Genre - Comedy
Werewolf in Bangkok. Frank (Nong Cha Cha Cha) is a garbage scavenger who lives with his adopted street-urchin daughter Lilly (Natnicha Cherdchoobupakaree). One day, while on the run from the scavenger "digging-up" gang (whose symbol is sort of a smiley face with shades... » MORE
6 AM. The corpse isn't even cold yet but here's a parody/knock off of Jiang Hu. Steven Cheung and Kenny Kwan are Noodle and Bowl respectively, two lazy students who stumble into a triad lottery where the unlucky winner will have to... » MORE
Aces go Places. One of Hong Kong's classic action comedy series began here, written, directed, and produced by the Cinema City collective, who turned making comedies into a science, estimating and ensuring proper gag to reel ratios. A sendup of Hollywood action films... » MORE
Aces Go Places II. The "Best Partners" Sam Hui and Karl Maka return for the first of four sequels to the popular film ACES GO PLACES. This time out our heroes must face the mafia assassin "Filthy Harry," killer robots, and a gang of... » MORE
Anna in Kung Fu Land. Miriam Yeung stars as the daughter of an ex-Shaolin Monk, who comes to Hong Kong to win a martial arts championship and prove her father's righteousness. Ekin Cheng is the organizer of the tournament. It's love at first sight, only... » MORE
Beauty and the Breast. Since last year a movie had great success showing two men developing a new type of bra (La Brassiere), I suppose having two men develop breast enhancement cream is the next logical step. And when they actually grow breasts, well,... » MORE
Chiseen. Cut rate quickimart version of JACKASS. As if the world needs such a thing. Apparently these short clips ran on MTV Asia, and have been compiled into a DVD by Taiseng for sale in the U.S. It does not appear... » MORE
Computer Superman aka Yod Manut Computer. THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, Thai-style. And no, I don't mean he is a katoey. But, he does have a horn growing out of his butt. How to explain? I think I'd better start over from the beginning.... » MORE
Conmen in Vegas. Never has a gambling movie contained so little actual gambling. But there is some poo shaped like Mickey Mouse, if that's any consolation. ... » MORE
Cop Shop Babes. Eason Chan is pretty entertaining sometimes as the slob in a buddy picture, where the other buddy is a straight man, or at least more handsome. The mistake here, is pairing him with Jerry Lamb, who is even worse. The... » MORE
Crazy for Pig Bone in Pot. A scruffy loser wanders into a fancy subdivision in Shenzhen and finds a large house that appears to be empty, the owners on vacation. He invites his girldfriend over, but in the meantime, the owner's sex-crazed wife (Emily Kwan) returns... » MORE
Crazy Stone. Andy Lau and Focus Films did a wonderful service to Asian Cinema fans by funding Focus: First Cuts, a half dozen films by inexperienced, sometimes first-time directors from a number of asian countries. The China entry in the production range... » MORE
Diva ah Hey. Charlene Choi is the simple daughter of a fishmonger (Lam Suet), who dreams of becoming a star. Her big break comes in the form of being a studio singer for Shadow, a pop star whose voice stinks and who isn't... » MORE
Driving Miss Wealthy. Lau Ching-Wan is an out of work, former police officer lands a job as the security guard/driver for Jennifer (Gigi Leung), the rich, spoiled daughter of a wealthy businessman. He poses as a Filipino named Mario and has to follow... » MORE
Dry Wood, Fierce Fire. Miriam Yeung and Louis Koo turn on the charm in this romantic comedy, to no noticable effect. About twenty minutes into the picture, the subtitles drop off of the DVD. Nothing I had seen thus far made it look like... » MORE
Elixir of Love. Richie Jen is a one man Bath & Body shop in imperial China, developing perfumes, soaps, and the like and testing them on a family of fishmongers (Eric Kot, Lam Suet, and Miriam Yeung) for the ultimate prize: being the... » MORE
Enter the Phoenix. Stephen Fung turns from acting to directing and for his first full length feature has delivered an entertaining action-comedy gay triad movie. When the old triad boss (Yuen Biao in an inspired cameo) dies, his son Georgie (Daniel Wu) is... » MORE
Escape from Hong Kong Island. Mr. Raymond Mak (Jordan Chan) is a miillionaire stock broker that everyone else licks the boots of -- until suddenly, he is fired. That in itself is not bad, he's got another offer that has to be signed at the... » MORE
Every Dog has its Date. There's something inherently sick in this film about a girl (Michele Reis) who can't find a good man, until a fluke accident changes her beloved dog into one (Nick Cheung). He has to learn how to walk, talk, and use... » MORE
Extras, The. Written, directed, produced, and starring Alfred Cheung, trying to be the Hong Kong Woody Allen but not succeeding, in this story about Koo, a quiet loser who just wants to have a career as an extra. ... » MORE
