A trailer has appeared for Diary, the latest supernatural thriller from Oxide Pang. For my money Oxide is the more talented of the Pang Brothers and, not surprisingly, the footage in the trailer is just beautiful. With a cast of Charlene Choi, Shawn Yue and Isabella Leong Pang's got himself some legitimate talent in front of the camera so, as usual with the Pangs, the question will be whether the script lives up to the visuals. The basic plot revolves around a grief stricken girl whose diary entries appear to be altering reality ...
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Diary Trailer (English subtitled, streaming WMV)
Do you actually consider Charlene Choi and Shawn Yue legitimate talent?
Both of them have made their share of crap but both have also shown the potential for a fair bit more. When working with good scripts they both do decently well, neither are going to kill this on the strength (or weakness) of their performance alone. And Leong's shown she can be exceptional with the right material. Point is that it'll all eventually come down to the script, as is usually the case with the Pangs.
what's wrong with Shawn Yue?
That's a reasonable explanation, thanks Todd.
Though unfortunately Charlene has nothing yet like Beyond Our Ken, where Gillian didn't quite manage to pull off an Isabella but still proved she can act very well when the material demands it. Still, both Twins have got talent of some kind, and only the tiresome popstar-haters would insist otherwise.
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