Ancient Chinese philosophy breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. Writer/director Jieho Lee presents the interconnectedness of these emotions in four intertwined stories.
Happiness (Forest Whitaker) is a little fish in a big ocean -- a meek and lowly stockbroker who longs for the wealth of his clients. When he overhears coworkers talking about a fixed horse race, he sets about to bet more money than he has on the horse Butterfly who is supposed to win. In the process, Happiness becomes indebted to mob kingpin Fingers (Andy Garcia).
Sorrow (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is a young pop music star who suddenly and unhappily finds her contract under the control of Fingers. Love (Kevin Bacon) is a doctor who has never stopped loving the "love of his life" (Julie Delpy) even though she is now married. All he feels he can do now is everything within his power to save her life after she is involved in a serious accident.
Pleasure (Brendan Fraser) is clairvoyant and has always managed to save himself from disaster because he can see ahead to prevent it. As Fingers' henchman, Pleasure not only has contact with Happiness, Sorrow and Love, but must also take Fingers' visiting nephew Tony (Emile Hirsch) along with him to learn all about thugdom.
Also appearing are Clark Gregg, Kelly Hu, Evan Parke, and Cecilia Suárez.
Rated R for violence, language and some sexual content/nudity.
My personal rating: B-
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