DON'T FOOL ME is essentially the Hong Kong version of TRADING PLACES, albeit with a plot far less delineated and far more muddled than in that Eddie Murphy movie. This one's notable for teaming up Tony Leung and Andy Lau, although the two have very different storylines which are kept separate for the most part. Of the two, Lau feels the more naturally funny: he has a talent for physical hijinks and a kind of effortless charisma that works a great. Leung's story, about gangsters and car racing, is more cliched, although difficult to dislike. The plot is all over the place but the jokes work and the supporting cast, including such luminaries as Teresa Mo, Michael Chan Wai-Man, Anthony Wong, Lee Hoi Sang and Shing Fui-on, is exemplary.
