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The
Tricky Master |
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Year: |
1999 |
Stephen Chow and Kelly Lin |
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Director: |
Wong
Jing |
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Cast: |
Stephen
Chow Sing-Chi, Nick
Cheung Ka-Fai, Sandra
Ng Kwun-Yu, Suki
Kwan Sau-Mei, Kelly
Lin, Wong Jing,
Law Kar-Ying, Madam
Nancy, Lee Siu-Kei,
Ng Chi-Hung,
Tats Lau Yi-Tat, Bat
Leung-Gum,
Yuen King-Tan, Lee Kin-Yan,
Ken Lo Wai-Kwong, Samuel
Leung Cheuk-Moon, Tin Kai-Man |
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The
Skinny: |
Stephen
Chow cashes a check with Wong Jing written on it. Hong Kong's
king of comedy sleepwalks through this lazy production while
Nick Cheung sweats trying to impress his idol Stephen Chow. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Wong Jing’s Tricky Master is possibly the worst Stephen
Chow film in years, which is fitting because this is really
a Nick Cheung film. The popular TVB star is at his most annoying
as a cop who enlists the help of Tricky Master Chow to outwit
bad guy Ferrari (Wong Jing). Along the way, there are parodies
of Man Called Hero, The Matrix, Bruce Lee, and
just about every other HK gambling movie ever made.
Chow cruises through this movie and
hits all his marks, but it’s not enough to save this overdone,
totally obnoxious piece of commercial fluff. Nick Cheung needs
to tone it down, and Wong Jing should stay away from both
sides of the camera. Even the ace cast (Sandra Ng, Suki Kwan,
Tats Lau) can’t save this turkey.
There are maybe twenty or so good
jokes in this movie, but out of two hundred that ain’t so
good. When you bat .100 it’s back to the minors for you. Obviously
shot in a week, this movie is a creative nadir for HK pop
cinema. It was also a big box-office hit, which only proves
that people love Stephen Chow. Hell, I love Stephen Chow.
But I didn’t like this movie. (Kozo
1999) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Universe Laser
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles |
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image courtesy
of Universe Laser & Video Co., Ltd.
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