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Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Aiden Melton The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Tim Kidner This film was on Sky Movies.For those that don't know, Formosa has been called Taiwan since 1945 and under Chinese jurisdiction, though attempts at independence has been a stormy affair. This is relevant as it's key to the film, as a distinguished Taiwanese professor is murdered in the U.S.Stated to be based on actual events, and set in the 1980's, an FBI agent - a quite undistinguished James Van Der Beek, is sent to 'observe and report', which of course he doesn't just do. When his key inside mole is murdered in front of him, a whole can of worms is uncovered, revealing conspiracies from deep within both the U.S and Taiwanese governments.The movie starts off smartly but soon resorts to bog-standard TV episode crime thriller standards, albeit with a few interesting and unusual locations thrown in. The cast are almost all average and bland. As the film tapered off, one expected some kind of finale to give a memorable boost, but it just blacked out to message boards, telling us that Taiwan is still attempting to break free from China and at this particular moment, the U.S do not acknowledge Taiwan as an independent state.For those that are concerned by this, then it will obviously be of significance, but I for one, wasn't, really. The story within may hold one's interest and if so, you may enjoy this, but otherwise, I'd have to say don't bother.

Suestonto Never have I seen a propaganda film release to the public like its a Hollywood film. I repeat, it's a propaganda film. Nothing in the film is base on true history.There's a group of radical Taiwanese who wants the independence of Taiwan. It's a very minor group. The best comparison in American history is the people of modern South who still believed in Confederacy.This radical group of Taiwanese wants international attention, so it decided to package a propaganda film into a Hollywood dramatized product.It cannot find any Taiwanese who take its idea seriously, so the people of the Pro TI group decided to go to Thailand to hire a bunch of cheap labors to do its deed. The Thai people don't care about Taiwanese politic, so some demonstration scenes contain many paid Thai lethargically raising their hands on a topic they have no interest.There's many dialogs about Taiwanese that's absolutely misleading. I repeat, it's propaganda film, so it doesn't surprise anyone. One of the actors claimed Taiwanese was speaking their native language "Taiwanese", and NOT Chinese. It's not true. These Taiwanese were speaking "Min Nan", which is the language derives from Fujian, a province of China.There's also an over emphasis of the 228 incident. The people who were killed were highly educated rich folks and land owners. Normal Taiwanese at that time didn't have free time to demonstrate politically. Of course the decedents of the rich folks decided it was bad for them in Taiwan. That's why they abandoned Taiwan and immigrated to US. You have to be ultra rich guy to be able to travel abroad back then. I believe the producer is one of the decedents. Of course, no real normal people care about this 228 stuff.Finally, Henry Wen (Liu in real life)in the film was murdered because he was a triple agent (PRC, Taiwan and FBI).

Bobby W 1) Kaohsiung Incident (1979) - A demonstration led by Formosa Magazine staff resulted in the Martial Law arrest of dozens of dissidents.2) Lin Family Massacre (1980) - A grim murder of the 7 years old twin girls and their 70 years old grandma in their house then under 24-hour surveillance by the Garrison Command (Taiwan secret police). The day before her murder, the grandma had managed to reach out the international human right organizations about the brutal treatment received by her son in jail. Her son Lin Yi-Hsiung was among the Kaohsiung Incident dissidents arrested.3) The Murder of Chen Wen-Chen (1981) - Carnegie Mellon University professor Chen Wen-Chen, while visiting Taiwan, was interrogated by the Garrison Command agents two days in a roll. He never returned home. Dr. Chen had been an active Taiwan independence advocate.4) The Assassination of Henry Liu (1984) - California resident and Journalist Henry Liu was killed in his garage by mafia killers sent overseas by the Taiwan Garrison Command (the secret police head was later sentenced to life by Taiwan authority). Liu had just released a book about the reigning president Chiang Jing-Guo, son and successor of Chiang Kai-Shek.

chhsiao This movie talks about many real events fighting for freedom and democracy in Taiwan in 1947 - 1981. Because this is just a movie, it mixes up the time-line of the real incidents to make the movie more entertaining. People who know the incidents may feel that this movie does not reflect the truth. People who do not know the incidents may not really understand the underlying meanings/incidents of the scene. I strongly recommend that people who do not know the incidents can see the movie first, and then try to search relevant real incidents (like 228 and Kaohsiung Incident), and then see the movie second time to understand and feel more about this movie.