Cast Member: Law Wing-Cheong

For the most part this is a perfectly enjoyable though undistinguished drama, but things step up a gear near the end.

It’s another story about the quiet drama of everyday life despite being set in the music industry and while Hong Kong keeps making films that stay true to their roots, I’ll always be watching.

This is a slickly made thriller that achieves most of the objectives it sets out to accomplish.

‘Sparrow’ is the archetypal Curate’s Egg, a film that fuses together precious few moments of brilliance with a heavy dose of lethargy, rendering the finished article difficult to digest.

The unrealistic and slightly uncomfortable relationship that is the film’s centre never lets the film be anything more than a watchable film from a director who more should be expected from.