Guai xia yi zhi mei (1994) User Reviews

Plum crazy

[changmian3 · 6/10 · 23 April 2006]

From all appearances, the General should have a great life-- complete control of a village, lots of money, and a young, beautiful wife. But, when reality does not measure up to his expectations, he decides to see how the other half lives. Disguising himself as the mysterious Hero Plum, the General soon discovers there's more to life than meets the eye and quickly learns just how much his true persona is hated.

Episodes of kungfu, acrobatics, singing, animals and orphans. Lightweight at times, and yet a little better than one might expect. Not the greatest comedy out of Hong Kong with its periodically and goofy convoluted plot, but there are certainly far worse ways to kill time.

Better Than It Has Any Right To Be

[crossbow0106 · 6/10 · 11 November 2008]

This film is about a general in a village where he is pretty much hated. To add to this, his wife won't give him relations, preferring the company of her exotic pets, like snakes, rats etc. Realizing he is hated, he disguises himself as Hero Plum and goes out into the village solely to do good. The movie picks up greatly when Anthony Wong plays Plum, the film is more slapstick and there are pretty good scenes of martial arts. Its a comedy first and foremost and, while not laugh out loud, is somewhat amusing. Its inessential nonsense but it has some charm. I would recommend it if you like comedy with slapstick and can check your intellect at the door. Sometimes these kind of films are what we need.