Flying Dagger (1993)
Reviewed by: grimes on 2000-04-09
This is what Hong Kong movies are all about. Crazy action scenes on wires, random jokes, people in funny costumes, wacky bad guys! Who could ask for anything more?

Big Dagger (Tony Leung Ka-Fai) and Little Dagger (Jimmy Lin) are a bounty hunting team, as are Big and Little Bewitchment (Cheung Man and Gloria Yip), both of them pursuing Nine Tails Fox (Jacky Cheung) for the alleged rape and murder of an official's daughter. They compete but there is also attraction between the two teams. Fox is married to Number One Thief Flying Cat (Maggie Cheung). The acting is as outrageous as their names, but its all in good fun. The six main characters all end up at an inn run by Ng Man-Tat, where more comedy and action ensues.

This is not a high class film by any means. However, it is amazingly fun to watch. The lead actors seem to be having a good time acting like goofballs and it's fun to watch Maggie Cheung act like a cat. The subtitles have their own moments in the spotlight, as when a character is introduced as 'Erotomania Man'. One can only wonder what the original Chinese really means!