Night Market Hero

I hadn't heard about this 2011 Taiwanese movie titled "Night Market Hero" (aka "Ji pai ying xiong") from writers Bamboo Chu-Sheng Chen, Tan-Ching Yeh, Tien-Lun Yeh and Yi-Wen Yen.

But I was given the chance now in 2020 to sit down and watch it, and of course I did so without hesitation, given my love of the Asian cinema.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this movie, but given the title, I was somewhat mesmerized because I used to love the night markets when I lived in Hong Kong, so this was a bit of a trip down memory lane in a way.

Well, turns out that "Night Market Hero" wasn't an outstanding movie, and I wasn't particularly entertained by the storyline. In fact, I ended up turning off the movie with only 20 minutes to go before it ended. I had just grown indifferent to the storyline.

I will say that the characters in the movie were good, especially the vendors at the night market. And they did have some nice talents to portray these characters. Just a shame that they had so precious little to work with in terms of script and at the hands of director Tien-Lun Yeh.

My rating of "Night Market Hero" lands on a very bland and mediocre five out of ten stars.