| Occasionally very funny period Stephen Chow vehicle. I say ocassionally because the structure actually divides it's time a bit equally between Chow's trademark comedy, exciting wire action (choreographed by Yuen Cheung Yan) and even a touch of drama. All of high quality and Gordon Chan's solid direction makes King Of Beggars one of the better looking Stephen Chow movies. He even employs CG at one point, not something that was used extensively in Hong Kong cinema in at the time and the movie was mixed in Dolby Surround as well. (sadly not re-produced for the dvd) Norman Tsui (Duel To The Death) brings veteran prescence to create an intimidating flying fighting villain and Sharla Cheung not only looks gorgeous but handles the action adequately. Also starring Ng Man Tat...of course. |
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