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Not sure what to say about this, other than it's very quirky and pretty funny -- but not consistently so, unfortunately. The plot involves The King of Tricks and The Emperor of Tricks (2 practical jokers for hire) who compete to out-do each other with...tricks. Some of them are priceless (especially those in the first 10 minutes, featuring the always-wonderful Joe Cheng) and some are sadly lame, but ALL of them are clearly weird. The humor is mostly broad sight-gags a la Stephen Chow (although he's not in it, his director, Lik-Chi Lee did this film).
It's definitely Hong Kong-style humor, which means it's better than most of the juvenile crap produced here in the US. Nevertheless, it's not anybody's best work. Lau Ching Wan and Anita Yuen have both done much better work in other roles.
Not a must-see, to be sure, but if you find it in a bargain bin you ought to give it a chance.
It's definitely Hong Kong-style humor, which means it's better than most of the juvenile crap produced here in the US. Nevertheless, it's not anybody's best work. Lau Ching Wan and Anita Yuen have both done much better work in other roles.
Not a must-see, to be sure, but if you find it in a bargain bin you ought to give it a chance.
This disturbing film made me (and apparently many others) really uncomfortable. That said, it deserves much praise for evoking such strong, difficult, sentiment. It wasn't a bad film, just painful and weirdly depressing.
Horrible. Be grateful that you can watch this film at home on your VCR, because you're gonna want to fast-forward through tiresomely amateurish, painfully unedited, faux-grotesque buffoonery being passed off as what? Horror? Art? Allegory? Nahhhh.
Every scene is too long and too concrete -- NOTHING is left for the viewer to imagine, because it's all played out with leaden heavy-handedness. How can you respect a film which assumes that its viewers are half-bright 11-year-olds? Jodorowsky likes to spill his guts, a concept which is exactly as interesting as it sounds.
Every scene is too long and too concrete -- NOTHING is left for the viewer to imagine, because it's all played out with leaden heavy-handedness. How can you respect a film which assumes that its viewers are half-bright 11-year-olds? Jodorowsky likes to spill his guts, a concept which is exactly as interesting as it sounds.