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The
Teacher Without Chalk
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Year: |
2000 |
Yoyo Mung and Nick Cheung |
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Director: |
Albert
Mak |
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Cast: |
Nick
Cheung Ka Fai, Yoyo
Mung Ka Wai, Tsui
Kam-Kong, Karen Mok
Man-Wai, Ben Lam
Kwok-Bun, Chan Wai-Man,
Ken Lo Wai-Kwong, Chapman
To Man-Chat |
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The
Skinny: |
It's
Great Teacher Onizuka! Starring Nick Cheung as the
GTO stand-in. That should tell you everything. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Mildly entertaining low-budget quickie that basically rips
off Great Teacher Onizuka with less drama and a much
less appealing lead actor. Nick Cheung is a triad who’s hired
by old classmate Lo May (the increasingly welcome Yoyo Mung)
to teach a class of reprobates.
As you’d expect, they hate him first
but later grow to love his eccentric ways. However, things
get worse because of school corruption and an evil principal
(Tsui Kam-Kong) who’s more ridiculous than evil. Furthermore,
Nick has to find a way to get together with Lo May since his
rival seems to be a Mandarin-speaking Japanese guy who attempts
to be a Takuya Kimura/Yutaka Takenouchi stand-in. Also appearing
in a bizarre cameo is Karen Mok as a nun who works at the
school and leaves Nick cryptic notes that allow him to help
the students plus win Lo May’s heart.
The production is well-meaning and
decently produced for an obvious cheapie. I would bag on this
movie more but it essentially achieves its goal: mild entertainment.
Still, if at all possible I’d catch the 12-hour GTO
miniseries from Japan. It’s much more entertaining and really,
Nick Cheung IS NOT Takashi Sorimachi. (Kozo 2000) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Winson Entertainment
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles |
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image
courtesy of Winson Entertainment Distribution, Ltd. |
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| LoveHKFilm.com
Copyright ©2002-2017 Ross Chen
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