Gwok chaan Ling Ling Chat (1994)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Directors:

Stephen Chow
Lik-Chi Lee

Writers:

Roman Cheung (writer)
Stephen Chow (writer)

Release Date:

1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

An incompetent 007-wannabe is sent to locate a stolen dinosaur skull.

Plot Keywords:

Skull | Dinosaur | Gadget | Police | Butcher

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Stephen Chow	...	Ling Ling Chai
Anita Yuen	...	Siu Kam
Pauline Chan	...	Mystery Woman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joe Cheng	...	Mystery Woman's Partner
Siu Juen Dang	...	Crying brother
Ming Wa Goo	...	Commander of Executioners
Kar-Ying Law	...	Da Mansi (as Kar Ying Lau)
Indra Leech	...	Guard
Kin-Yan Lee	...	Whore
Lik-Chi Lee	...	Iron Palm
See-ho Leung	...	Crying brother
Tony Leung Siu Hung
Sau-Ming Tsang	...	Leader of Robbers
Kam-Kong Wong	...	The Commander / The Man with the Golden Gun
Yut Fei Wong	...	Blind Man
Rongguang Yu	...	Yee

Also Known As:

From Beijing with Love (Hong Kong: English title)
From China with Love
Guo chan Ling Ling Qi (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:16 | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (cut)

Company:

Win's Movie Productions Ltd.

Trivia:

'Stephen Chow' drinks a martini shaken not stirred like James Bond. He also does this in a similar fashion to 'Tony Leung' in "Chungking Express" [See: _Chung hing sam lam (1994)_].

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ling Ling Chai is about to jump over the wall with his magic box, Siu Kam turns her back to him. Next shot is a close-up on the box on the floor, and Siu Kam is clearly standing opposite to him according to the position of her feet. Then we see her turning back to him.

Quotes:

Da Mansi: [Chai and Mansi are on their way to the national agency after being summoned] So, Chai, you've been working as a pork merchant in these 10 years?
Ling Ling Chai: No, I'm just a down and out pork butcher.
Da Mansi: I'm not doing well either, I'm just a poor little greengrocer. But luckily, I have a part-time job in the National Psychiatric Hospital doing research.
The Commander: What research?
Da Mansi: Being researched.
The Commander: [nods] That's great.

Movie Connections:

References Speed (1994/I)

Very funny...until

Caught this on DVD the other day...and I was laughing and smiling until the shopping mall sequence...where it abruptly shifted gears and positively reveled in cruelty and heartbreak...and then went back to being a goofy(but still blood-soaked) spoof. Well , I guess that 's part of the craziness of Hong Kong cinema that we all love....and I'm still smiling about the hilarious weapons and gadgets...the "solar flashlight" is priceless. Well worth seeing. Bond fans will love the riotous imitation of Maurice Binder's main title visuals...opening action sequence is as good as anything you'd see in a Bond film and Anita Yuen makes an adorable foil/adversary/partner for Chow. (But as I said, it is pure Stephen Chow nutball fun...like the guys who made "Shaun Of The Dead" and "Hot Fuzz", Chow takes no prisoners when he's out to bend a genre inside out and backwards.)