Gino, a selfish trickster who works for a design firm where he routinely steals ideas and spars with his co-workers. Gino gets into a traffic accident and savds by his childhood love, Gillian, who's now a fireman. Being a fireman was actually Gino's childhood wish, but somewhere along the way he became a scum. Gino discovers that he has the ability to feel the emotions of those he touches. He uses the power for petty selfish reasons until a life-changing incident causes him to mend his ways.
Acting
Eason Chan's perfect slime-to-sincerity transformation.
Production
Genuinely captures turn-of-the-millennium Hong Kong office culture.
Director
Adrian Kwan
Eason Chan Yik-Shun
Gino Cheung Chun-fai
Gillian Chung
Gillian / Kiu
Eric Kot Man-Fai
Biggie
Candy Lo Hau-Yam
Mrs Gloria Wong
Rain Lee Choi-Wah
Jennifer Chung
Benz Hui Siu-Hung
Polo
Tats Lau Yee-Tat
Principal of Mental Hospital
Patrick Tang Kin-Wang
Philip
Bonnie Wong Man-Wai
Fai's Mother
Lawrence Chou Chun-Wai
Piggy Chu Chi Keung
Vincci Cheuk Wan-Chi
LuLu Li
Lam Suet
Big Guy
Rex Ho
Jennifer's Staff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eason Chan and Gillian Chung were both pop stars at the time—this was basically Hong Kong's version of putting two chart-toppers in a rom-com.
The firefighter-as-romantic-ideal peaked in early 2000s Hong Kong cinema, reflecting post-handover anxieties about everyday heroism.
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