12 Lotus...

after a huge surprising success with 881...
how does Royston Tan think he can surpass those expectations??
well, for one, stick to the same getai theme...
with a more varied soundtrack...
the storyline for 12 Lotus was a disappointment...
about the life story of a getai singer who went crazy after she was raped by a bunch of hooligans...
simple yet tragic...
tragic because the transition between the younger and older female lead was unconvincing...
even the growing up of the male child star, Xiao Fei Xia, was badly done...
a lot was left unexplained...
even the soundtrack, though varied, lacked a certain punch this time...
the acting by Qi Yu Wu was atrocious...
he was better in 881 where he did not have to utter a word at all...
Mindee Ong was average at most... failed by her grasp of the language...
was surprised that Stephanie Sun had a cameo in the movie...
and somehow Yeo Yann Yann was short changed for her cameo role too...

same theme, same cast, same musicians...
that is nothing but a disaster for any movie...