Millennium Mambo 4K 2001 Ultra HD 2160p

Story Movie

The movie is about young people in Taiwan in the first year of the new millennium - 2001 - who live their lives, meeting and breaking up to the rhythms of mambo.

Vicky and her boyfriend Hao-Hao fight all the time. Hao-hao needs to make sure that Vicky, who likes to go out and have fun, is not cheating on him. He rummages through her purse, checks her cell phone records, and even sniffs around, trying to determine where she's been and what she's been up to. And at the slightest suspicion, he uses his fists. And although Vicky has a loyal friend, mobster Jack, always ready to lend her a helping hand, she constantly returns to the jealous and rude Hao-Hao....

Review 4K Movie

I find that I can't get this film out of my mind. This is one of the saddest, most depressing films I've seen in a few years. I think one of the reasons why it is so sad is that the director juxtaposes scenes where Shu Qi is radiantly happy to those where she's stuck in her miserable life, and I think this contrast amplifies the depressing circumstances we see. As others have mentioned, this film doesn't have much of a plot, and I personally find these kinds of films difficult to appreciate. But for some reason, I find myself strangely compelled by this film. I agree with an earlier poster that the opening scene of Shu Qi running in slow motion with the techno music throbbing in the background (from a PHENOMENAL soundtrack as others have also noted) is extremely powerful and compelling. Early in the movie, I also liked the scene where Shu Qi is being "checked out" by her whacked out boyfriend, and she barely tolerates it in classic passive-aggressive style. I think the long takes with little action work because Shu Qi is so compelling (re: gorgeous), that she can just sit there smoking a cigarette and the audience (or at least me) is totally captivated.