Gam gai 2 (2003)

Director:

Leung Chun 'Samson' Chiu

Writers:

Mark Cheung (story)
Oi Wah Lam (story)

Release Date:

24 December 2003 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Second Part

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Sandra Ng Kwan Yue	...	Kam
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bing	...	Granny B in the queue
Man Wet Cha	...	Mainland Businessman A
Chi Shuen Chan	...	Teddy boy A
Erica Chan	...	Mahjong Player D
Lai Fun Chan	...	Mother-in-law's relative
Ming Yam Chan	...	Building Watchman
Wai Ling Chan	...	Friend D at temple
Ronald Cheng		(as Chung-Kei Cheng)
Dicky Cheung	...	Water Man
Jacky Cheung	...	Quincy
Kin Hung Cheung	...	CCB Investigator A
Sabrina Cheung	...	Northern hooker B
Kenny Chin	...	Customer in appliance store
Tat Wah Choi	...	Happy Corner Worker C
Hin Fung Chui	...	CCB Investigator B
Alva Chun	...	Northern hooker A
Wancy Dai	...	7-11 Shopkeeper
Ka Ying Fung	...	Nightclub Hostess B
Ka Kou Ho	...	Nightclub Guest A
Nichole Hor	...	Mahjong Player B
Yat Wa Ho	...	Future Cop B
Tau Hua	...	Teddy boy B
Carlos Koo	...	Male jogger
Silver Kwok	...	Mahjong Player C
Leon Lai	...	Doctor Chow Man Kwong
Li Li Lai	...	Female jogger
Rita Lai	...	Madam A's best maid
Lai Kuen Lam	...	7-11 Customer D
Si Wing Lam	...	Registrar Assistant
Andy Lau	...	Chief Executive in Year 2046
Kuen Lau	...	Mainland Businessman B
Kwun Hung Lau	...	Temple worker B
Man Ting Lau	...	Woman D in the queue
Yo Ha Lau	...	Woman in house
Yu Hai Lau	...	Granny A in the queue
Dong Mei Law	...	Woman A in the queue
Angelica Lee
Ka Sin Lee	...	Nightclub Hostess A
Ka Wing Lee	...	Happy Corner Worker A
Ho Ming Leung	...	Pervert at temple
Wai Ching Leung	...	Woman C in the queue
Wai Yan Leung	...	Fishball Girl C
Yau Sen Leung	...	Old Man in the queue
Ling Chui Ling	...	Friend C at temple
Michelle Lo	...	Mahjong Player A
Chui Tsang Lui	...	Madam A's mother-in-law
Fiona Lui	...	Frightened Female Customer
Ho Kwong Lui	...	Noodle Stall worker B
Chun Ka Lum	...	Massage Parlour manager
May	...	Filipino maid
Ng Ming	...	Dog Owner
King Wah Mok	...	Nightclub Guest B
Kenneth Ng	...	Kum's father
Vincent Ng	...	Noodle Stall worker A
Ivy Pang	...	Friend A at temple
Samdasani Rajesh	...	Indian Client
Nicky Shih	...	Happy Corner Worker B
She Kin Sin	...	7-11 Customer B
Hung Siu	...	Temple worker A
Wai Leung Sum	...	Mainland China Police B
Yuen Si Tam	...	Woman B in the queue
Hon Tai Tang	...	Future Cop A
Pat Tang	...	Woman E in the queue
Lawrence Tan
Kristal Tin
Chapman To	...	Club Owner
Kit Hing Tsang	...	Happy Corner cleaning maid
Lap Hung Tsang	...	Happy Corner Worker D
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Chow
Chiu Wa Wong	...	Frightened Male Customer
Felix Wong
May Wong	...	Friend B at temple
Tsz Kwan Wong	...	Fishball Girl B
Yak Ping Wu	...	7-11 Customer A
Tat Sing Yai	...	Little boy
Ka Lam Yau	...	Little girl
Amy Yeung	...	Northern hooker C
Devily Yeung	...	Fishball girl A
Ying Wai Yip	...	Marriage Registrar
Cheung Man Yu	...	Mainland China Police A
Mun Lam Yuen	...	7-11 Customer C

Also Known As:

Golden Chicken 2 (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title)
Jin ji 2 (China: Mandarin title)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Singapore:R(A) | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Applause Pictures

Movie Connections:

Follows Gam gai (2002)

Soundtrack:

Separated

Definitely worth watching, but I regret not having seen #1

I bought this DVD from HKFlix on the basis of a promising blurb and with near zero experience with HK or Chinese films. Minutes into the film, I was facing that old "if lions could speak English, we wouldn't understand them" phenomenon. Obviously, if a lion produced a film parodying his pride's identity crises, it too might be full of visually exciting gesture and roaring and absurd humor, but it'd be tough to grasp any elements of keen significance hidden in the lion slapstick and puns and ironic inside jokes.

Still, in forcing the uninitiated viewer to think fast - to figure out what heck's behind the near comic-book style parody - this film is in a sense strongly interactive. It's also quite exhilaratingly unique, a bit in the mold of The Tin Drum (Blechtrommel) - and with an oblique touch of the slacker view on life - but from a different age and place.

I'm eager to get my hands on Golden Chicken #1. It's encouraging to find films with such youthful voice, such daring to depart from the banal - with none of the brainless violence I associate with HK flicks - and with such thought-provoking presentation.

By the way, I viewed this film in Mandarin - I had to choose between three Chinese options - and that was a mistake. The dubbing wasn't great. But of course I didn't understand word of it, anyway.

I know it's futile to say this, but I have a young, but growing stack of Zone 3 (mostly Japanese) films by one old computer, a taller stack of Zone 2's by another, and I sometimes have difficulty finding something to view a Zone 1 with...

One thing, at least - I can't imagine Richard Gere or Julia Roberts in a remake of Golden Chicken - though I mustn't put anything past our Hollywood turkeys.