Fantasia. A loving tribute to the classic Hui Brothers comedies of the seventies, starring Lau Ching-Wan in the Michael Hui role (and doing a shockingly perfect impersonation of the man), as the head of a detective company. His impovershed and poorly... » MORE
Fighting to Survive. There was a time when mere mention of comedian Dayo Wong was enough to make me break out into hives. But not anymore -- I take back everything bad I ever said about him -- this movie is a gem.... » MORE
Frugal Game. Two unemployed families, one consisting of Eric Tsang, Miriam Yeung, and Dodo Cheng, the other led by Wayne Lai, compete in a television game show, 'Frugal Game,' to spend the least amount of money possible in one week's time. Eason... » MORE
Funtoosh. The story of Funtoosh (Dev Anand), a lovable lunatic, released from the asylum a bit too soon. He gets out only to live on the street, and in short order, loses or gives away everything he came out with, his... » MORE
Gameboy Kids. Made back during the hectic high-rolling days of Hong Kong cinema, when scripts were a luxury and no joke, no matter how bizarre or extreme, was left out. GAMEBOY KIDS has got to be Gordon Chan's most obscure directorial effort,... » MORE
Golden Chicken. Sandra Ng is a not particularly good-looking prostitute who makes a living by working twice as hard as anyone else. Trapped in an ATM booth overnight with a would-be thief (Eric Tsang), she tells the story of her life in... » MORE
Greatest Civil War on Earth, The. It's North vs. South, Mandarin vs. Cantonese. The local, Cantonese tailor Leung Sing-po suddenly finds himself in competition with a new tailor who has opened up next door and is a northerner, Liu Enjia. They immediately get off on the... » MORE
Happy Family. Hot off a string of energetic and exciting films (FROM THE QUEEN..., NIGHTMARE IN PRECINCT 7, KILLING END), Herman Yau switches over to romantic comedy with less than admirable results. Nick Cheung stars as a successful businessman who is unlucky... » MORE
He Lives by Night. Po-Chih Leong's film JUMPING ASH (1976, HK) is often mentioned as the first, the earliest example of Hong Kong's "New Wave." It is spoken of reverently, and it's a film I've long wanted to see. I still want to see... » MORE
Heat Team. Completely ludicrous buddy cop picture that tries to combine serious action with completely unrealistic police procedures and behavior. Eason Chan is the slovenly cop who gets all the chicks, while Aaron Kwok is the uptight cop who is slightly dim,... » MORE
Heavenly Kings. The semi-real, semi-imaginary chronicles the "boy band" ALIVE NOT DEAD (Conroy Chan, Andrew Lin, Terence Yin, and Daniel Wu) and their rise to moderate success in Hong Kong, on the strength of their star combined star power and contacts in... » MORE
Hidden Heroes. Ronald Cheung is a cowardly cop, faithless to his Japanese girlfriend, and an all around loser. Then a robot from the future shows up (Charlene Choi), tasked with making sure the future happens as planned. She has to keep him... » MORE
Himalaya Singh. Before seeing HIMALAYA SINGH, all I heard about was how awful Lau Ching-Wan was. After seeing the movie myself, I discover there is a lot more to the movie, but all of it, ALL OF IT, is overshadowed by the... » MORE
If U Care. Eason Chan is a complete dick who gets into a car accident, which gives him magical powers to empathize with whomever he touches with his hand. All this empathy, along with the sudden appearance of his childhood sweetheart Gillian Cheung,... » MORE
In Laws, Out Laws. Eric Tsang and his son Shawn Yue, two out of work hucksters in Hong Kong looking to make a buck any way possible, find out that Tsang's old flame, played by Lydia Shum (who appears to have hardly aged a... » MORE
Irresistible Piggies. While part of the appeal of HK movies is their often insensitive nature, being politically incorrect is not enough to make a successful picture. Written and produced by Wong Jing, the avatar of adolescence, Irresistible Piggies concerns four homely women... » MORE
Itchy Heart. Lau Ching-Wan is a married man, but seven years on he's got the itch and when his wife leaves town he hooks up with his old girlfriend (Carina Lau) and a sweet little young number (Cherrie Ying). His wife is... » MORE
Kung Fu Hustle. The place is 1930's Shanghai, caught in the grip of the murderous Axe Gang. Sing (Stephen Chiau) and his sidekick (Lam Tze-Chung) are small time cons who try to pass as members of the all-powerful Gang in order to shake... » MORE
La Brassiere. It's the Hong Kong WHAT WOMEN WANT, with Lau Ching-Wan and Louis Koo as men hired to design the ultimate bra. Most of the women in the office are fawning over them, except Gigi Leung, who will never respect a... » MORE
Lifeline Express. A fun comic romp about death. "Your willpower decides whether you live or die," the alarmingly intense hospital psychiatrist (Eddie Ko) proclaims. Meanwhile, Fatty (Kent Cheng) is praying for the life of his brother Tigerino (Teddy Robin), who was run... » MORE
