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1992

Casino Tycoon II
Royal Tramp II
Wicked City
Zen of Sword
Fong Sai Yuk



   R o y a l  T r a m p  II

 

Year: 1992
Cantonese: Luk Ding Gei II Ji San Lung Gaau
Mandarin: Lu4 Ding3 Ji4 II Zhi1 Shen2 Long2 Jiao1
Director: Wong Jing, Gordon Chan Car-Seung
Cast: Stephen Chow Sing-Chi, Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia, Michelle Reis (Lee Ka-Yan), Chingmy Yau Suk-Ching, Cheung Man, Damian Lau Chung-Yun, Yang Yee-Kwan
Running Time: 90 min
Laser Disc: MA

Chingmy Yau is the cute sister of the Emperor, who in the end became a concubine of Wei Xiao Bao. Loosely based on the same story by Jin Yong as Royal Tramp I. The evil queen is back! This time played by the magawoman, who else - Brigette Lin. This time, the queen falls in love with Wei Xiao Bao and they fight more bad guys.

RFC - Showboy, the good-for-nothing tramp who became the Emperor's confidant, continues his gambling, whoring ways. Little does he realize that a succession of plots have been hatched to kill him. Again, he must rely on his wit, if he is to keep his position...as well as his life...as well as the Emperor's sister for his wife.

SS - (**1/2) In an action-comedy almost as wacky as the original, Brigitte Lin is a mighty priestess and head of the Heaven and Earth Society, with a coven of girl initiates who dress in diaphanous gowns. She's so powerful that the government gives her a poison that will liquefy her within hours unless she has sex, and then 80% of her powers will transfer to her partner. Lovable con-man Stephen Chieu happens to he around, so she engulfs him in a twirling maelstrom of her gowns that turn into a cocoon. United with a force of kung fu lovelies, they seek to overthrow a government conspiracy and maintain the Ching Dynasty.

JY - (***1/2) Chow is back--and this time, he's got to thwart not a simple assassination attempt on the Emperor by an upstart attendant, but a civil war that might rupture the empire itself. Luckily, he has luck on his side. Plus the most powerful aphrodisiac in the world...with which he snares Brigitte Lin (well, actually it's not HIS doing exactly. Ahh, see the movie). Some funny fighting, an absolutely brilliant sting scene where Chow and co. souse a rebel warlord and his son.