#veronica van ngo

[nkp1981]

The Old Guard

(post 15.000)

[nicelytousled]

andyquynh powersuits as promised

[pinkmoonmp3]

ngô thanh vân via instagram

[vietlad]

Veronica Ngô as Thúy in The Rebel aka. Dòng Máu Anh Hùng (2007) dir. Charlie Nguyễn

"Murderers? How do you call us "murderers" when we're only fighting for our homeland?"

[haysianrose]

Three furious vigilantes unite to take down a sinister crime syndicate that controls the mean streets of '90s Saigon.

Furies (Thanh Sói), directed by Veronica Ngo, is out on Netflix!

Furies is a prequel to Furie (2019), which was once the highest-grossing film in Vietnam's history.

[cherubinas]

excuse me experiencing brain damage

[adamwatchesmovies]

Furie (2019)

At first glance, Furie may seem like nothing more than Vietnam’s gender-swapped and localized version of Taken. In a way, it is, but the small tweaks lead to some major changes in the story's tone. With a terrific performance by Ngô Thanh Vân and well-shot, well-choreographed fight scenes, what you’ve got a movie that deserves your attention.

Ex-gangster Hai Phuong (Ngô Thanh Vân) became estranged from her family after she began associating with criminals and had a daughter out of wedlock. Now, she’s a debt collector living in the countryside and hasn’t spoken to her brother in years. When Mai (Cát Vy) is kidnapped by organ traffickers, Hai Phuong must return to the big city she left behind to rescue her daughter.

I admire the way Lê Văn Kiệt gets us invested in his protagonist without making her too clean and sympathetic. Right away, you know she’s tough. Not only is she a single mom surviving on her own, she does it by working a job that makes her an outcast and forces her to beat people up. Ex-communicated by her parents and brother, violence and anger is basically all she knows. The way she treats her daughter reflects her bitterness but you recognize the love present too. That motherly instinct is one of the film’s greatest assets. Several times, it isn’t enough for our heroine to beat people up for her to be pointed in the right direction. The people who have information to give will only dispense it once she connects with them on an emotional level. Often, it’s with other women who are mothers themselves; people who understand better than anyone else how desperate she is to get Mai back. This maternal love puts her directly at odds with the villain, Thanh Sói (Trần Thanh Hoa), on multiple levels. Both are women making their way in the world by whatever means necessary but Hai Phuong left the criminal life behind to raise a child. She’s giving part of herself away to Mai while Thanh Sói is looking to take pieces of Mai to sell on the black market. It naturally aligns itself in a way that feels organic and satisfying.

Ultimately, this is a story about motherhood, which means the fights are brutal but never excessively so. It’s desperation - not anger - that drives Hai Phuong and frequently, she’s the underdog. When she wins, it’s by exploiting every possible resource available and by the skin of her teeth. This does make a few narrow escapes feel just a little bit too convenient, though well-earned. The action scenes themselves are nice and varied. The initial chase when Mai is abducted is spectacular. It piles on the stress and gets you fully invested in the story.

Even if Veronica Ngo was just ok in the role, you wouldn’t miss the ending for the world. Her performance takes the film to the next level. She’s crafted a fully-realized, three-dimensional woman full of conflict and contradictions suddenly focussed on this one, seemingly impossible mission. Set in America, it would ring false but in faraway Vietnam, it feels so real while also fulfilling the power fantasy you crave out of a movie of this kind.

In recent years, you might’ve seen Veronica Ngo (sometimes credited by her Vietnamese name, Ngô Thanh Vân) in more and more American films: she was Rose Tico’s sister in The Last Jedi and had small roles in Bright, Da 5 Bloods and The Old Guard. She’s an actress to keep an eye out for and I say start checking out her filmography before it’s the cool thing to do. See Furie and work your way up from there. (Original Vietnamese with English Subtitles, November 20, 2020)

[barbouristan]

Veronica Ngo Thanh Van

[nkp1981]

If you love Sci-Fi movies, you owe it to yourself to watch "The Creator". I have seen it four times in the cinema so far just because there are so many things to discover in that movie.

The Creator (2023) dir. Gareth Edwards

[nkp1981]

Who will impress judges Nile and Booker and win "Masterchef The Old Guard"?

[nicelytousled]

when in doubt make new quynh pfp

[codycawdren]

Furie (2019)

Director: Le-Van Kiet Starring: Veronica Ngo, Mai Cát Vi, Thanh Nhien Phan When her daughter is kidnapped, a desperate yet determined mother treks through her former gang’s turf in Saigon to track down the abductors. Hai Phuong is a debt collector. She is a tough woman who knows how to fight thanks to her upbringing. She is a single mother and people are talking behind her back. Her daughter…

[vietlad]

Johnny Trí Nguyễn & Veronica Ngô as Cường & Thúy in The Rebel (Dòng Máu Anh Hùng) (2007) dir. Charlie Nguyễn

"Set in French-occupied Vietnam during 1920s, “The Rebel” story follows a Vietnamese agent who works for the French but is struggling & questioning his allegiance. After learning of a sinister plot to capture the current leader of the rebellion, he helps his daughter escape from her captivity, and eventually finds a cause that’s worth fighting for."

[luckiestplant]

Saw you asking about Quynh from The Old Guard on that one poll- yes, she’s Vietnamese. The character in the comics was Noriko, a Japanese woman, but the actress they got to play her, Veronica Van Ngo is Vietnamese and an absolute icon so they changed the character to reflect her nationality. She’s a minor character in the movie, but is going to have a very prominent role in the upcoming sequel ❤️

sorry i thought i replied to this

its really cool that they changed the character to reflect the actress!!! i will definently try to check out the movie sometime :)

[seanchaidh7]

Immortal family - The full set 🧡 prints

[lilolilyr]

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