My Loving Trouble Seven (1999) [HK]

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Título: My Loving Trouble Seven Título V.O: Ngo Oi 777 Director: James Yuen Año/País: 1999 / Hong Kong Duración: 89 minutos Género: Acción, Comedia Reparto: Patrick Tam, Shu Qi, Tin Sum, Ken Wong, Jackson Lau, Michael Tse, Leung Win, Sandra Ng, Kristy Yeung Enlaces: Ficha de: Reader

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International secret agent Double 7 is depressed when her boyfriend turns out to be an enemy spy and dumps her. Jim See-bong (Patrick Tam), is a depressed, burnt-out director of television commercials. Part of that probably has to do with pretending to by gay in order to work in that largely-homosexual industry.
One day, while shooting a commercial on the streets of HK, he accidentally captures Julia (Hsu Chi) on film. Looking over the film, he realizes that she would be perfect for a perfume commercial. After looking at her a bit more, he realizes that he is in love.

Eventually, he gets up the courage to confess his love for her. Julia responds by knocking him out. Of course, this only makes him love her more.
In fact, he is obsessed. He rents an apartment across the street from her and sets up electronic surveillance and even bugs her apartment. There is a problem with all this–Hsu Chi is a spy, and is on a mission.
Julia is a commercial spy who contracts her services out to companies who want a competitive advantage. Her current mission is to steal some computer data from a high-security installation.

The film plays out along these lines with Julia and her female partner, Candy (Taiwanese pin-up girl Tian Xin) carrying out their mission, while Jim spies on them.
Hsu plays her tongue in cheek role with just the right balance of seriousness and playfulness, and the entire cast including numerous cameos does a pretty good job.