the twin effect chinese action or comedy ( charlene choi and gillian chung ) this vampire action comedy be one of my favorite for the very fact that i be thoroughly entertain throughout the entire movie . first of all and the character be memorable and contribute a myriad of classic scene . charlene and gillian be naturally cute and charismatic and and humorous . this movie be my first exposure to them and and all i want to do be reach through my television screen and give them a really big hug . the remain cast do well in their supporting role and include jackie chan and karen mok and the duke and josie ho and edison chen and anthony wong and and the vampire bad guy ( one of which look eerily familiar to will ferrell ) . even the abominably horrible ekin cheng be good in this one . good character be important and of course and because they avoid the feeling of boredom by keep thing interest between action sequence . and speaking of action and this film have plenty of it . more importantly and there be an emphasis of quality in the fight choreography . one aspect that help in this regard be the featured weapon of the protagonist a sword with a retractable spear end rope . this weapon and in and of itself and open up a variety of move that would have be otherwise impossible . josie ho and gillian chung and in particular and perform some wicked aerial maneuver use these device . in addition and the swordplay be superb and and be highlight by two great sword fight one take place during the opening train station sequence and the other occur in the church finale . in fact and the blade wield maneuver showcased in this film put some other highly overrate fan favorite to great shame and and i truly feel sorry for those who would cite the horribly choreograph garbage see in ash of time and storm rider and or a man call hero with the well plan and precisely execute sequence see in the twin effect . it not even close . i can not understand why this film get so much criticism . i be sure die hard apologist for the hong kong golden age will hate this because it doesn not fit into their narrow mind view of what hong kong action should be . we should learn from the downfall of john woo a one trick pony who never learn how to re invent himself . we do not need another clone . we need something different . the twin effect be one good example . this film be so good that it actually set me up for be disappoint at other chinese movie with the same actor and actress . this especially apply to ekin cheng and whose other film almost always suck and yes and this include the obscenely overrate and exploitative wuxia crap mention in the previous paragraph . even the twin have never be able to match the value of this movie when both be lead actress in a film and although they have manage to hit some good film when either one or the other take the leading role ( e. g. and beyond our ken and good time bed time and house of fury ) or when one or both be in support role ( e. g. and colour of the truth and new police story and just one look ) . the twin effect 2 should have be a direct sequel and instead of a family fantasy . i be still yearn to see charlene and gillian team up and kick some butt in another movie and but the fact remain that the twin effect hit on all cylinder and optimize their charisma while avoid a descent into annoyance ( a in protégé de la rise noire ) . all in all and this film have everything one need to be entertain . and may i remind the reader that it be precisely this entertainment that judge the greatness of a movie and more so than artsy dramatic element or meaningless award from establish academy of critic who usually have no idea what they be talk about . in the end and the twin effect be a classic not to be miss . rating equal 5/5 star p. s. the hollywood exec decide to slaughter this film when it be release in the u. s. by rename it the vampire effect and cut out 20 minute of footage and which include part of the action scene . however and the final fight of the u. s. version do have a good soundtrack than the original version . therefore and i purchase both version and which allow me to first watch the original until about the 1 represent20 mark and and then swap disc to watch the final fight on the u. s. version .