Product Details

• Actors: Dennis Chan, Paul Chun, Ben Lam, Ching-Ying Lam, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
• Directors: Hark Tsui, David Chung
• Writers: Hark Tsui, Gai Chi Yuen
• Producers: John Sham, Hark Tsui
• Format: AC-3, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC
• Language: Cantonese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Mandarin Chinese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Chinese
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Universe Laser & Video Co.
• DVD Release Date: October 26, 1999
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305621519
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,187 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "I Love Maria" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

You could think of this as a live-action Hong Kong version of a Japanese superhero cartoon (the best Power Rangers picture ever made) or as The Three Stooges Meet RoboCop. Either way, it's a mind-boggler. The action work is amazingly fast and dense, featuring giant transformer-style 'bots battling sexy flying lady 'bots who sometimes get their wires fetchingly crossed. Sally Yeh (the gold digger in Peking Opera Blues) plays the evil cyborg Maria, who runs a gang of crooks; her new boyfriend is the movie's Rotwang-Strangelove figure, a black-clad new-wave weirdo who believes that "perfect order is only found in machines." Tsui Hark and John Sham are the bumbling cops fighting to defend humanity. As usual when Tsui's involved, even when he isn't officially one of the directors, the film is promiscuously inventive. It's crowded with cool-looking junk and edited at such a breakneck clip that the action is often hard to follow. There are jokes about eating dog meat and a giant robot that swoops around the skyscrapers, hunting down pesky humans. The overall effect is of A Chinese Ghost Story gone high-tech, amped up to the point of no return. --David Chute

Product Description

Lovely songstress sally yip plays an evil super-charged robot but a mismatched trio of good guys john sham leung chiu-wai and tsui hark try to harness her powers for good. Subitles with on/off function in english chinese and indonesian. Studio: Tai Seng Entertainment Release Date: 12/14/2004 Starring: Sally Yeh Tony Leung Run time: 96 minutes Rating: Nr Director: David Chung

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Real fun!, March 7, 2001

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Markus Risser (Berlin, Deutschland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Love Maria (DVD)

When I first had the opportunity to watch this movie some years ago I had the 'treat' of a terribly dubbed (into German)'comedy' version filled with lame jokes and stupid gags adapted to German humour (or at least what the distributor thought it would be - for example John Shum's character had been dubbed "Inspector Loony"). Somehow, still, the movie survived the treatment (alas, it is a comedy, and a low-key one at some times) and I always had a special feeling for it.

"I love Maria", like so many HK-movies, has a somehow confusing plot, several great action scenes, some very funny moments of cartoon-styled humour and some nice FX work (I prefer the special FX of "I love Maria" over those of "RoboCop"). Sally Yeh (of "The Killer" fame) gives a great performance (love that robot suit of hers), John Shum and Tsui Hark (the same) are funny to watch (I always liked Tsui Hark's excursions into acting).

The DVD is not spectacular concerning sound and picture quality but adequate, the subtitles are clear to read; short biographies of the principal contributors are added as a small extra. If you're into HK-movies this should definitely be a part of your collection.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wild Wild Robot Fun in Live Action, May 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: I Love Maria [VHS] (VHS Tape)

BUY THIS MOVIE! 'I Love Maria' is a fun, fast live action sci-fi romp with a decidedly 'Anime' feel to it. The plot is cool, but doesn't really get in the way and the effects are state of the art! The acting is comedic (whether it's meant to be is a mystery) and worth watching. This a fun film, to watch with a large audience and LOTS of popcorn.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good movie, October 27, 2009

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This review is from: I Love Maria (DVD)

This movie was actually pretty good. I like watching different movies and to me this is a good one. Wish it was dubbed in English but it is not a big deal. The story was pretty good and funny. The robots were pretty cool too.