Qing sheng (1991)

Valantino is a loser who's girlfriend has run off to get married, she mets a very lousy con-artist, thanks to her he's in trouble with a local mob boss. Meanwhile another low life is in ... See full summary »

Director:

Lik-Chi Lee

Writers:

Wellington Fung, Lik-Chi Lee,

Stars:

Stephen Chow, Teresa Mo, Niu Tien

Cast

Credited cast:
Stephen Chow	...	Valentino / 'Jackie'
Teresa Mo	...	Kwan
Niu Tien	...	Ping
Amy Yip	...	Apple
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lim Chan
Roy Cheung	...	Brother Tai-te
Shun Chuen Law
Sandra Ng Kwan Yue	...	Jenny
Gabriel Wong	...	Driver
Tin-Dok Wong
Ma Wu	...	Fatt
Kin-Wai Yeung
Corey Yuen	...	Cameo
Wah Yuen	...	Brother Wah

Storyline

Valantino is a loser who's girlfriend has run off to get married, she mets a very lousy con-artist, thanks to her he's in trouble with a local mob boss. Meanwhile another low life is in trouble with the same boss, he's ordered to rob a rich man's house and he'll split whatever he steals with the mob boss. Chow and Mo go to the same house to rob it by trying to draw the occupants out of the home with free tickets to go see Sally Yeh. Wu has beforehand lured away the maids from the house with the help of a Filipino party-animal. But chaos breaks loose as they confuse each other with a relative of the occupant and the occupant respectively. Each thinking the other has money, they keep on trying to scam each other here and there. Wu even goes so far as to hire Amy Yip to seduce Chow. Mo is jealous and tries to have her breasts enlarged so that hers are even bigger than Yip's...

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Also Known As:

Ching sing

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinema City Enterprises, Magnum Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

All Mod Cons

A Stephen Chow vehicle, this film is about a con artist and his world. Mr. Chow plays Tino in a usual over the top performance. After he gets jilted by his girlfriend (Sandra Ng, in what really is a cameo), he goes through comic misadventures with Theresa Mo, someone he met who is also a con artist. She is pretty much his apprentice and they set out to steal from a person's home. Trouble is, other cons also had the same idea, but they use a different approach. It turns out to be a film of mistaken identities, fast paced nonsense and comic violence (theresa Mo seems to get slapped often). The movie also has the amazingly sexy Amy Yip as Apple, who is also a con, but a hopelessly drunken one. I don't need to tell you what happens, since if you like Mr. Chow, you'll like this. It is a slapstick comedy on helium, it is all over the place. However, that is what Hong Kong slapstick is, its almost Keystone Kops type action. Not perfect by a long shot, its entertaining. What more can you expect from a comedy? Watch it.