Black Rose Academy

 

Profile

• Movie: Black Rose Academy
• Chinese: 見習黑玫瑰 (Gin chap hak mooi gwai)
• Director: Chun-Chun Wong, Donnie Yen
• Writer: Allun Lam, Roy Szeto, Lau Man Wai
• Producer: Carl Chang, Shing Sheung Cheung
• Cinematographer: Man Po Cheung
• Release Date: 2004
• Runtime: 91 min
• Language: Cantonese
• Country: Hong Kong

Plot

Owing to a letting old apartment, Sandy (Charlene Choi) and Gill (Gillian Chung) meet and immediately become rivals. The big house is full of traps and there is no escape for the two little rivals. They are caged and forced to become disciples of the famous heroine Black Rose (Teresa Mo). After several unsuccessful flees, the number of the blabbermouth driver Jim Lo (Ekin Cheng) comes to their mind. When Jim receives their distress call, he goes to the Rose Garden for their rescue.
When Jim enters the strange house, he imprudently falls into the deep hole which leads him to the underground jail where he meets Sandy and Gill again. They fail in several flees and can only bow to their fate. The training starts and the two girls learn to grow black roses and practice Kung-fu. In the process, the heartbreaking past of Black Rose is discovered and she considers Jim as the betrayed Jackie and beats him up.
Although they are touched by her story, they still need to leave. They finally get the dizzy drug and in one outdoor practical action, they put it into Black Rose¡¦s food during a triad riot. However, Sandy and Gill fall in a faint because of the drug attribute. Meanwhile, the gangster Poison Ivy and her juniors come to attack. After an embattled fight, Black Rose and Jim carry the two fainted girls through the hunt.
The wounded Black Rose recalls that she once has an unfaithful disciple called Poison Ivy who learns all her techniques, betrays her, becomes a robber and shames the name of Black Rose. So as to prevent similar incident happens again, she frees Sandy and Gill. But it stimulates them to become two earnest Black Roses. They appear in front of Poison Ivy at the moment when she commits a serious crime and cultivate the roots for her revenge.
The acting Black Roses together with Jim always fight against crimes. But when they arrive the Rose Garden, Poison Ivy is already there awaiting them. An exciting fight is about the start off ...

Cast

• Gillian Chung - Gillian Lu
• Charlene Choi - Charlene
• Ekin Cheng - Jim Lo
• Teresa Mo - Black Rose
• Shiu Hung Hui - Lee Shou-Fu
• Faith Woo - Poison Ivy
• Chris Yen - Enchantress
• Tats Lau
• Meng Lo
• Goo-Bi GC
• Chi-Kong Lee
• Hoi-Pang Lo
• Patrick Tang