One cannot truly appreciate the greatness that is Stephen Chow without checking out the "Fight Back to School" series, which helped firmly establish him as THE top star in HK, and proved that the success of "All for the Winner" wasn't a fluke.

Here, Chow plays Star Chow, a squad leader on a team of SWAT-like SPU of the Hong Kong police force. Although he is a great police officer, he likes to go at it all by himself and has an attitude problem when it comes to working with others and dealing with authority. Thus, he's booted off the SPU and handed a new job: to pose as a student in a local school to retrieve a gun that was apparently stolen by some of the students there. Since Star was never good at school, he struggles a lot initially (leading to numerous chalk eraser attacks -- you'll see). That is, until he meets guidance counselor Miss Ho (Sharla Cheung Man), whom he takes a liking to. Soon, with Miss Ho's help, Star improves at school and also is able to even gain a "following" among his classmates too! From here on, it becomes an action adventure, complete with ridiculous gunfights and action scenes, and of course, the mission accomplished.

Chow is in one of his best forms as Star, and although he doesn't play a mainlander, the typical "guy with only one incredible skill" routine is as evident here as in "Fist of Fury 91" and "All for the Winner". Among other things, Cheung Man does a decent job as Miss Ho, although I didn't especially find the role very deep at all. And who can forget "Scissors Legs" Barry Wong, playing the role of Star's superior?

The first installment of this series is definitely the best, although it probably isn't fair to compare the two sequels to this classic. So if you've got some time to kill and you some good action/comedy (mostly comedy), feel free to take a gander at "Fight Back to School". Rating = 9.5/10