Guo bu xin lang (1988)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Alfred Cheung

Writer:

Hing-Siu Leung (writer)

Release Date:

14 April 1988 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

An illegal immigrant in Hong Kong, unable to get a Green Card, is subjected to humiliation, and does odd things to survive - like taking part in a mud wrestling match. |

Plot Keywords:

Mud Wrestling | Women Wrestling | Chase | Sham Marriage | Thai Boxing

Cast

Alfred Cheung	...	Peter
Maggie Cheung	...	Jade Li
Billy Chow	...	Thai Boxer
Joyce Godenzi	...	Pao's Ex-wife
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	...	Chien Pao
Phillip Ko	...	Crazy Eyes
Meg Lam	...	Immigration Control Officer
Dick Wei	...	Thug in white Suit

Also Known As:

Paper Marriage (Hong Kong: English title)

Runtime:

Hong Kong:94 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Taiwan:PG-12

Filming Locations:

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Entertaining At Least

This film hovers between a 6 and 7. Sammo Hung plays Bo, a resident of the USA (the film is actually shot in Edmonton, Alberta) who agrees to a paper marriage with Maggie Cheung's Jade, in order to pay off gambling debts and for her to be able to reunite with her fiancée Peter, who was already out of Hong Kong. The film takes a few twisted turns and Bo goes back to boxing to pay off the money and Jade considers and does mud wrestling. Its funny to see every non Asian actor speaking in Chinese dialect (obviously dubbed). The boxing scenes with Sammo are fun, he has remarkable agility. The story itself is a little far fetched, though I'm sure the practice of a fake marriage was done often and is probably still done often. The film is fun to watch, but just a little outlandish. Its pure escapism and it succeeds on that level, so enjoy.