After his successes in the recent Wong Jing productions "The Conman" (1998) , "Prince Charming" (1999) , "The Conmen In Vegas" (1999) & "The Tricky Master" (1999) Nick Cheung Ka-Fai has become an increasingly popular performer. So far this year he has appeared in the smash hit Chinese New Year film "The Duel". He returns to Hong Kong screens in this his first genuine leading role.

He plays "Who-the-hell" - a professional swindler - who dates Candy (a beautiful but blind model). Her father (Chicken) is a gambling addict who has repeatedly stolen the money she has saved for an eye operation.

When "Who-the-hell" is forced to work with Tough from Shenzhen he changes his name to "No-name". One day their prospective victim at the gambling table is Chicken.

"No-name" deliberately loses but cannot fool Tough and is beaten up (losing his sight in the process). Six months on Candy returns from the US after having had her eye operation but has great difficulty finding "Who-the-hell".

Nick Cheung is often regarded as the successor to Stephen Chiau Sing-Chi. Since "The Conman" he has been labelled a comedy actor despite his wishes to try other roles.

In "My Name Is Nobody" he gets his chance to do something other than just make jokes. The first half of the film is similar to his previous films in that it is largely comedy.

After his character "No-name" loses his sight it becomes more like a drama. His performance in the second half isn't that good but at least he gets to something beyond what is expected of him and it proves that he should be given further opportunity to widen his range.

"No-name" is essentially a heroic role (he suffers the setback of losing his sight but rebounds). The film is well scripted although the plot itself is only average.

As for other characters Wong Jing's character (Lo) should have been developed further. He plays Nick Cheung's ("No-name") cousin and his character needed to be more annoying to others but kind to "No-name" after his setback which would in turn enable the audience to feel kindly towards him.

In addition Lo's life could have been made more tragic and more description given to his love for Mee (Monica Chan). Shu Qi plays Candy the blind model who finally falls in love with "No-name" - her role in the film is little more than the love interest which is a shame as there should have been greater detail in the love story between their two characters but having said that she is more than cute enough to justify being in the film !

Lai Chun (Chun) gives a pretty good performance in the film as the bad guy who is trying to replace "No-name" but his character needed more development. The cinematography helped to build his image as a bad guy.

In short "My Name Is Nobody" is an average film. The plot and characters could have benefitted from considerable development but Nick Cheung finally gets a chance in a largely non-comic role and proves that he can act at least adequately in a drama.