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Tag: Stephen Chow

One Armed Podcast 1: The Dragon Lives Again

Co-hosts achillesgirl and Steve Hardy (Chopsticks On Fire) celebrate the amazing, absurd world of the Brucesploitation film The Dragon Lives Again. Under the microscope: Leung Siu Lung, Leung Siu Hung, director Law Kei, Frankie Chan Fan Kei and Eric Tsang in a Popeye suit. Also see the The Dragon Lives Again – Companion blog post.

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Podcast On Fire 132: Milkyway Treasures – Intruder

Trying to find their way and money, Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai gave Stephen Chow’s scriptwriter his own Category III rated, dark and relentless terrorride. Tonight it’s Tsang Kan-cheung’s Intruder (1997) that gets the spotlight. Dogs and kids are NOT safe from Wu Chien-lien.

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Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 3: Crazy Safari


Just because we didn’t want Vampire Season to end, Kenny B and Tom K-W therefore recorded a web site exclusive bonus episode on Billy Chan’s The Gods Must Be Crazy meet Mr. Vampire mash-up Crazy Safari from 1991. Austrich hanggliding, Stephen Chow, N!xau and the little dragon all make up this craaaaazy concoction.

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Commentary On Fire 7: King Of Comedy (1999)

Stephen Chow’s King Of Comedy gets the Commentary on Fire treatment (also sans research) as Stoo and Ken tries to dissect this extreme mulit-mood experience coming from the king of comedy. Does anyone want to count how many times we get full frontal, little boy nudity in this one?

For those without the dvd, the commentary is available timed to video, via this playlist link or the video below:

 

Fight Back to School 2 (1992)

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Plot: Months after his last months firearms case (aka Fight Back To School 1) Sing (Stephen Chow) and Tat (Ng Man-Tat) are given the choice of where to work. Tat chooses the hardest unit – Regional Crime Unit. Sing laughs saying “If you do Regional Crime Unit, I’ll go to the Transport Unit!”. Yes, you’ve guessed it Sing becomes a Traffic Cop.

The reason why Tat is taking these risks is to impress his new boss, (Miss) Inspector Wong (Deannie Yip), strangely enough Inspector Wong is head over heals for Tat! Crazy Aint it?

Now when random British schools are blown up the police have they’re suspicion that the terrorists are coming to Hong Kong. The Police believe that the target is the ‘Adam Smith Intercontinental School’. The police want to send Tat in as an undercover with some officers to keep a look out.

As for Sing….they are transferring him to Tung Lung Island. Practically a deserted island where there is no traffic! Sing flips out and quits his job.

Now Sing signs up for lessons at the college along with some of his friends from Edinburgh College aka Turtle Wong and the crew! So Sing and the crew attend the college to look out for these terrorists. But now he is a rival to the cop’s. Tat is undercover as the Head of Discipline and cocky cop Mike (Michael Chow) is undercover as a football student.

As you can predict the Adam Smith School is the next target from these ruthless terrorists. Read More

Fight Back to School (1991)

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Plot: Star Chow (Stephen Chow) is a SDU leader of the Hong Kong Police, highly skilled with his guns and fighting ability, but knows very little about team work. Because of his lack of teamwork, there is no other option than fire him. Chow begs for a second chance and ends up taking a very different assignment than usual.

He has to go undercover in a college to find the whereabouts of a stolen pistol. The reason why he believes it maybe at the college is because a school trip took place the day it disappeared. However instead of going undercover as a teacher, Chow is going undercover as a student! Read More

Look out, Officer! (1990)

Plot: Veteran Cop, Biu (Bill Tung) finds out he has bitten off more than he can chew when he attempts to apprehend a group of thugs making drugs in a warehouse. Biu seem’s to have the upper hand until someone shoots him from behind.

Since he never seen the face of his killer, the judge in heaven agree to let him into heaven if he admits his cause of death was Suicide, not murder. Biu can’t let this lie, so he convinces the judge to let him return to the world and find his savour to avenge his death!

Rookie Cop Sing (Stephen Chow) turns out to be savour to Biu and boy he isn’t pleased. Biu decides to help Sing out by helping him win the heart of Ah Yuk (Vivian Chow), his bosses daughter.

His Boss, Li Kam (Stanley Fung) was Biu’s old partner and he’s seems to be the keen praying to the gods, giving him some nifty powers. For example his super stretchy arms!

Sing soon discovers that Biu’s killer is the local gangster Lee Tang-Yang! Now with the killer discovered Sing and Kam must help Biu settle his debt with Yang, but it turns out Yang has something up his sleeve.. Read More