Fengkuang de shitou (2006)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Hao Ning

Writers:

Zhang Cheng (writer)
Hao Ning (writer)

Release Date:

30 June 2006 (China)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Three thieves try to steal a valuable jade that is tightly guarded by a security chief. But the security...

Plot Keywords:

Father Son Relationship | Heist | Crystal | Shower | Bankruptcy

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Zhonghua Chen	...	Factory director
Jie Du	...	Man with girl in the limo
Tao Guo	...	Shihong Bao
Shu Hou	...	Qingqing
Bo Huang	...	Heipi
Teddy Lin	...	Mike
Gang Liu	...	San Bao
Hua Liu	...	Dao Brother
Lan Luo	...	Bao Shihong's wife
Hao Ning	...	Doctor
Bo Peng	...	Xiaomeng Xie
Jianing Wang	...	Police officer
Xun Wang
Zheng Xu	...	Feng Dong
Xiaojun Yue

Also Known As:

Crazy Stone (International: English title) (Singapore: English title)

Runtime:

Hong Kong:106 min | China:98 min

Country:

China | Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

China

Company:

Focus Films

Trivia:

[Cameo] The director Hao Ning appears in the prelude as a doctor, and the cinematographer of the film Jie Du plays a dude.

The rebirth of Chinese comedy

Due to many reasons such as censorship, financial problems etc. Chinese movie industry has been at the bottom of food chain for decades. Only few people can make money from movie industry without the help of government. Later, many directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen kaige turn to make all those blockbuster movies with high volume of investment. However, it does not seems to be a good way to keep Chinese movies alive. Empty plots, awkward performance of good-looking actors and actresses could not save movies. They are rip off money from people once, twice but never thrice.

Crazy Stone was born under the circumstance that Chinese people are so disappointed by those movies made by zhang Yimou and Chen kaige that they only spend few us dollars buying illegal DVD copies on streets rather than going to movie cinemas. The enriched plot, excellent performances of unknown actors and hilarious story save the last hope of this country's movies. The movie is produced by famous Hongkong actor Andy Lau's company with very little investment, however, it does not bother the quality at all. In fact, the quality is I believe as one of the best in Chinese movie history.

All those black humors in the movies deserve to be mentioned. However, people who have not lived in China for years could not understand why it's funny, or even worse, it kills interests of people who get used to the vision effects of Hollywood productions or the romance and depressions of European movies.

In a conclusion, this movie is highly recommended for people who are living in China and would like to learn about this country. Hopefully, you will enjoy and understand it.