Reviewed by: MrBooth Date: 12/14/2025 As a Cinema City production and the only writing credit for "Dean Shek Creative Team" you can safely assume that the film is a comedy, first and foremost, with that distinctly Hong Kong style of irreverent nonsense and absurdity. It's a lot like the Lucky Stars films in many respects, such as the presence of Eric Tsang and Stanley Fung. The cast is actually pretty stacked, though some of its heavy hitters like Kara Hui have limited roles - basically only appearing in the action scenes that bookend the film, which go way harder than they have any need to - you can tell they basically subcontracted Philip Kwok, told him "we need some action scenes for the film" and left him to it. Clarence Fok brings an eye for stylish cinematography to the proceedings and directs efficiently without inserting too much of himself into it - a director for hire rather than the primary author. Whilst the film has certain similarities to Black Panther Warriors in the setup it is nowhere near as extravagant and deranged. It's clear that the creative direction for the film was provided by Dean Shek in this case, who also inserts himself as the most prominent member of the ensemble cast. This is a natural source of trepidation but the film is far from the worst example of his particular schtick - the ensemble nature of proceedings keeps him in check, or perhaps its just Sandra Ng. Overall this is quite an entertaining film that effectively captures that chaotic energy of 80's Hong Kong comedies, where you never know quite what to expect. Come for the brutal action scenes, stay for Chingmy Yau's adorable smile - or vice versa. Reviewer Score: 6

Reviewed by: dandan Date: 03/14/2006 Summary: seems sillier than it is... there are times when you could easily think that you are watching two different films here; one is a pretty brutal story about gangster who has escaped from the police in hong kong to the mainland, but now he's assembling a team to go back with him and rob a bank. the other is a very silly comedy about a bunch of fools, who've been lumped together to prepare to rob a bank. when these two come together, you're in for a treat. this is a good solid comedy, with some great characters and some pretty damn good action sequences. roy cheung is pretty menacing (in an odd way) as the ganster from hong kong; dean shek and sandra ng (yay!) are two cops who've just been sacked, eric tsang and stanley fung are two con-men, lui wai-hung is leslie cheung (a leslie cheung impersonator) and bruce hung is a failed actor. that's the team assembled to rob hong kong, quite an ensemble. kara hui turns up as an all-actoion hong kong cop as well... still, there's enough comedy, action and drama to entertain anyone.

Reviewed by: hkcinema Date: 12/08/1999 Roy Cheung plays Brother Tung, one of Hong Kong's 10 most wantedcriminals, who escapes from the police after a grueling fight. Eventually he meets up with a varied group of people: a fellow felon, two con artist doctors, two ex-security officers, a singer, a dancer, and "coach" Jenny (Chingmy) and decides they would all join him in order to 'rob Hong Kong'. The first fifteen minutes contained some grueling yet dizzying fight scenes but this seemingly serious crime drama fizzled into complete comedy with all of Brother Tung's recruits being clumsy, horny, and just downright stupid. I.E. in one segment, all the male recruits are to get in touch with their arms supplier in a bathhouse and all they know of him is that he has a huge mole on his buttock. Basically noone gets robbed and I wonder if Dean Shek knows it's anatomically impossible for a man to breast feed. [Reviewed by Jennie Tam]

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