dramas has turned into idol making vehicles with little focus on plot, drama or other serious aspect of show making. While a few stars shine through, but many of still stuck in the same genre defined by dramas from the early to mid 2010s. Hell, Chinese comedies never get out of the mold set by My Own Swordsman/武林外传 which was a 2006 show (not count ones copying US sitcoms like iPartment /爱情公寓 which interestingly completed died as a genre in the last few years).
8:09 AAAAAH! HE SAID THE THING!
God, I love this channel!
Would you talk about Black Myth Wukong, despite not being a movie but a video game?
I love learning about films I'd probably never get to find out about through this channel. Being from Australia I have no idea who most of these actors or directors are, if any, but I love watching your videos anyway.
''Yui Hatano'' I see you are a man of culture as well
Wild that you used the Canto dub(?) for the clips
Actually you’re one of the few I watch instead of just listen to. Yr editing & clip choices are feasts for the eye & I come away from a video with 5 more movies on my watch wish list.
Chinese movies are becoming good again ever since Hi Mom!, the Asian representation is still going strong, let’s fucking go!
it almost seems like somebody saw charlies angels and suckerpunch and tried to combine them
The world need your sense of humour!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 One of the best cultural and cinema channel 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Jokes on you, there's always a secret additional boss.
8:10 Nice Callback
Thank you for the Yui Hatano recommendation
I'd like to see you do videos on these recent good Chinese movies
0:02 I can't believe that Seven Tang was ever in a bad movie. It's a bigger shocker to me.
Just finishe on the video and I don't even remember what happen cuz Iam so confused. Crazy.
I missed that part where you made me look because I was looking up the Infernal Affairs trilogy on blu ray 😂
I watch this twice for two reasons:
To see him shit on chinese movies.
To get helluva fucking confused.
i had to pause after the mom reveal at 7 min!!!! wtf was that ?!!!🤣
you know YUI HATANO! Made my day!
dig number 1 was on the thumbnail. I love it.
I can't believe nintendo created a movie for their hardware 😮
8:27 Yui Hatano?
Hm. I'm not familiar with her body of work- oh... oh.
Now I'm very familiar with her body. ...of work.
Run towards the finish line is such a good metaphor 💪🏼💪🏼💯💯💯
12:34 With little culture left of their own (aside from vanity culture), they were bound to turn to someone else for culture.
What a time for a MUBI sponsorship :V
"WTF!?" caption in the beginning of the video, make me cracked😂😂
Nothing like movies that are so bad they’re amazing.
So many good remarks made here:
Chinese vanity culture
In a race, you're supposed to run towards the finish line, not chase after other people
Very well done.
ah 8:29 you know her name too... i'm not alone.
Would love your analysis on Deep Sea, as I barely give it a 4/10, for it's visual development. But story/filmmaking wise, it felt really long, but maybe I missed something.
I had a good laught, still hearing about your passionate but interesting and on the point comments.
Great job, it was very enjoyable. I'm almost curious about this movie, actually!
I’m begin you man
Please do a video about Sifu (The 2021 video game)
I know why the movie is called "Switch".
If you dont want to watch the movie, "Switch" your TV off.
If you still want to watch the movie, "Switch" your brain off.
Accented, can you talk about 《八角笼中》, Wang Bao Qiang's latest? For everyone else, it's English title is Never Say Never, which is a terrible translation, but the movie has the exact opposite characteristics to Switch and it's truly my favourite Chinese movie of the past DECADE.
The closed captions lol
Lol the lady in the background almost burst out laughing in that scene from Plan 9 😂
This kinda reminds me of the nonsensical stuff from 90s Hong Kong cinema (which Andy Lau was a part of) but minus the old school charm that those older films had
"I wonder how many people missed out because they only listen to my videos."
I'd say these people dodged a real bullet for this one really, not seeing it removes some of the cringe.
I kept screaming at my screen and it went from "that silly, that's dumb" to "what the f*ck? how did they survive? what the sh*t? this is f*cking terrible."
That was the highest poetry what you said from 9:00
Fortunately, all these people now works at Disney.
Kungfu Hustle is closing the golden era of hongkong movies
It's ALWAYS the crap movies that become blockbusters, as this movie shows.
So... What is so important about the ink paintings?
I'm confused...
Thank you for your sacrifice.
You should talk about Jailer and Leo too
Oh boy Indonesian horror movies also once suffered many setbacks back in late 2000 to early 2010s. Back there most horror not show the scary part but rather they show mostly ladies wearing bikini or wearing sexier outfits. Thank god the current indonesian horror movies is so good it made people having a nightmares 🤣
I think we found the King of Bad Chinese Movie