What a nice little treat this is from Sammo
Hung. This is a little action/comedy film with the emphasis definitely on
the comedy and a supernatural element thrown in as well. Though there is not
a lot of action, this is Sammo and we do get two fairly decent fight scenes.
The film
opens with a great God of Gambler parody, but it turns out that Sammo is
only daydreaming and that in fact he is only a small time scam artist. He
and his buddy, Mang Hoi, try all the angles, but usually with comic results.
One day he spots Nina Li and his heart freezes. Mine too. Nina generates
more sexual heat with her eyebrows than most women can do with their entire
body. And even better, Nina is a scam artist as well.
Sammo lives at home with his dad – who
amazingly looks just like Sammo – and soon the ghost of his grandfather
comes back to help him gamble – and he too looks just like Sammo. Sammo
of course is playing all three characters and the scene with them all fighting
each other is pretty good.The grandfather assists Sammo in winning a million
dollars, but there is a catch. Sammo has to kill the man who murdered his
grandfather many years ago. This is where the action comes in. Nina has a
little bit here as well when she stomps the hell out of one guy.This is
an easy going enjoyable film with some low key humor; often aimed at the
Mainland officials who are coming to HK to rake in the big bucks. There are some good cameos from some familiar
faces – Stanley Fung, Lam Ching-Ying, Wu Ma, Richard Ng and Billy Chow
(nice little one on one with Sammo).
