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14 January 1994 (USA) moreTagline:
They only stop to reload.Plot:
Stylish caper thriller stars Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung and Cheri Chung as a trio of international art thieves... more | add synopsisAwards:
4 nominations moreUser Comments:
fine fluff moreCast
(Credited cast)| Yun-Fat Chow | ... | Red Bean Pudding (Joe) (as Chow Yun Fat) | |
| Leslie Cheung | ... | James (Jim) | |
| Cherie Chung | ... | Red Bean (Cherie) | |
| Kong Chu | ... | Chu / Godfather | |
| Kenneth Tsang | ... | Chow / Dad | |
| Fung Woo | (as Fung Wu) | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Leila Tong | ... | Red Bean | |
| Declan Wong | ... | Magician Henchman | |
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Also Known As:
Chik wang sei hoi (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)Once a Thief (Hong Kong: English title)
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Iceland:16 | USA:R | Malaysia:U | Hong Kong:II | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 | New Zealand:RP13 | South Korea:12 | UK:15 (cut) | Australia:M | UK:15 (video re-rating) (uncut) (2004) | Ireland:15 | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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John Woo chose to do this film because he wanted to do something more light-hearted after _xue shuang xiong, Die (1989)_ (The Killer) and Die xue jie tou (1990) (Bullet In The Head) (which flopped in Hong Kong on their initial releases). The strategy seems to have paid off; the movie was successful in Hong Kong and allowed Woo to get funding for his next movie, _Lashou shentan (1992)_. moreFAQ
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This is not a deep movie. This not a serious movie. Come expecting some fine fluff, and you will be rewarded with exactly that.
I've read HK movies described as schizophrenic [& I DO like them very much, because they are not predictable], but I think multiple personality better describes this one. At first one, it looks like a breezy art-theft caper movie out of the 1960s...but not for long.
Too many bodies--faceless and without personality, to be sure, collect for the breezy label to fit...but then...then there is the dancing scene. You ain't been nowhere and you ain't seen nothing until you have seen Chow Yun-fat dancing in a wheelchair. The whole movie may be worth this scene alone.