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The
Legend of the Dragon |
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Year: |
1991 |
Stephen Chow at the snooker
table |
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Director: |
Danny
Lee Sau-Yin, Lee
Lik-Chee |
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Action: |
Corey
Yuen Kwai, Yuen Wah |
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Cast: |
Stephen
Chow Sing-Chi, Teresa
Mo Sun-Kwan, Yuen Wah,
Leung Ka-Yan, Corey
Yuen Kwai, Shing
Fui-On, Lung Fong,
Amy Yip Chi-Mei, Jimmy
"Whirlwind" White |
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The
Skinny: |
This
funny Stephen Chow comedy foreshadows his later, greater work. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
This early Stephen Chow flick is a cheap, fun affair that
provides a glimpse at Chow’s as-yet-unrefined talent. He’s
Chow Siu-Lung, named for Bruce Lee Siu-Lung, who was a colleague
of his father (Yuen Wah). Chow spends his days practicing
kung-fu with his childhood friend (Teresa Mo) and playing
“snooker” at the local pool table. He visits Hong Kong with
his cousin Yan (Leung Ka-Yan), and while Chow merely plays
pool for fun, Yan places bets on the side. Somehow they end
up betting Chow’s ancestral land, after which everything falls
apart. Chow must regain the land, and he can only do that
through a pool match against Jimmy White, a gweilo
pool shark.
The humor in this film is a tad sophomoric,
but it's still incredibly funny and engaging. This film was
made back when Chow was stuck in his “wacky mainlander” stage.
It’s interesting to see how his work has matured with time.
If you compared this film with God of Cookery, you’d
see a world of difference. Good throwaway fun. (Kozo
1997) |
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Availability: |
DVD (Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Films of Stephen Chow Box Set
Intercontinental Video, Ltd. (IVL)
16x9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles
Various extras
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image courtesy
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