Angelica Lee (also known as Sum Kit Lee or Lee Sin-Je) is a Malaysian songbird, who has become a successful pop singer in Taiwan. In 1999 she made her feature film debut in the Hong Kong film “The Sunshine Cops,” followed by 2001’s “Betelnut Beauty” & “Princess D”. What made her then become an internationally-acclaimed actress is after she starred in “The Eye” (a.k.a. Jian Gui), the hit Asian horror film by the Pang Brothers. She won the Best Actress awards for “The Eyes” in 2003 at Hong Kong Film Festival, Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Awards and Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, making her one of the rare triple winning movie awards winner. She is also among the very few Asian artists to be awarded as Berlin Film Festival Best Newcomer Awards in 2004 for her role in “Betelnut Beauty.” Angelica who has a capability of speaks five languages and dialects which are Mandarin, Hokkien, Malay, Cantonese and English, is now engaged to director Oxide Pang, they have been together for the past seven years and are currently staying together in Hong Kong. Get in to the real subject; here I will preview two of the latest films of this talented beautiful actress which have released on the home cinema version, Pang Bros’ “Re-Cycle”
and Tsui Hark’s “Missing”.
Re-Cycle 
After stand out with their biggest hit together, “The Eye,” the identical twins director Pang Bros reunites with Angelica
Lee in this film. “Re-Cycle” is quite easily the strongest film from them since their breakout hit.
With great visuals, decent scares and a fresh concept, Lee is giving a performance that is every bit as great as what she has done in "The Eye". The film depends on her reactionary skills and Lee doesn't disappoint with her very convincing performance. The direction goes from the slow-reveal to a heart pounding chase sequence and the actress does a great job in conveying the needed emotions.
Lee stars as Ting Yin, a successful romance novelist struggling with a new genre, stricken with a case of writer's block so severe that she can't even get out of the starting blocks on her new supernaturally themed novel, doing little more than scribble rough character ideas on a sheet of paper to just crumple it in disgust and throw it away. The pressure is mounting on her thanks to her publisher announcing the book prematurely and the re-emergence of a long gone boyfriend - the motivation for her previous romance novels who she has tried hard to forget - so when she begins to experience a string of strange phenomena she is tempted to put it down to simple stress. But as the strange events continue to escalate she begins to notice striking similarities to discarded ideas from her novel Petrified, she takes leave of her apartment, only to find herself in a post-disaster Earth – Crumbling buildings abound, and devoid of all humans, bar a horde of zombie-like figures. Soon it is revealed to Ting-yin that this world is not her own, but a world of the abandoned; a world in which discarded things reside, and are thereafter taken by an occurrence known only as ‘the Re-Cycle’. Ting-yin befriends a young girl along the way, who says that she will accompany her to ‘the Transit’, a place unseen by the girl, but of which she is sure exists. The Transit (Ting-yin’s only passage home) is difficult to reach however, and many-a-problem is encountered during the girls’ pilgrimage.
Angelica Lee had plenty of room to showcase her acting skills - being frightened to her wits end, sharing emotional scenes, smelling of desperation or be it in a state of bewilderment, she carries the movie forward aptly, despite slower moments during certain sequences.
Re-Cycle DVD
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating:
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Release Date: September 23, 2008 (Pre-order the DVD)
Run Time: 109 minutes
Also available on Re-Cycle [Blu-ray]
Missing 
Angelica Lee continues seeing ghost in this eerie effort of Hong Kong Cinema master Tsui Hark. Half of the filming process that has been done under the ocean, made Lee found new play area to showcase her delightful acting.
Inspired by a documentary about an amazing Yonaguri lost city that sank into the sea 10,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age. The film was shot on location at the sunken city that lying between Taiwan and Japan and was discovered in 1986.
Noted underwater photographer Dave Chen (Guo Xiao Dong) plans a romantic rendezvous. He’s taking his beloved Jing Gao (Angelica Lee) to the mysterious ancient ruins which are 10,000 years old. These ruins, located off Yonaguni Island, at the westernmost tip of Japan, are Dave’s passion, his life’s work. Many years ago, Dave had hidden an engagement ring there, vowing to return someday to propose to the woman of his dreams. His dream comes true. He’s about to propose to Jing Gao underwater in the mysterious ruins. Dave’s sister, Helen (Isabella Leong), a neighbour and friend of Jing Gao’s is present to share their happy moment. But instead, she implores her brother to reconsider, to wait... Undeterred, Dave dives into the ruins after Jing Gao...Just then, a freak accident befalls him; he disappears without a trace. Shortly afterwards, a decapitated corpse of a man is found. His identity – inconclusive despite DNA matching. Dave’s disappearance unleashes a train of events...Heartbroken and shattered, Jing Gao rapidly spirals off into another world, haunted by phantoms, apparitions and the eerie appearance of a glass numbered 1016. In desperation she turns to Simon and at his suggestion resorts to some unusually extreme means to find Dave. Meanwhile, Helen believes Dave’s remains have been swept by the currents to nearby Turtle Island, Taiwan. She searches for his remains there and discovers Helen’s camcorder and a head in the surrounding waters. Helen brings them back to Hong Kong. To her horror, the camcorder contains footage of that fatal dive. Jing Gao holds the key to Dave’s disappearance. As the pieces of Dave’s disappearance emerge, the truth slips further and further away...
