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Always
be the Winners |
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Year: |
1994 |
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Director: |
Jacky
Pang Yi-Wah |
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Producer: |
Steven
Lo Kit-Sing |
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Cast: |
Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Tony
Leung Chiu-Wai, Sandra Ng
Kwun-Yu, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai,
Dior Cheng Yee-Kin (Ekin
Cheng), Charine Chan Ka-Ling,
Teresa Mak Ka-Kei, Hei Yiu |
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The
Skinny: |
Even
good actors can make bad movies, but this all-star disaster is inexcusable.
When Ekin Cheng comes through on his next concert tour, I plan to
buy a copy of the VCD and chuck it at his head. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Insipid
and boring New Years Comedy suffers from lack of everything: plot,
story, character, and just plain jokes. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai is the
latest decendant in a powerful gambling family who must duel his
rival (Dior Cheng), who's also the latest decendant in a powerful
gambling family. Leung fears he's outmatched so he hires the China
King of Gamblers (Tony Leung Ka-Fai) to help out. However, the guy
is really just a shameless gold digger. Making matters worse are
yet another character played by Tony Leung Ka-Fai and some bizarre
stuff involving Teresa Mak wearing a cape. There's also something
in this movie involving "spirit sucking".
If the lack of a coherent plot synopsis
disturbs you, then be warned: the film itself is far more disturbing.
A mishmash of unintelligible and unfunny comedy concepts, this ill-conceived
Lunar New Year Comedy runs away with the award for worst film of
1994, which is no mean feat considering over one hundred and fifty
films were released in Hong Kong that year. By now, we know that
no careers were destroyed by this film, but if they had been then
I wouldn't have been surprised. This movie is that bad. It does
contain some amusing gambling, but is it worth wading through the
rest of the film to get to it? The answer to that: NO, in capital
letters. (Kozo 1996/1998) |
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