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Who else best to make a movie of the band The Wynners, a Hong Kong pop sensation of the 70’s than a member of the band himself? Anthony Chan started the chart-topping pop band The Wynners, the band inspired by The Beatles’ visit to Hong Kong.
The film traces the band’s formation. Despite opposition from their parents, five young men form a neighbourhood band called The Loosers to play music and rebel against the staid conformity of their traditional upbringing.
As they began to pursue their dreams, they find that the journey to stardom is never easy. Armed with grit, perseverance and raw talent, the band weathers the strain brought on by creative conflicts, personnel shake-ups and their rapidly growing popularity to become The Wynners and establish themselves as true musical legends. The cliche-ridden film is a breezy easy-going comedy that is often all over the place. This is no BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, but a teen flick where teens can do anything while the elders are the ones who always look silly and do everything wrong.
Though touted as a bio of the band, the film feels less so.
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