Take 2

Take 2 (2017)

遇见贵人

The story of four ex-cons struggling to reintegrate into society – Tiger is a former gangster who took the rap for his boss Blackie; Mad Dog is a serial criminal who has apparently been convicted of every single offence in the Penal Code except for 'unnatural sex'; Panther was betrayed by his partner during a robbery attempt; while Jian Ren was a soon-to-be groom convicted of sex with an underage prostitute during his bachelor's night party.

Date of release
2017-01-26
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Ivan Ho

Casting

Interesting facts

Take 2 is a 2017 Singaporean Chinese New Year comedy film directed by Ivan Ho and executively produced by Jack Neo. This marks Ho's directorial debut after being a longtime scriptwriting partner of Neo's, and one of two films distributed by mm2 Entertainment during the Chinese New Year period in 2017, the other being The Fortune Handbook. It also marks the on-screen reunion of Maxi Lim, Gadrick Chin, Wang Lei and Chen Tianwen after their previous collaboration in the Naval Diving Unit movie known as Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen.

Production

Neo, whose films has been associated with Chinese New Year, said in an interview with The Straits Times that "it's time to give other new film-makers a chance to make their own films". As such, he made Ho, who co-wrote the script for Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen, Long Long Time Ago, Long Long Time Ago 2 and the "That Girl" segment of 7 Letters, the director of this film, while he serves as executive producer and provides Ho with directorial advice.

Ryan Lian, who portrays Ah Hu in the film, had taken on minor roles for 17 years, and starred as a loan shark and gangster boss named Ah Long in Long Long Time Ago and Long Long Time Ago 2, would be making his debut as the main lead. In order to fully immerse himself in his role of a former convict, Lian would interact with ex-convicts to understand their lives better.

Wang Lei, who portrays Mad Dog in the film, signed up "without hesitation" because the role mirrors his life experience as a former gambler.

Dennis Chew, who had previously cross-dressed as Auntie Lucy in Paris and Milan, would take on the role of the lady boss of a tuition centre, among 5 other roles. For this role, he had to put on a female bodysuit, which had to be custom made and ordered from overseas. It takes 1 hour and 10 minutes for Chew to finish the costume and makeup.

Shawn Ho, then a final-year student studying for a Higher Nitec in filmmaking at ITE College Central, was approached by the casting directors on the first day of his internship to play Ryan Lian's son named Ah Guang in the film, after they have auditioned many people. In order to prepare for his role, he had to brush up on his Mandarin skills using a personal tutor.

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