Lion Roars, The. Louis Koo plays an ineffectual scholar poet, the classic Chinese male hero archetype. Cecilia Cheung is a super-strong woman. Neither can find a suitable mate until fate throws them together and they marry. A nice premise completely underminded by a... » MORE
Love for all Seasons. Box office moneymaker Sammi Cheng is back for her annual New Year romance as a cloistered kung fu master of the Omei clan. Louis Koo is a playboy from Hong Kong who travels to Omei because it hurts when he... » MORE
Love is a Many Stupid Thing. Under the generic and misleading title lies a very funny send-up of INFERNAL AFFAIRS, courtesy of schlockmeister Wong Jing. In his typical fashion, the title (and trailer) basically try to mislead audiences into thinking the movie is a remake of... » MORE
Love on a Diet. When Eddie Murphy put on a fat suit for THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, he was striking a chord with American audiences everywhere, for whom extreme obesity is a well understood part of society. The scenes he did playing all the roles... » MORE
Love Undercover. I like Daniel Wu, and even here, when he's completely on autopilot, he retains some charm. Miriam Yeung, however, continues to confuse me by starring in movies without having any charm or ability. She mugs for the camera for nearly... » MORE
Love Undercover 3. Miriam Yeung and Daniel Wu didn't come back for the third entry of the LOVE UNDERCOVER franchise, so why should we? Fiona Sit is the Miriam Yeung stand-in, which is basically all she does, unable to bring anything different to... » MORE
Maniacal Night. A movie in the tradition of Jonathan Demme's AFTER HOURS and Sabu's POSTMAN BLUES, though much lighter in spirit. A Japanese man (Taguchi Hiromasa) in Hong Kong on the eve of the handover hires a prostitute at incredible cost because... » MORE
Marry a Rich Man. Sammi Cheung has just one dream -- to marry a rich man. Richie Jen is her rich man of choice. Will it work? Or can there be love without money? Can she love a poor man? Like last year's LOVE... » MORE
Master Q 2001. It seemed like such a great idea. Take some of Hong Kong's old and beloved comic characters, then do the WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT treatment on them and have them interact with stars like Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung. Only... » MORE
Mighty Baby. The official sequel to LA BRASSIERE, the old cast is back (Lau Ching-Wan, Louis Koo, Gigi Leung, and Carina Lau) are joined by Rosamund Kwan and Cecilia Cheung with a new directive: make the ultimate baby product. A few laughs,... » MORE
Mr. Vampire 2. Do you like little cute kids playing vampires? Do you like watching loud, whiny, fat children? Say no more! This is the film for you! ... » MORE
Mummy Aged 19, The. An update of the classic 50's teen angst movie I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, starring the boy band SHINE (Tsui Tin Yau, Wong Yau Nam). 19 year old Bobo (Tsui Tin Yau), hates his name so much he changes it,... » MORE
My Darling Genie. Cherie Cheung is a genie who lives inside a paper umbrella. She is found by a construction worker (Derek Yee) who uses her to do his work for him, bail his Uncle Fan (Stanley Fung) out of debt and keep... » MORE
My Hero. At first, MY HERO parodies A BETTER TOMORROW, later, it imitates it. The story of Sing (Stephen Chow Sing-Chi), a comic book loving waiter who gets caught in gangster crossfire and ends up being hired by kingpin Wai to help... » MORE
My Kung Fu Sweetheart. Phoenix (Cecilia Cheung) finds out at the age of 14 that her parents (Yuen Wah and Yuen Qiu) are members of the Secret Society for Martial Arts, her family has a natural talent for it, and she can spend summer... » MORE
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts. Johnnie To puts together another of his formulaic comedies, with some success. This time Sammi Cheng stars as a girl who meets a millionaire on vacation and marries him after three days. Shortly after that, he dies, and she moves... » MORE
My Lucky Star. Miriam Yeung is the unluckiest girl in the world, Tony Leung is a wealthy Feng Shui expert to the stars. When they meet, disaster follows, and inevitably, love. There's a plot, too, about scheming heiresses and family inheritance, and a... » MORE
My Rebellious Son. Ku Feng and Alexander Fu sheng play a father son team in this kung fu comedy about the well respected traditional Chinese doctor Master Chang (Ku Feng) and his troublesome, bored, rebel-rousing son Siu Tai(Alexander Fu Sheng). Master Chang tries... » MORE
My Sweetie. Hong Kong DJ Sammy Leung was pretty funny as an idiotic, child-like model in this year's Ronald Cheng megahit Supermodel. But I was little put off by his starring role here, as an idiotic, child-like shampoo company office worker. Since... » MORE
My Wife is 18. When did Hong Kong comedies suddenly start to resemble the Carol Burnett Show? MY WIFE IS 18 is only one of many comedies that think comedy is better if the actors are laughing at themselves, too. Unfortunately, when that happens,... » MORE
