One fun movie
Added 1/10/2007
Sammo really goes all out on this one. There is a train coming through town and Sammo plans on halting the passengers trip so that they will visit his town and everybody can profit. He will do this by any means necessary keeping his brothel's profits that could be made in mind all the time. While this isn't one of Sammo's best comedies it is still very good. Eric Tsang always bugs me but thankfully we get literally ALL of the stars that Sammo worked with throughout the 80's. I think the only ones that were missing were Billy Chow who wasn't discovered by Sammo just yet and Jackie Chan. With all of their problems I can imagine Jackie wasn't in this because of some sort of feud. I could name all of the side characters like Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Wah, and Chin Kar Lok but your mind would be completely blown. we find out early on that Yuen Biao is going to have a starring role which is never a bad thing.
When Sammo blown the train tracks and completes his plan, bandits show up to rob the train passengers. On board guarding China's national treasure(a book) are Japanese masters Yusuaki Kuratu, Hwang Jang Lee, and Yukari Oshima. Also making hilarious cameos are Sheh Kien and Jimmy Wang Yu. Richard Ng is on hand for the comedy as is Lau Kar Wing and Johhny Wang Lung Wei shows up for a funny fight with Hoi Meng and Hsiou Hoo though Lung Wei is of course as serious as ever. The best thing about this movie are the dream matchups. Yusuaki Kuratu vs. Richard Norton is OK, Yuen Baio vs. Dick Wei is great, and Sammo Hung vs. Cynthia Rothrick is why I watch these movies. I could have used more action but when Sammo brings it, everybody in the world beware!
The Universal Laser and Media version is letterboxed with a good subtitling job keeping the words in the black bars for the most part. I would still like to see a special edition of this though. Does anyone know if there is one, maybe by Hong Kong Legends?
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Silly Fun
Added 3/11/2001
This is a well done very silly farce. Put your brain in neutral and just enjoy it. It has several groups of people all focusing on one train, most want to rob it and one wants to stop it so the passengers will spend money in a one horse town. There are plenty of little sub plots going at the same time. I don't want to spoil the story for someone who hasn't seen it, be assured it is very funny and well worth the price of the video. I bought the subtitled version as the dubbing for most movies is pretty awful.
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