Twilight of the Warriors: General thoughts and micro-details
a/n: I've watched the movie 6 times. I'm watching it for the 7th time tomorrow because of the meet-and-greet (the producer, director and original novel author of City of Darkness) going on at K11. I've picked up some micro-details from the movie, mixed in with some personal thoughts, enjoyy:
Chan Lok Kwan first arrived in the Walled City on October 2nd, 1984, and his birthday is on September 24, 1953, as shown on his ID card.
12th Master has this child-like wonder that makes him endearing, he still sticks stickers on his katana and short sword. (Also I'd like to think he has been keeping them for a long time ever since he followed Tiger)
Chan Lok Kwan is pretty much the most emotionally stable one among the Kowloon 4. Only lost a bit of his temper when he played Mahjong the first time with the boys though.
Ever since that experience where 12th Master almost OD in the Walled City when he was younger, he avoids alcohol, smoking or any other harmful addictive substances. (there's a clip near the end where AV tries to offer 12th alcohol but he refused)
Boss Tiger lets 12th Master do whatever he wants, as long as he doesn’t get himself (severely) hurt since he’s gotta watch over his boss.
someone asked this in the meet-and-greet with City of Darkness author Yu Yi: Why does King obey Mr. Big so much? He answered that the reason why King doesn’t want to disobey Mr. Big in the first place is because he acknowledges his power is much higher than him. He obeys whoever is stronger than him.
To add up on King's part, I'd like to believe he always has the power and potential to overpower Mr. Big, yet the timing wasn't right and with how Mr. Big is so ambitious and controlling over his throne, King has no choice to stand aside.
King's attitude ticked from uncertain to overconfident. He went from having the belief where Cyclone's territory shouldn't be messed with to I can eat burning coal after he's gained his confidence from beating Cyclone, that one small encouragement from his goon, and k.o.ing his boss.
His overconfidence gets out of hand when he starts taunting in the last fight, dooming himself by biting off the blade piece.
love him tho, crazy
AV is still looking for his girlfriend through the av tapes (who got taken away by the Triads). To look for her, Shin and his underlings would watch in turns to help looking for her. The 12th Master too sometimes.
Shin's hairdo is definitely well-taken cared of by Cyclone.
(note: screenshots and clips are taken from the movie and the official fan accounts of the twilight of the warriors characters (putting it here just in case)
