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中環英雄 (1991)
Don't Fool Me


Reviewed by: STSH
Date: 08/18/2014
Summary: Terrific silly fun


Reviewer Score: 7

Reviewed by: dandan
Date: 04/09/2009
Summary: vice versa...

the back of the dvd says more than i ever could...

"it is a comedy about exchange of roles between two people. the persons involve this time are the well-known negotiator of the gangsters and the famous sales representative of life insurance."

so, yes, andy lau is hero wah; a triad negotiator, who has found himself in trouble and wants out. as coincidence would have it, he bumps into his old friend, ho kit (tony leung); a successful insurance salesman, who has just discovered that he has a "brain bubble", after falling down an elevator shaft. tired of their respective lives, wah joins the insurance company in central, whilst ho kit takes over his negotiating role. however, wah finds himself in trouble with the fierce female boss, miss mui (teresa mo), whilst ho kit finds himself in trouble after falling for fanny (fennie yuen), the triad boss's daughter...

well, after a slightly unintelligible opening, mainly due to the incoherent subtitles, this herman yau directed affair settles into something which could be described as reasonably entertaining. it's very silly, which is to be expected, but it did hold my attention and keep me entertained. still, when the most memorable laugh of the film comes as a result of spying a super-young-looking anthony wong, sporting one of the worst eighties perms you're likely to see: that's probably not a glowing recommendation.

daft and very average, but quite watchable...


Reviewed by: spinali
Date: 12/08/1999
Summary: NULL

Pallid role-reversal comedy about an insurance agent who getsan aneurysm and suddenly be comes a wild-man with a cool image. Seeing his chance, a con man (Andy Lau) decides he wants to become an insurance agent (small difference), while their girlfriends become confused. It's all in a comedy that's only slightly more interesting than some insurance jobs I've held.

(2/4)



[Reviewed by Steve Spinali]

Reviewer Score: 5