The Twins Effect II
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| Traditional | 千機變II花都大戰 |
| Simplified | 千机变II花都大战 |
| Mandarin | Qiān Jī Biàn Èr Huādū Dàzhàn |
| Cantonese | Cin1 Gei1 Bin3 Ji6 Fa1 Dou1 Daai6 Zin3 |
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Corey Yuen Patrick Leung |
| Produced by | Albert Lee Zhao Jianguo |
| Written by | Chan Kin-chung Roy Szeto Chit Ka-kei Lam Suet Michelle Tsui |
| Starring |
Donnie Yen Jaycee Chan Charlene Choi Gillian Chung Bolin Chen Tony Leung Ka-fai Qu Ying Fan Bingbing Jackie Chan Daniel Wu Edison Chen Jim Chim |
| Music by | Tommy Wai |
| Cinematography | Chan Chi-ying Chan Kwok-hung |
| Edited by | Cheung Ka-fai |
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| Distributed by | Emperor Motion Pictures |
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104 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
The Twins Effect II is a 2004 Hong Kong action fantasy film directed by Corey Yuen and Patrick Leung. The film is a sequel to The Twins Effect (2003), but has a completely different story from the first film. It starred Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung of Cantopop duo Twins in the leading roles. Co-stars include Donnie Yen, Daniel Wu, Edison Chen, Wilson Chen, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Qu Ying, Fan Bingbing and Jim Chim. Jackie Chan also makes a cameo appearance, along with his son Jaycee Chan who is in his debut. The film's original English working title was Huadu Chronicles: Blade of Rose and its US DVD release title is Blade of Kings.
The film is set in Flower Capital, a land ruled by an evil queen (Qu Ying), who started hating men after her lover, High Priest Wei Liao (Daniel Wu), betrayed her. All men in the kingdom are slaves to women. However, a prophecy foretells that one day, the Star of Rex will find and wield a mythic sword, rise to power, overthrow the queen, and restore the balance of the two sexes.
At the start of the movie, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Donnie Yen), a master swordsman who has made it his quest to overthrow the queen's regime, has commissioned Peachy (Edison Chen) to steal for him a certain engraved stone from the queen's palace. Peachy is successful, but the queen's soldiers and spies pursue him. Before the stone can be recaptured, it comes into the possession of Peachy's two friends Charcoal Head (Jaycee Chan) and Blockhead (Bolin Chen), who like Peachy earn a humble living by street-performing in a troupe led by their adoptive father, Blackwood.
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