So Close

Synopsis: The brothers Chow Nunn and Chow Lui's giant computer company is facing a tense crisis - a powerful computer virus is rapidly wiping out their computer network. At the last minute a cyber-friend arrives to join the battle. The mysterious 'Angel.com' battles the virus and saves the company. Invited by Chow Lui for a visit in person, Angel.com arrives in the form of the beautiful Lynn. But it turns out Lynn is a professional assassin with amazing high-tech and kung fu skills. She kills Chow Lui with cyanide hidden in a pair of sunglasses. She's aided by her sister Sue, who operates the pair's World Panorama surveillance system, which allows them to tap into any video security system in the world. Young cop Kong Yat Hong and her partner Mark are put on the case. Hong has a brilliant mind and immediately senses she's dealing with a killer with very special skills. Realizing they are facing a tough adversary, Lynn and Sue become fascinated with Hong as well. Lynn runs into Yan, the cousin of
Director(s): Corey Yuen
Production: Strand Releasing
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
R
Year:
2002
111 min
Website
275 Views


Mr. Chow, the virus that has

infected the mainframe can't be cured.

It's threatening to

wipe out the entire system.

Chairman Chow, you must take

control of the situation immediately.

If this continues, our stock

will plummet when the market opens.

We'll suffer significant

losses in the EU market.

- Chow Lui, what shall we do?

- Pay them off.

If we do,

they'll come back for more.

Our computers are protected by a

world-class first-rate security system.

Clients invest in us because

we guarantee absolute safety.

It's obvious that our mainframe is

being attacked by an external virus.

If we don't pay them off,

our reputation will be ruined.

No amount of money

can compensate for that.

Something called the Computer

Angel is getting rid of the virus!

Thank God! We're fine again.

Find this Computer Angel for me.

Who is this Angel?

Someone we can use.

How can I help you, miss?

- I'm here to see Mr. Chow Lui.

- Who shall I tell him...?

- The Computer Angel.

- One moment, please.

You want to buy $20 billion

of Dragon stock.

I think this is crazy.

I won't sanction it.

- Have you thought about...?

- The Computer Angel is here.

May, show her up.

Right away, Chairman Chow.

Alice, please turn down Dragon

on behalf of Nunn.

Sister-in-law, let's discuss this

in my office.

Sure. Don't stay too late tonight.

Control Center to Mr. Yip. Over.

Someone called the Computer

Angel is in the lobby...

...claiming to have an appointment

with Chow. Do you receive?

I'm Yip, Chairman Chow's chief of

security. We have to perform a search.

- She doesn't have weapons on her.

- Thank you.

This way, please.

Chairman Chow is waiting upstairs.

Mr. Yip, please go with them.

This way, please.

I'm May, Chairman Chow's secretary.

Sorry about just now.

Mr. Chow rarely receives visitors

nowadays, so our security's a bit tight.

- How are you?

- How do you do?

Please have a seat.

Do you have a name besides

Computer Angel?

Computer Virus!

I'm both Virus and Angel. The invasion

and battle against your computer...

...is my organization's

best optical illusion.

We were simply manipulating

the images on your screens.

None of your data was affected.

The only things we disabled were your

portals and prevention systems.

That's why it looked so realistic.

So much for the opening speech.

What's your point?

You've amassed your fortune through

smuggling and drugs.

It's an evil fortune.

You're impossible to approach

unless it's at your own bidding.

So I've come here to...

It's such a pity that you're so

intelligent.

Even if you had a cannon you

wouldn't be able to touch me.

Why do you think I put the glasses in

there?

That much cyanide would poison

a quarter...

...of the rush-hour subway crowd.

All units, Chairman Chow's in trouble,

check it out! Do you copy?

I copy!

Target destroyed.

I'm leaving the scene.

The police have picked up the alarm.

They'll be there in 5 minutes.

The guards on the 87 floor are

forming into groups:

Two in the elevator, five by the

stairs, two are at the lobby elevators.

I'm corrupting the screens in

dispatch...

...and cutting off their communication.

Look.

