【电影简介】

志明（余文乐饰）与春娇（杨千嬅饰）成为恋人后，很快两人在邂逅时的激情，已被彼此各异的价值观渐渐冲淡。两人也要忍受对方的缺点，恋情进入冷静期。此时二人分别被上司派到北京公干，志明遇到空中小姐尚优优，她身材玲珑浮凸、温柔体贴；春娇亦意外认识成熟稳重的SAM，在生活细节上照顾得她无微不至。但当春娇与志明竟在北京再次重遇时，早前冷却的爱火又重燃，二人藕断丝连，不知如何选择。

【音频文本】

My experience with the movie 'Love in a Buff' was not a pleasant one. Mind you, don't be fooled by the English title, it is not a romantic story at all. It is about a woman's painfully unrelenting yet hardly appreciated love for a man who is not mature enough to know his heart's desire. As twisted as it can be, the story also includes a detailed description of how the couple, while on a break, cheat on their respective partners, in the name of 'love.'

A sequel to director Ho-Cheung Peng's Level III movie in Hong Kong, the new picture is now set in Beijing.Obviously there have been attempts to integrate certain elements of Beijing culture into this piece, but at the end of the day the film is predominated by Hong Kong characteristics, because the characters ventureno further than the modern and metropolitan part of China’s cultural center.

The only thing worth appreciating is the acting of Shawn Yue and Miriam Yeung, who also led in the prequel.Miriam Yeung as the self-abusive woman is fully capable of inducing sympathy from the viewers, while the heartless man portrayed by Shawn Yue would certainly set many innocent young ladies on teeth-grinding rage.

Unfortunately, their excellent acting might be obliterated by the lengthy and but badly written story. Maybe it is a certain some Hong Kong style that I don't get, but it seems that the movie often strays into lighthearted jokes instead of staying focused on the relationship part. As a result, you may find the movie funny every now and then, but you will always might find it difficult to fully digest the story.

To enhance the funny side, the movie also presents many a pretty and ugly faces, whose presence contributealmost nothing to the story but rib-ticklers. Xu Zheng, whose performance we can never have too much of, plays a supporting role that is a break from his normal screen image. And the major supporting female, well,let’s say she is bit controversial with just a weird voice and bold cleavage exhibition.

Anyway, if you are in the mood for a night of lighthearted jokes, watch 'Love in a Buff.' But beware, don't get too seriously involved, because you wouldn't want to walk home wondering about the intricacy and madness of love. It is not always true.

On my scale from one to ten, 'Love in a Buff' gets a four.

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