Foo gwai lit che (1986)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

Writer:

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (writer)

Release Date:

30 January 1986 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Western

Plot:

Multi-genre flick (western, martial arts, comedy, adventure, etc.) with an all-star cast about a man who returns to his home town...

Plot Keywords:

Train | Martial Arts | Rifle | Railway | Urination

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Yasuaki Kurata	...	Samurai
Biao Yuen	...	Tsao Cheuk Kin
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	...	Fong-Tin Ching
Rosamund Kwan	...	Chi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kenny Bee	...	Fook Loi
Lung Chan	...	Firefighter / Security officer
Olivia Cheng	...	Siu-Hon
Kar Lok Chin	...	Firefighter / Security Officer
Emily Chu	...	Bo
Fat Chung	...	Bandit
Deborah Dik
Mei Sheng Fan	...	Bandit (as Mei-Sheng Fan)
Hou Hsiao	...	Firefighter / Security Officer
Jang Lee Hwang	...	Yukio Fushiki
Phillip Ko
Ching-Ying Lam	...	Security officer
Billy Lau	...	Train Captain
Chau Sang Lau	...	Fireman, security officer
Chia Yung Liu	...	Kang
Hoi Mang	...	Security officer / convict (as Randy Mang)
Richard Ng	...	Han
Richard Norton	...	Bandit
Yukari Ôshima	...	Samurai
Cynthia Rothrock	...	Bandit
Kien Shih	...	Master Sek
Lydia Shum	...	Han's Wife
Po Tai
James Tien	...	Yun Shiyu
Eric Tsang	...	Jook Bo
Yu Wang	...	Master Wong
Pauline Wang Yu-wan
Dick Wei	...	Bandit
Fung Woo	...	Mayor Yi
Ma Wu	...	Security officer / convict
Bolo Yeung	...	Cameo
Tak Yuen
Wah Yuen	...	Security officer / convict

Also Known As:

Fu gui lie che (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Millionaire's Express (Hong Kong: English title)
Shanghai Express (USA) (DVD title)
Wealthy Train (literal English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for martial arts combat and some shootings.

Runtime:

Argentina:94 min | USA:98 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Argentina:13 | UK:12 (video rating) (2005) | UK:15 (original rating) | USA:PG-13 | Norway:16

Filming Locations:

Canada

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the final big fight scene, one of the actors does a back flip off of a bar. Wires can be seen during a top view of the flip.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)

I'm confused

Maybe I don't know enough about HK cinema to get all the in jokes and references, or maybe I just didn't pay close enough attention, but I was thoroughly confused by this bizarre action comedy that seems to be set in an Old West town located in China. The cinematography is fine (particularly the train sequences) and the martial arts are predictably excellent. But the dubbing is atrocious (not too mention insulting) and the cast of character so vast I couldn't keep track of everyone. Sammo Hung is good, but he's used his comedic talent to much greater effect in other stuff like Wheels on Meals. Only for the HK hardcore.