What's happening? What's going on?

Let's listen to a song.

- What's going on?

- What happened?

Why is there music?

Hey, what's going on?

Count to 20 and go down.

One, two, three...

They're about 80 meters from you...

...at 10:
00, four men total.

Forty meters...

...30 meters...

...20, 10, 5, here.

- Eight, nine...

May, what's going on?

Now count to 20 and go back up.

Five...

...four, three, two, one. This image

will play in a continuous loop.

You may vacate the premises.

Control Center calling all units.

Target is located.

She's in an elevator in section C.

Wait for her on the 40th floor.

I'll lock the elevator

when it arrives there.

Do you copy? Over.

Out of the way!

Here!

- No one's there!

- You're joking? Isn't she inside?

Don't forget the cake and candies I

ordered from the Orchid Bakery.

Cut!

Mom and Dad! I'm here again.

I have a complaint.

I'm Sue, I am 8 years old.

Come to Daddy!

Daddy, what are you doing?

Daddy is inventing something that will

change the course of human history.

If it works, it will connect by

satellite...

...all the CCTV systems in every

building in the world...

...and be able to see

what people are doing.

Wow! That's like the eye in the sky.

See, Mom, she always bullied me

and nothing's changed.

Gazing at your boyfriend again?

You're so mushy.

Spit out the gum. You're disgusting!

Do you remember me?

I come back every year to visit my

cousin's grave.

I thought I'd run into you

at the cemetery.

A few years ago you suddenly

disappeared.

I asked lots of people, but no one knew

where you'd gone.

Something happened

to my family that year...

...so my younger sister and I moved.

Are you still working at that American

magazine? Nothing's changed?

Everything's the same with me.

What about you?

All right, I'm going to New York

tomorrow on the noon flight.

Here's my telephone number.

I hope I'll see you again before I go.

What are you thinking about?

The baker must have really upset you.

This job was so clean, what are you

worried about?

- What's the fuzzy thing?

- It's hair.

Is she that tall?

Hey, what are you doing?

- You're asking me?

- Yes.

I'm not tall enough, so I need to climb

up this ladder...

...to inspect the ceiling.

Perhaps a 0.5- inch-diameter hole

between 1.6 and 1.7 inches deep.

This is very interesting.

Why? According to my analysis, it's

very possible that the hole was made...

...by an outstanding pair of pointed

The hottest boots on

the Paris catwalks this year.

No one's asking you what it is.

I'm asking you who you are.

Forensics. I'm new.

Oh, a rookie. Go, and come back

when you know a bit more stuff.

No problem, Sergeant Ho Chi-kwong.

How did she know my name?

- What's her background?

- Who knows?

I do. She is Kong Yat-hung.

She used to be with Criminal

Psychology, then trained in the U. S...

...and recently came back

to Hong Kong.

Oh, really? And who are you?

Ma Siu-ma. I was with Traffic, but I did

well, so I was sent to train in Zhuhai.

Now they've transferred me back to be

Kong Yat-hung's assistant.

What are you doing here?

You told her to leave, but didn't tell

me, so I'm still working.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Is she crazy?

Don't assume she's a fool.

I'll bet she can run circles around you.

Is she so great?

Let me check her out.

She has exactly the same birthday

as you.

No wonder she's so intelligent.

Officer Hung,

I've discovered something.

Security said the killer's face wasn't

recorded on camera.

The guards were all shot in the leg.

This killer is quite something.

This killer is quite something.

You know it's harder to shoot someone

in the leg than shoot him dead?

Those men had no time to fight back.

They said, "Ouch" and passed out.

Why not say, "Argh," and pass out?

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Jeffrey Lau

Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai (simplified Chinese: 刘镇伟; traditional Chinese: 劉鎮偉; pinyin: Liú Zhènwěi; born 2 August 1952) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, actor and producer. Lau is famous for writing and directing "mo lei tau" comedies. His comedies include A Chinese Odyssey (with Stephen Chow) and Chinese Odyssey 2002, the latter which was voted Best 2002 Film by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society. more…

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