if you go into the twin effect look for a pure hong kong movie experience you will be disappoint . this be not to say it be bad and but it be not a traditional hong kong action movie and running in a similar vein to shaolin soccer and kung fu hustle . it resolutely silly and juvenile and so if you want a good bit of serious hong kong action and look to a john woo or yuen woo ping movie . this movie get a lot of flak for it silliness and i think the first thing i should do would be to explain what youre get into and a it disappoint a lot of purist . for the non purist and those with more forgiving taste though and twin effect be a delightfully silly kung fu comedy . i like it a lot for a variety of reason and not least it wonderful female lead who spark off each other in a thoroughly entertaining comedy double act . i believe this be the first movie of it type they have be in and but they hop and kick and fly about like seasoned pro . the patently ridiculous plot be handle with a great deal of care and attention and and the movie be quite knowingly write and make a lot of the movie laugh out loud . the comedy really be the most prominent thing here and and it a subtle and gentle comedy a reliant on word a inanimate object go fly a la stephen chow . it have to be say the slapstick be immense fun too . the sequence with the disco dancing vampire be a total classic . the action be a blend of two genre really . it fall between the period drama wire and sword fighting ( which come in more toward the end ) and the comedy fight style of jackie chan and come out with a blend that though a little derivative at time be always exciting to watch and occasionally throw up some genuinely innovative encounter . all this be great and and the movie be tremendous fun all the way through . despite this and it do have a few sticking point . for instance and twin effect be in many way much more westernised than kung fu fan be perhaps use to and the inevitable comparison to the blade series be definitely sound a an example and though twin effect be honestly much good than blade ever manage and especially for fight action . personally and it be also a bit of a shame to see the excellent anthony wong ( the hissable villain from john woo classic hard boil ) so underused and but the young audience this be aim at be unlikely to notice this or indeed know about hard boil or his other movie and so this be only really a personal gripe . if you watch this with an open mind and you will probably enjoy it greatly like i do and but you must be firmly aware it be a comedy and not a ball to the wall kung fu movie . keep that in mind and you will be fine .