Mysterious Murder, A. When Japan remade the Korean black comedy THE QUIET FAMILY, about a family that opens an ill-fated inn at which all most of their guests end up dead, Takashi Miike directed and the result was the insane THE HAPPINESS OF... » MORE
Nine Girls and a Ghost. The hot new nine member girl band "Cookies" get their movie debut in this rather mundane story of a ghost (Edison Chen) who helps the girls in school while they help him discover his identity. Some really poor CGI enhanced... » MORE
Osaka Wrestling Restaurant. A low budget Japanese/Hong Kong co-production that makes up for lack of budget with energy and charm. Sammo Hung's son Timmy Hung plays Ricky, who dreams of becoming a famous chef. Wayne Lai is his estranged brother Mike, who is... » MORE
Papa Loves You. A month after releasing Herbal Tea, along comes another warm, fuzzy comedy from director Herman Yau, which even uses an alarmingly similar image -- star on a moped -- to advertise it. Happily, though, this effort is an improvement over... » MORE
Protege de la Rose Noire. How can a film star the charismatic, popular, and peppy Twins (Charlene Choi and Gillian Cheung), be directed by action star Donnie Yen, concern costumed crimefighting against a sexy villainess and her hitwomen, combine action and comedy, and yet still... » MORE
Saint of Gamblers. Ng Man-Tat searches for a new gambling king in this sequel to All for the Winners. It should have been a wonderfully fun action-gambling Wong Jing extravaganza. ... » MORE
SARS Wars. Zombie movies are a dime a dozen these days, and though many of them are extremely bad, there is a built in audience that keeps shambling forward for more, and keep watching them despite being burned so many times in... » MORE
Sex and the Beauties. Wong Jing's comedy about women falling in love starts strong but loses steam and gets pretty dull in its last half-hour. But nevertheless he manages to tell a story of twenty, thirty, and fourty-something women in a way that is... » MORE
Shaolin Soccer. Stephen Chiau is a Shaolin monk who wants to popularize martial arts. Ng Man-Tat is a former soccer champ who took a bribe to throw a game twenty years ago and is trying to regain his honor by putting together... » MORE
Shopaholics, The. Wai Ka Fai's latest Lunar New Year comedy is neither very funny, nor very good. Yet, several layers below the suffocating artiface of the production, some basic truths struggle for air. There is a story to tell here, about our... » MORE
Six Strong Guys. Less than two years after Leslie Cheung jumped to his death from a balcony of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, I thought initially it may be in bad taste to begin a comedy with four stars contemplating a similar suicide. But... » MORE
Stewardess, The. Director Samuel Leung continues his dialog on Japan - Hong Kong relations, carried through many of his previous pictures (COLOUR OF PAIN, MANIACAL NIGHT) Here, Sam Lee is a young man who meets a beautiful Japanese stewardess (Kasugai Seina) and... » MORE
Supermodel. Though Hong Kong has long imitated Hollywood and ripped off movie ideas one after another, it used to be the case that the Hong Kong version was always more outrageous and more entertaining. But in the post-THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY... » MORE
Three of a Kind. Michael Hui and Lau Ching-wan played opposite each other briefly earlier in the year in the Hui Brothers tribute film FANTASIA. Here Hui plays Dragon Lone, a famous kung fu novelist, who has suffered from writing block for 13 years,... » MORE
Trouble Makers, The. Terence Yin moves into a room owned by landlord Lam Suet who conspires with tenant Maggie Q to make him believe there are ghosts in the house, and make him run away, leaving them to keep his rather large safety... » MORE
U-Man. 2002 is the year of fantastic Anthony Wong performances. With one notable exception. U-MAN stars Wong and Sam Lee as undercover cops who have to infiltrate a catholic girls school to find some stolen money. Wong disguises as a priest,... » MORE
Unarm 72 Hours. Shot on video production in which a veteran police officer (Danny Lee, as always) tries to capture some jewelry thieves right as he nears retirement. Only trouble is, they sock away the jewels, and one of the bastards (Lam Wai)... » MORE
White Dragon. It's rare that I see a Hong Kong movie in the theater. But this one ran at the Gene Siskel Film Center in downtown Chicago, and I popped over after work this evening to catch it. The movie was shown... » MORE
Women from Mars. Michael Wong, Ekin Cheng, and Cheung Tat-Ming treat women poorly and have their penises removed as punishment from Hell. They have a limited time to find women to tell them they love them or lose their penises forever. Everyone worked... » MORE
You Shoot, I Shoot. Eric Kot is a hitman out of work due to the recession, who ends up reinvigorating his business by adding a cameraman (Cheung Tat-Ming) to film his hits. A very funny satire which takes aim at the movie industry in... » MORE
