lung (stephen chow) lives in the small village of tai o, on lantau island, where he has been raised by his father and master, chow fei hung (yuen wah). chow is martial arts master who studied with bruce lee, something which he never lets anyone forget, but he isn't pleased that lung is more interested in flying kites and snooker rather than kung fu. when uncle lun (leung kar-yan), a decidedly shady character, comes to visit, chow asks him to take lung to hong kong to get some life experience and make a name for himself.

lung isn't to keen on the idea, as the big city scares him, but he is soon happy enough when lun takes him to a snooker hall. when lun realises that lung is an unrivaled talent, he soon starts to make some money off his back, although the stakes soon become a little high...

enjoyably daft stephen chow vehicle, featuring an array of silliness, some fine snooker and, most notably, a guest role for jimmy "the whirlwind" white! yep, i literally hooted when pasty-faced jimmy white turned up to challenge stephen chow's snooker prowess. chow does a good job of playing the niave islander, whilst yuen wah shines in the role as his master; you even get to see him topless, revealing just how wirey his arms and torso are. quite odd.

besides the snooker, there's a couple of nice little action sequences, put together by yuen wah and corey yuen. it's nothing to write home about, but it's a fun film and, from the end credits, it looks like everyone had a whole lot of fun making it.

fun enough...