Bodyguards of Last Governor (1996)
Reviewed by: spinali on 1999-12-08
Summary: NULL
Yan Chien Fai (Eric Kot), a cook in a British Chineserestaurant, becomes the focus of a perverse government joke when he's raised to the office of Hong Kong governor -- for one month, when the Chinese install their man. Triad hitmen are out to kill anybody who's in charge, so two specially trained bodyguards are posted for Yan's security: Daikan (Michael Chow) is a no-smiles, no-nonsense pro, while Lugo is more interested in keeping his wife (Chingmy Yau), who's cultivated an attitude of tactical jealosy. It's a quickie Wong Jing-produced throwaway, with a discouraging proportion of culture-specific gags: some I got, most I didn't. The cryptic subtitles didn't help. You'll pull through this movie just fine if you have a bottle of booze, popcorn, and some aspirin.

(2/4)



[Reviewed by Steve Spinali]
Reviewer Score: 5