Werewolf in Bangkok. Frank (Nong Cha Cha Cha) is a garbage scavenger who lives with his adopted street-urchin daughter Lilly (Natnicha Cherdchoobupakaree). One day, while on the run from the scavenger "digging-up" gang (whose symbol is sort of a smiley face with shades... » MORE
6 AM. The corpse isn't even cold yet but here's a parody/knock off of Jiang Hu. Steven Cheung and Kenny Kwan are Noodle and Bowl respectively, two lazy students who stumble into a triad lottery where the unlucky winner will have to... » MORE
Aces go Places. One of Hong Kong's classic action comedy series began here, written, directed, and produced by the Cinema City collective, who turned making comedies into a science, estimating and ensuring proper gag to reel ratios. A sendup of Hollywood action films... » MORE
Aces Go Places II. The "Best Partners" Sam Hui and Karl Maka return for the first of four sequels to the popular film ACES GO PLACES. This time out our heroes must face the mafia assassin "Filthy Harry," killer robots, and a gang of... » MORE
Anna in Kung Fu Land. Miriam Yeung stars as the daughter of an ex-Shaolin Monk, who comes to Hong Kong to win a martial arts championship and prove her father's righteousness. Ekin Cheng is the organizer of the tournament. It's love at first sight, only... » MORE
Beauty and the Breast. Since last year a movie had great success showing two men developing a new type of bra (La Brassiere), I suppose having two men develop breast enhancement cream is the next logical step. And when they actually grow breasts, well,... » MORE
Chiseen. Cut rate quickimart version of JACKASS. As if the world needs such a thing. Apparently these short clips ran on MTV Asia, and have been compiled into a DVD by Taiseng for sale in the U.S. It does not appear... » MORE
Computer Superman aka Yod Manut Computer. THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, Thai-style. And no, I don't mean he is a katoey. But, he does have a horn growing out of his butt. How to explain? I think I'd better start over from the beginning.... » MORE
Conmen in Vegas. Never has a gambling movie contained so little actual gambling. But there is some poo shaped like Mickey Mouse, if that's any consolation. ... » MORE
Cop Shop Babes. Eason Chan is pretty entertaining sometimes as the slob in a buddy picture, where the other buddy is a straight man, or at least more handsome. The mistake here, is pairing him with Jerry Lamb, who is even worse. The... » MORE
Crazy for Pig Bone in Pot. A scruffy loser wanders into a fancy subdivision in Shenzhen and finds a large house that appears to be empty, the owners on vacation. He invites his girldfriend over, but in the meantime, the owner's sex-crazed wife (Emily Kwan) returns... » MORE
Crazy Stone. Andy Lau and Focus Films did a wonderful service to Asian Cinema fans by funding Focus: First Cuts, a half dozen films by inexperienced, sometimes first-time directors from a number of asian countries. The China entry in the production range... » MORE
Diva ah Hey. Charlene Choi is the simple daughter of a fishmonger (Lam Suet), who dreams of becoming a star. Her big break comes in the form of being a studio singer for Shadow, a pop star whose voice stinks and who isn't... » MORE
Driving Miss Wealthy. Lau Ching-Wan is an out of work, former police officer lands a job as the security guard/driver for Jennifer (Gigi Leung), the rich, spoiled daughter of a wealthy businessman. He poses as a Filipino named Mario and has to follow... » MORE
Dry Wood, Fierce Fire. Miriam Yeung and Louis Koo turn on the charm in this romantic comedy, to no noticable effect. About twenty minutes into the picture, the subtitles drop off of the DVD. Nothing I had seen thus far made it look like... » MORE
Elixir of Love. Richie Jen is a one man Bath & Body shop in imperial China, developing perfumes, soaps, and the like and testing them on a family of fishmongers (Eric Kot, Lam Suet, and Miriam Yeung) for the ultimate prize: being the... » MORE
Enter the Phoenix. Stephen Fung turns from acting to directing and for his first full length feature has delivered an entertaining action-comedy gay triad movie. When the old triad boss (Yuen Biao in an inspired cameo) dies, his son Georgie (Daniel Wu) is... » MORE
Escape from Hong Kong Island. Mr. Raymond Mak (Jordan Chan) is a miillionaire stock broker that everyone else licks the boots of -- until suddenly, he is fired. That in itself is not bad, he's got another offer that has to be signed at the... » MORE
Every Dog has its Date. There's something inherently sick in this film about a girl (Michele Reis) who can't find a good man, until a fluke accident changes her beloved dog into one (Nick Cheung). He has to learn how to walk, talk, and use... » MORE
Extras, The. Written, directed, produced, and starring Alfred Cheung, trying to be the Hong Kong Woody Allen but not succeeding, in this story about Koo, a quiet loser who just wants to have a career as an extra. ... » MORE
