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Front Cover
- Director: Ray Yeung
- Writer: Ray Yeung
- Producer: Min Ding; Rosa Fong
CGiii Comment
The opening line: Driver, step on it!
As if!!! In New York!!!
The writing gets steadily worse...this auteur is not a natural writer of dialogue! But...he certainly knows how to - relentlessly - dish out the clichés.
There's no denying that there is a good/interesting idea lurking somewhere beneath the small-talk and frivolity...
'Identity' is the hot topic at the moment...whether it be gender, racial, cultural, sexual or national...alas, Front Cover merely skims the surface and goes no deeper than a mole trying to dig through concrete! Which is a shame!
A couple of scenes needed a radical re-working...the photo-shoot, that was done with the subtlety of a sledgehammer in the face...and, the ill-conceived press conference. Tight budgets can be punishing!
Despite the clichés, it's a watchable film...it just needed heavy dollops of refinement and a pot-holers need for depth.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Front Cover is about a gay New York City fashion stylist, Ryan, who detests and rejects his Asian upbringing. He is given an assignment to style Ning, a foreign actor, for an important photo shoot. After a rocky start, an unlikely friendship develops between them leading Ryan to examine his identity and make a major decision about an enticing new path for his life and career.
Cast & Characters
Jake Choi as Ryan;
James Chen as Ning;
Jennifer Neala Page as Janet;
Elizabeth Sung as Yen Fu;
Sonia Villani as Francesca;
Ming Lee as Ba;
Li Jun Li as Miao;
Rachel Lu as Xin;
Wayne Chang as Chun;
Kristen Hung as Al;
Scott Chan as Bao;
Brian Knoebel as Dex;
Ben Baur as Eddie;
Shenell Edmonds as Amy;
Benjamin Thys as James