Legend of the Dragon (1991)
Reviewed by: danton on 2002-01-03
Early Stephen Chow Sing Chi movie shot some time after All for the Winner and adhering to the same formula, i.e. young naive mainlander with special talent comes to HK and makes good. In this case not by using his supernatural talents for gambling (as in AFTW) but by making good use of the superb hand-eye coordination obtained through years of Kung Fu training by becoming an expert snooker player. Soon he is confronted by some evil-doers and the fate of everyone he loves is at stake when he must take on the gwailo snooker champ in a final showdown. Some of the staples of his later films are missing, and in particular the absence of Ng Man-Tat illustrates how much of Chow's success can be attributed to having Ng as the straight man, but nevertheless, the movie is very enjoyable and offers some good laughs. Yuen Wah is very funny as Chow's father, a local kung fu master who once trained with Bruce Lee (and is fond of constantly reminding people of that).