| You might think from the getgo that Wong Jing (who wrote and produced) would try and provide an insightful glimpse into the life of a hostess over the decades and that busty Amy Yip was going to attempt a respectful performance. Yip tries (she does know how to cry) but Queen Of Under World isn't designed for the classier realms of filmmaking, something Yip clearly knows as well. In fact, Wong Jing honestly wants the excess in the form of nudity, castration and gang rape among other "tasty" ingredients. Continuing on, since everyone in the film is 110% detestable (aside from perhaps Shing Fui On's character), there's little point to the high melodrama that takes place between mother and daughter in the latter stages of the film. The elements of exploitation are diverting for that crowd however and hence the only "merits". The film is also a decent star parade including appearances by Paul Chun, Blackie Ko, Ng Man Tat and Ray Lui, who reprises his Limpy Ho character from To Be Number One. |
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