Lung Fung Restaurant: Reviews

Despite the cover art and the starring role of Stephen Chow, Lung Fung Restaurant is not the comedy one might expect. Rather, it is a Triad drama which has Max Mok as a rascal who gets out of jail and begins working at a teahouse. His Triad buddy Stephen looks him up and they sets about their old antics. Later, Max meets up with a pretty club girl (Ellen Chan) and thinks he might be able to change his ways -- but the "brotherhood" won't let him go so easily.

Lung Fung Restaurant's main problem is that this sort of picture has been done dozens of times before, and it adds nothing new into the mix. Experienced viewers will be able to tell all the "twists" a mile away (though the ending is surprisngly upbeat for a movie of this type). Also, in this movie, one can really see why Max Mok was never considered a real leading man. His acting is leaden, and Ellen Chan's stereotypical "jade vase" performance doesn't help matters any. There are a couple of action sequences thrown in to try and liven things up, and Stephen Chow does brighten matters when he's onscreen (even though his role consists of going around and swearing for most of the movie), but ultimately, Lung Fung Restaurant is brought down by its' mediocrity.

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