| Tsui Hark was almost living a cinematic double life when he directed this film in 1985. After releasing a few non-commercial films (Don't Play with Fire and We are Going to Eat You) that did quite badly at the box office, he he signed a contract with Cinema City.
Cinema City was primarily known for its pratfall/stunt type of comedies such as the Aces Go Places series. From 1981 to 1985 Tsui directed a few of these comedies – Aces Go Places III, All the Wrong Clues, All the Wrong Spies and this film – to good effect. They followed the City Cinema formula and were quite successful at the box office.
These were not the type of films though that Tsui wanted to be doing. So at the same time he was doing these he also made the classic Zu Warriors, the evocative Shanghai Blues and was preparing for perhaps his greatest film (and possibly the best HK film) Peking Opera Blues in 1986. Working Class, which is the most obscure of his Cinema City work. |
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