Fantasia. A loving tribute to the classic Hui Brothers comedies of the seventies, starring Lau Ching-Wan in the Michael Hui role (and doing a shockingly perfect impersonation of the man), as the head of a detective company. His impovershed and poorly... » MORE
Fighting to Survive. There was a time when mere mention of comedian Dayo Wong was enough to make me break out into hives. But not anymore -- I take back everything bad I ever said about him -- this movie is a gem.... » MORE
Frugal Game. Two unemployed families, one consisting of Eric Tsang, Miriam Yeung, and Dodo Cheng, the other led by Wayne Lai, compete in a television game show, 'Frugal Game,' to spend the least amount of money possible in one week's time. Eason... » MORE
Funtoosh. The story of Funtoosh (Dev Anand), a lovable lunatic, released from the asylum a bit too soon. He gets out only to live on the street, and in short order, loses or gives away everything he came out with, his... » MORE
Gameboy Kids. Made back during the hectic high-rolling days of Hong Kong cinema, when scripts were a luxury and no joke, no matter how bizarre or extreme, was left out. GAMEBOY KIDS has got to be Gordon Chan's most obscure directorial effort,... » MORE
Golden Chicken. Sandra Ng is a not particularly good-looking prostitute who makes a living by working twice as hard as anyone else. Trapped in an ATM booth overnight with a would-be thief (Eric Tsang), she tells the story of her life in... » MORE
Greatest Civil War on Earth, The. It's North vs. South, Mandarin vs. Cantonese. The local, Cantonese tailor Leung Sing-po suddenly finds himself in competition with a new tailor who has opened up next door and is a northerner, Liu Enjia. They immediately get off on the... » MORE
Happy Family. Hot off a string of energetic and exciting films (FROM THE QUEEN..., NIGHTMARE IN PRECINCT 7, KILLING END), Herman Yau switches over to romantic comedy with less than admirable results. Nick Cheung stars as a successful businessman who is unlucky... » MORE
He Lives by Night. Po-Chih Leong's film JUMPING ASH (1976, HK) is often mentioned as the first, the earliest example of Hong Kong's "New Wave." It is spoken of reverently, and it's a film I've long wanted to see. I still want to see... » MORE
Heat Team. Completely ludicrous buddy cop picture that tries to combine serious action with completely unrealistic police procedures and behavior. Eason Chan is the slovenly cop who gets all the chicks, while Aaron Kwok is the uptight cop who is slightly dim,... » MORE
Heavenly Kings. The semi-real, semi-imaginary chronicles the "boy band" ALIVE NOT DEAD (Conroy Chan, Andrew Lin, Terence Yin, and Daniel Wu) and their rise to moderate success in Hong Kong, on the strength of their star combined star power and contacts in... » MORE
Hidden Heroes. Ronald Cheung is a cowardly cop, faithless to his Japanese girlfriend, and an all around loser. Then a robot from the future shows up (Charlene Choi), tasked with making sure the future happens as planned. She has to keep him... » MORE
Himalaya Singh. Before seeing HIMALAYA SINGH, all I heard about was how awful Lau Ching-Wan was. After seeing the movie myself, I discover there is a lot more to the movie, but all of it, ALL OF IT, is overshadowed by the... » MORE
If U Care. Eason Chan is a complete dick who gets into a car accident, which gives him magical powers to empathize with whomever he touches with his hand. All this empathy, along with the sudden appearance of his childhood sweetheart Gillian Cheung,... » MORE
In Laws, Out Laws. Eric Tsang and his son Shawn Yue, two out of work hucksters in Hong Kong looking to make a buck any way possible, find out that Tsang's old flame, played by Lydia Shum (who appears to have hardly aged a... » MORE
Irresistible Piggies. While part of the appeal of HK movies is their often insensitive nature, being politically incorrect is not enough to make a successful picture. Written and produced by Wong Jing, the avatar of adolescence, Irresistible Piggies concerns four homely women... » MORE
Itchy Heart. Lau Ching-Wan is a married man, but seven years on he's got the itch and when his wife leaves town he hooks up with his old girlfriend (Carina Lau) and a sweet little young number (Cherrie Ying). His wife is... » MORE
Kung Fu Hustle. The place is 1930's Shanghai, caught in the grip of the murderous Axe Gang. Sing (Stephen Chiau) and his sidekick (Lam Tze-Chung) are small time cons who try to pass as members of the all-powerful Gang in order to shake... » MORE
La Brassiere. It's the Hong Kong WHAT WOMEN WANT, with Lau Ching-Wan and Louis Koo as men hired to design the ultimate bra. Most of the women in the office are fawning over them, except Gigi Leung, who will never respect a... » MORE
Lifeline Express. A fun comic romp about death. "Your willpower decides whether you live or die," the alarmingly intense hospital psychiatrist (Eddie Ko) proclaims. Meanwhile, Fatty (Kent Cheng) is praying for the life of his brother Tigerino (Teddy Robin), who was run... » MORE