Missing (Hong Kong Version DVD Region 3)
Audio Format: Dolby Digital EX(TM), THX Surround EX(TM), DTS-ES Discrete 6.1
Video Format: Widescreen 1.85:1(Anamorphic)
Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Chinese
Region Code: 3
Year Made: 2008
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Release Date: July 31, 2008 (Order the DVD)
Publisher: Deltamac (HK)
Special Features:
- Commentary
- Trailers
- Making of
- Shooting Diaries
- Interviews
and Tsui Hark’s “Missing”.
After stand out with their biggest hit together, “The Eye,” the identical twins director Pang Bros reunites with AngelicaLee in this film. “Re-Cycle” is quite easily the strongest film from them since their breakout hit.
With great visuals, decent scares and a fresh concept, Lee is giving a performance that is every bit as great as what she has done in "The Eye". The film depends on her reactionary skills and Lee doesn't disappoint with her very convincing performance. The direction goes from the slow-reveal to a heart pounding chase sequence and the actress does a great job in conveying the needed emotions.
Lee stars as Ting Yin, a successful romance novelist struggling with a new genre, stricken with a case of writer's block so severe that she can't even get out of the starting blocks on her new supernaturally themed novel, doing little more than scribble rough character ideas on a sheet of paper to just crumple it in disgust and throw it away. The pressure is mounting on her thanks to her publisher announcing the book prematurely and the re-emergence of a long gone boyfriend - the motivation for her previous romance novels who she has tried hard to forget - so when she begins to experience a string of strange phenomena she is tempted to put it down to simple stress. But as the strange events continue to escalate she begins to notice striking similarities to discarded ideas from her novel Petrified, she takes leave of her apartment, only to find herself in a post-disaster Earth – Crumbling buildings abound, and devoid of all humans, bar a horde of zombie-like figures. Soon it is revealed to Ting-yin that this world is not her own, but a world of the abandoned; a world in which discarded things reside, and are thereafter taken by an occurrence known only as ‘the Re-Cycle’. Ting-yin befriends a young girl along the way, who says that she will accompany her to ‘the Transit’, a place unseen by the girl, but of which she is sure exists. The Transit (Ting-yin’s only passage home) is difficult to reach however, and many-a-problem is encountered during the girls’ pilgrimage.
Angelica Lee had plenty of room to showcase her acting skills - being frightened to her wits end, sharing emotional scenes, smelling of desperation or be it in a state of bewilderment, she carries the movie forward aptly, despite slower moments during certain sequences.
Re-Cycle DVD
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSCLanguage: Cantonese
Subtitles: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating:
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Release Date: September 23, 2008 (Pre-order the DVD)
Run Time: 109 minutes
Also available on Re-Cycle [Blu-ray]
Angelica Lee continues seeing ghost in this eerie effort of Hong Kong Cinema master Tsui Hark. Half of the filming process that has been done under the ocean, made Lee found new play area to showcase her delightful acting.Inspired by a documentary about an amazing Yonaguri lost city that sank into the sea 10,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age. The film was shot on location at the sunken city that lying between Taiwan and Japan and was discovered in 1986.
Noted underwater photographer Dave Chen (Guo Xiao Dong) plans a romantic rendezvous. He’s taking his beloved Jing Gao (Angelica Lee) to the mysterious ancient ruins which are 10,000 years old. These ruins, located off Yonaguni Island, at the westernmost tip of Japan, are Dave’s passion, his life’s work. Many years ago, Dave had hidden an engagement ring there, vowing to return someday to propose to the woman of his dreams. His dream comes true. He’s about to propose to Jing Gao underwater in the mysterious ruins. Dave’s sister, Helen (Isabella Leong), a neighbour and friend of Jing Gao’s is present to share their happy moment. But instead, she implores her brother to reconsider, to wait... Undeterred, Dave dives into the ruins after Jing Gao...Just then, a freak accident befalls him; he disappears without a trace. Shortly afterwards, a decapitated corpse of a man is found. His identity – inconclusive despite DNA matching. Dave’s disappearance unleashes a train of events...Heartbroken and shattered, Jing Gao rapidly spirals off into another world, haunted by phantoms, apparitions and the eerie appearance of a glass numbered 1016. In desperation she turns to Simon and at his suggestion resorts to some unusually extreme means to find Dave. Meanwhile, Helen believes Dave’s remains have been swept by the currents to nearby Turtle Island, Taiwan. She searches for his remains there and discovers Helen’s camcorder and a head in the surrounding waters. Helen brings them back to Hong Kong. To her horror, the camcorder contains footage of that fatal dive. Jing Gao holds the key to Dave’s disappearance. As the pieces of Dave’s disappearance emerge, the truth slips further and further away...
Missing (Hong Kong Version DVD Region 3)
Audio Format: Dolby Digital EX(TM), THX Surround EX(TM), DTS-ES Discrete 6.1Video Format: Widescreen 1.85:1(Anamorphic)
Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Chinese
Region Code: 3
Year Made: 2008
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Release Date: July 31, 2008 (Order the DVD)
Publisher: Deltamac (HK)
Special Features:
- Commentary
- Trailers
- Making of
- Shooting Diaries
- Interviews
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