Jump ahead six years - Leon is now of course
a financial God - and as apropos for a God he now is sitting in a hot spring
with Hsu Chi who is his girlfriend and a superstar as she keeps reminding
him. He also has a beautiful secretary (Lee Ann d’ Alexandry d’ Orengiani
- quite a mouthful in many ways!), who he has known since she had braces and
who has a very obvious crush on him.
In a very amusing scene in Tokyo, Leon runs
into Carina - the flame of love is still there - but she is now engaged
to a wacky Triad kingpin (Mark Cheng) trying to go straight for Carina (no
swearing or killing allowed). Complications ensue - between Leon and the
three women. Who will Leon end up with. Nothing very special here,
fairly lightweight but with a few silly scenes - such as the dentist using
his triad patient’s mouth as an ashtray when he is knocked under. There is
a very racist moment near the end of the film that is unfortunate and as
is often the case in Hong Kong films some bad AIDS humor, but overall light
somewhat amusing fluff with a bonus of three beautiful actresses. Why any
of these women would want to be with him other than his wealth and he is
Leon Lai, I never quite understood. He is kind of a jerk.
When I saw this back when it opened I thought
Lee Ann might have a nice run of films in Hong Kong like so many others who
come as models or Beauty Pageant winners with no credentials other than beauty.
But she went on to make only two more films - Tricky King and Dial D for Demons
and that was it. After D for Demons I can almost understand it. She is French-Chinese
and at 17 years old was in a cell phone ad in Hong Kong - there as a model
- with Leon Lai and her line in the ad "Am I very stubborn" became a saying.
And led to this role. She is on Instagram living in Paris and
is a psychologist and still quite lovely. I wonder if she even remembers
making this film. Hopefully though she has forgotten D for Demons!