Lion Roars, The. Louis Koo plays an ineffectual scholar poet, the classic Chinese male hero archetype. Cecilia Cheung is a super-strong woman. Neither can find a suitable mate until fate throws them together and they marry. A nice premise completely underminded by a... » MORE
Love for all Seasons. Box office moneymaker Sammi Cheng is back for her annual New Year romance as a cloistered kung fu master of the Omei clan. Louis Koo is a playboy from Hong Kong who travels to Omei because it hurts when he... » MORE
Love is a Many Stupid Thing. Under the generic and misleading title lies a very funny send-up of INFERNAL AFFAIRS, courtesy of schlockmeister Wong Jing. In his typical fashion, the title (and trailer) basically try to mislead audiences into thinking the movie is a remake of... » MORE
Love on a Diet. When Eddie Murphy put on a fat suit for THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, he was striking a chord with American audiences everywhere, for whom extreme obesity is a well understood part of society. The scenes he did playing all the roles... » MORE
Love Undercover. I like Daniel Wu, and even here, when he's completely on autopilot, he retains some charm. Miriam Yeung, however, continues to confuse me by starring in movies without having any charm or ability. She mugs for the camera for nearly... » MORE
Love Undercover 3. Miriam Yeung and Daniel Wu didn't come back for the third entry of the LOVE UNDERCOVER franchise, so why should we? Fiona Sit is the Miriam Yeung stand-in, which is basically all she does, unable to bring anything different to... » MORE
Maniacal Night. A movie in the tradition of Jonathan Demme's AFTER HOURS and Sabu's POSTMAN BLUES, though much lighter in spirit. A Japanese man (Taguchi Hiromasa) in Hong Kong on the eve of the handover hires a prostitute at incredible cost because... » MORE
Marry a Rich Man. Sammi Cheung has just one dream -- to marry a rich man. Richie Jen is her rich man of choice. Will it work? Or can there be love without money? Can she love a poor man? Like last year's LOVE... » MORE
Master Q 2001. It seemed like such a great idea. Take some of Hong Kong's old and beloved comic characters, then do the WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT treatment on them and have them interact with stars like Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung. Only... » MORE
Mighty Baby. The official sequel to LA BRASSIERE, the old cast is back (Lau Ching-Wan, Louis Koo, Gigi Leung, and Carina Lau) are joined by Rosamund Kwan and Cecilia Cheung with a new directive: make the ultimate baby product. A few laughs,... » MORE
Mr. Vampire 2. Do you like little cute kids playing vampires? Do you like watching loud, whiny, fat children? Say no more! This is the film for you! ... » MORE
Mummy Aged 19, The. An update of the classic 50's teen angst movie I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, starring the boy band SHINE (Tsui Tin Yau, Wong Yau Nam). 19 year old Bobo (Tsui Tin Yau), hates his name so much he changes it,... » MORE
My Darling Genie. Cherie Cheung is a genie who lives inside a paper umbrella. She is found by a construction worker (Derek Yee) who uses her to do his work for him, bail his Uncle Fan (Stanley Fung) out of debt and keep... » MORE
My Hero. At first, MY HERO parodies A BETTER TOMORROW, later, it imitates it. The story of Sing (Stephen Chow Sing-Chi), a comic book loving waiter who gets caught in gangster crossfire and ends up being hired by kingpin Wai to help... » MORE
My Kung Fu Sweetheart. Phoenix (Cecilia Cheung) finds out at the age of 14 that her parents (Yuen Wah and Yuen Qiu) are members of the Secret Society for Martial Arts, her family has a natural talent for it, and she can spend summer... » MORE
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts. Johnnie To puts together another of his formulaic comedies, with some success. This time Sammi Cheng stars as a girl who meets a millionaire on vacation and marries him after three days. Shortly after that, he dies, and she moves... » MORE
My Lucky Star. Miriam Yeung is the unluckiest girl in the world, Tony Leung is a wealthy Feng Shui expert to the stars. When they meet, disaster follows, and inevitably, love. There's a plot, too, about scheming heiresses and family inheritance, and a... » MORE
My Rebellious Son. Ku Feng and Alexander Fu sheng play a father son team in this kung fu comedy about the well respected traditional Chinese doctor Master Chang (Ku Feng) and his troublesome, bored, rebel-rousing son Siu Tai(Alexander Fu Sheng). Master Chang tries... » MORE
My Sweetie. Hong Kong DJ Sammy Leung was pretty funny as an idiotic, child-like model in this year's Ronald Cheng megahit Supermodel. But I was little put off by his starring role here, as an idiotic, child-like shampoo company office worker. Since... » MORE
My Wife is 18. When did Hong Kong comedies suddenly start to resemble the Carol Burnett Show? MY WIFE IS 18 is only one of many comedies that think comedy is better if the actors are laughing at themselves, too. Unfortunately, when that happens,... » MORE
