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Review
by Kozo: |
Third in the popular series heralds the return of Chow
Sing-Sing (Stephen Chow), the obnoxious undercover cop
who seems to get into all sorts of trouble while undercover.
This time he doesn’t go back to school. Instead, Wong
Jing concocts a Basic Instinct parody where Chow
goes undercover as the husband of a wealthy socialite
(Anita Mui).
Luckily, Chow is a dead ringer
for her dead hubby, who was done in by an ice pick.
This turn of events doesn’t sit well with fiancée Cheung
Man, who’s sick of Chow going undercover. Despite her
protests, Chow goes about his duty and finds himself
strangely drawn to the typically fun Mui. However, Mui
may be a Sharon Stone-type bad guy. Even worse, hints
arise that indicate that Cheung Man may be playing around
on the side, too. And yes, there are lesbians somewhere
in the movie. No Ng Man-Tat this time, so Chan Bak-Cheung
fills his role.
This installment serves up
stranger and funnier laughs than earlier Fight Back
to School movies. This can be attributed to the
loss of director Gordon Chan, who has a surer directorial
hand than Wong Jing, who never met a joke he didn’t
like. The whole film is rather throwaway and unimportant,
but some of the laughs are drop-dead funny, and Chow
and Mui are a terrific comic pairing. (Kozo 1996) |
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