Lu ding ji II zhi shen long jiao (Royal Tramp II)

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Audience Member A pimp in a brothel saves a rebel from soldiers and becomes a low level member of the rebellion. Tasked with stealing a book from the Empress Dowager's bedroom, Wilson Bond befriends people on both sides and gets into all sorts of love triangles and subplots. The fierce action choreography mixed with the hilarious humour makes for a pleasant combination. Stephen Chow is in top form with Royal Tramp. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Mo lei tau is a name given to a type of humor originating from Hong Kong during the late 20th century. It is a phenomenon which has grown largely from its presentation in modern film media. Its humor arises from the complex interplay of cultural subtleties significant in Hong Kong. Typical constituents of this humor include nonsensical parodies, juxtaposition of contrasts, and sudden surprises in spoken dialogue and action... Classic Mo Lei Tau--Classic mix of comedy and Kung Fu. One of Stephen Chow's best... The Crazy World of Wong Jing & Slapstick Stephen Chow comedy!! Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Amazing rendition of a Chinese masterpiece in a lighthearted manner Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member This isn't eye popping or rib tickling. There's some slapstick comedy that could garner a smile, but that's about it. The song might be funny, but it isn't even subtitled. Aside from the martial arts, it's pretty boring. This movie has not aged well and does not translate well, seems to be intended for kids. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This mo lai tau of Louis Cha's final serial The Deer and the Cauldron (1969-1972) and a number of its subsequent television adaptations ("The Duke of Mount Deer") is almost exclusively Cantonese. Sixty percent of the film's humor is dialectical wordplay that was comedian Stephen Chow's namesake during this period. Even some of the seemingly dramatic sequences without him are potentially poking fun at something ("Royal Tramp" opens with a Heaven and Earth Society ambush that is in reality a spin on a popular Hong Kong cigarette commercial). The plot, somewhat faithful to the novels, is no less baroque than the punch lines: Chow is Wai Siu-bo a sardonic fabulist who spins yarns in his sister's brothel atop a crude throne adorned with a goofy tiger cap (yet another inside joke) and happens into the service of Ming rebels (the aforementioned Heaven and Earth Society). Sent to the Forbidden City to infiltrate the court and steal a fabled martial arts book that [could] help overthrow the tyrannical Ching Dynasty, Wai accidentally applies to become a eunuch, but is saved by another (frequent Chow collaborator Ng Man-tat) who in return wants Wai to gain the court's confidence so he too can make off with the MacGuffin. Once inside Wai genuinely befriends the emperor (Deric Wan) who then wants Wai to spy on the eunuch in addition to the court's general (Elvis Tsui Kam-kong). In the meantime, the emperor's trashy princess daughter (Category III starlet Chingmy Yau) wants Wai to infiltrate her! Decidedly, the only universal components in this esoteric nonsense comedy are unfortunately low brow huckster Wong Jing's predilection for puerile humor from opposite ends of the spectrum: it's all daffy reaction shots and penis jokes. If that passes your litmus test for good comedy and you are capable of processing and compartmentalizing data swiftly then "Royal Tramp" will likely tickle your funny bone (it, despite its language barrier, has a constituency of Western fans) but others might feel like Wong Jing assaulted their ulnar nerve. Domestically, "Royal Tramp" took in over HK$40 million and finished as one of 1992's largest grossing films proliferating a sequel and more recently a television series. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member It follows fromclose the sources it's parodying, ye, the wuxia of intrigue and betrayal: so you gotta humour and you gotta see a lot of good kung fu and an outrageous high number of warring faction. Chow's character floats above everything thanks to his talent in compulsive lying and the knowledge of crucial chakras: breast and penis. Obviously, hilarious. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews

Lu ding ji II zhi shen long jiao (Royal Tramp II)

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