Mysterious Murder, A. When Japan remade the Korean black comedy THE QUIET FAMILY, about a family that opens an ill-fated inn at which all most of their guests end up dead, Takashi Miike directed and the result was the insane THE HAPPINESS OF... » MORE
Nine Girls and a Ghost. The hot new nine member girl band "Cookies" get their movie debut in this rather mundane story of a ghost (Edison Chen) who helps the girls in school while they help him discover his identity. Some really poor CGI enhanced... » MORE
Osaka Wrestling Restaurant. A low budget Japanese/Hong Kong co-production that makes up for lack of budget with energy and charm. Sammo Hung's son Timmy Hung plays Ricky, who dreams of becoming a famous chef. Wayne Lai is his estranged brother Mike, who is... » MORE
Papa Loves You. A month after releasing Herbal Tea, along comes another warm, fuzzy comedy from director Herman Yau, which even uses an alarmingly similar image -- star on a moped -- to advertise it. Happily, though, this effort is an improvement over... » MORE
Protege de la Rose Noire. How can a film star the charismatic, popular, and peppy Twins (Charlene Choi and Gillian Cheung), be directed by action star Donnie Yen, concern costumed crimefighting against a sexy villainess and her hitwomen, combine action and comedy, and yet still... » MORE
Saint of Gamblers. Ng Man-Tat searches for a new gambling king in this sequel to All for the Winners. It should have been a wonderfully fun action-gambling Wong Jing extravaganza. ... » MORE
SARS Wars. Zombie movies are a dime a dozen these days, and though many of them are extremely bad, there is a built in audience that keeps shambling forward for more, and keep watching them despite being burned so many times in... » MORE
Sex and the Beauties. Wong Jing's comedy about women falling in love starts strong but loses steam and gets pretty dull in its last half-hour. But nevertheless he manages to tell a story of twenty, thirty, and fourty-something women in a way that is... » MORE
Shaolin Soccer. Stephen Chiau is a Shaolin monk who wants to popularize martial arts. Ng Man-Tat is a former soccer champ who took a bribe to throw a game twenty years ago and is trying to regain his honor by putting together... » MORE
Shopaholics, The. Wai Ka Fai's latest Lunar New Year comedy is neither very funny, nor very good. Yet, several layers below the suffocating artiface of the production, some basic truths struggle for air. There is a story to tell here, about our... » MORE
Six Strong Guys. Less than two years after Leslie Cheung jumped to his death from a balcony of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, I thought initially it may be in bad taste to begin a comedy with four stars contemplating a similar suicide. But... » MORE
Stewardess, The. Director Samuel Leung continues his dialog on Japan - Hong Kong relations, carried through many of his previous pictures (COLOUR OF PAIN, MANIACAL NIGHT) Here, Sam Lee is a young man who meets a beautiful Japanese stewardess (Kasugai Seina) and... » MORE
Supermodel. Though Hong Kong has long imitated Hollywood and ripped off movie ideas one after another, it used to be the case that the Hong Kong version was always more outrageous and more entertaining. But in the post-THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY... » MORE
Three of a Kind. Michael Hui and Lau Ching-wan played opposite each other briefly earlier in the year in the Hui Brothers tribute film FANTASIA. Here Hui plays Dragon Lone, a famous kung fu novelist, who has suffered from writing block for 13 years,... » MORE
Trouble Makers, The. Terence Yin moves into a room owned by landlord Lam Suet who conspires with tenant Maggie Q to make him believe there are ghosts in the house, and make him run away, leaving them to keep his rather large safety... » MORE
U-Man. 2002 is the year of fantastic Anthony Wong performances. With one notable exception. U-MAN stars Wong and Sam Lee as undercover cops who have to infiltrate a catholic girls school to find some stolen money. Wong disguises as a priest,... » MORE
Unarm 72 Hours. Shot on video production in which a veteran police officer (Danny Lee, as always) tries to capture some jewelry thieves right as he nears retirement. Only trouble is, they sock away the jewels, and one of the bastards (Lam Wai)... » MORE
White Dragon. It's rare that I see a Hong Kong movie in the theater. But this one ran at the Gene Siskel Film Center in downtown Chicago, and I popped over after work this evening to catch it. The movie was shown... » MORE
Women from Mars. Michael Wong, Ekin Cheng, and Cheung Tat-Ming treat women poorly and have their penises removed as punishment from Hell. They have a limited time to find women to tell them they love them or lose their penises forever. Everyone worked... » MORE
You Shoot, I Shoot. Eric Kot is a hitman out of work due to the recession, who ends up reinvigorating his business by adding a cameraman (Cheung Tat-Ming) to film his hits. A very funny satire which takes aim at the movie industry in... » MORE