Shou hu fei long (1990)

Director:

Chia Yung Liu

Stars:

Irene Britto, Mark Houghton, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

Cast

Credited cast:
Irene Britto	...	(as Irene Brito)
Mark Houghton	...	Killer
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	...	Fatty
Chia Yung Liu	...	Wing
Karl Maka	...	Skinny
Carrie Ng	...	Lai
Jackson Ng	...	First Robber
Kuang Ni	...	Fatty's dad
Po Tai	...	Johnny
Ridley Tsui	...	Ah Pak (henchman)
Gabriel Wong	...	Burglar
Fung Woo	...	Inspector Ng
Xin Xin Xiong	...	Second Robber (blue jacket)
Wanda Yung	...	Lanky (Skinny's girlfriend)

Storyline

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

1990 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Nutty Kickbox Cops

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinema Capital Entertainment Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 100 min (uncut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the film first started production, it was given the false title "Tiger On The Beat 3." The first two "Tiger on the Beat" films, as well as this film, were produced by Cinema City. This movie had been titled "Tiger on the Beat 3" because another company wanted to make another sequel to the "Tiger On The Beat" Series, starring Conan Lee (the star of the previous two films). Cinema City did not want this to happen so they titled this movie "Tiger On The Beat 3," forcing the rival company to abandon the project. After the rival company dropped out of the plan, Cinema City retitled this movie to "Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon."

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Connections

Version of Running Scared (1986)

User Reviews

Silly Tiger, Slapstick Dragon.

Even though Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon features Sammo Hung in several superbly choreographed action sequences that effectively showcase his amazing fighting skills (and his excellent Bruce Lee impersonation), the film is still one of the less essential titles in the portly martial arts superstar's resume thanks to its incredibly flimsy plot and embarrassingly unsophisticated comedy.

Sammo plays kung fu cop Fatty who, along with his scurrilous, philandering partner Skinny (Karl Maka), attempts to take down an evil drugs syndicate; during the course of their investigation, the pair get to fondle women's breasts, spy on a female gang member as she prepares for a shower, trash a Mercedes belonging to senior gang member Prince Tak (Lung Ming Yan), battle Thai lady-boys, take a break in Singapore (where Sammo shows that he might be a fighter, but he's definitely not a dancer), and generally act like complete buffoons. It's not clever, and it certainly isn't funny!

Thank heavens, then, for the film's outstanding fight scenes which go quite a way to compensate for the puerile comedy: Sammo takes on a gang of gun toting jewel thieves wearing Sesame St. masks, has a quick fight on a construction site, trashes a restaurant in pursuit of a criminal, and in the breathtaking finale, displays his skill with nunchukus in a superb battle against the syndicate's head honcho (played by the film's director Lau Kar Wing) and assorted henchmen.

Far from classic Sammo fare, but still worth a go for his avid fans, I rate Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon a just-above-average 6/10.