Sing si lip yan (1993)

A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.

Director:

Jing Wong

Writers:

Tsukasa Hôjô (comic), Jing Wong

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Joey Wang

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Chan	...	Ryu Saeba
Joey Wang	...	Kaori Makimura / Carrie
Kumiko Goto	...	Shizuko Imamura / Kyoko
Chingmy Yau	...	Saeko Nogami / Anna
Gary Daniels	...	MacDonald's Main Henchman
Tzui-Pin Wen	...	Saeko's Friend (as Carol Wan)
Leon Lai	...	Kôtetsu / Gundam
Lap-Man Tan	...	Rocky
Ken Lo	...	Chen Ta-Wen (as Wai-kwong Lo)
Eric Kot	...	DJ Soft
Jan Lamb	...	DJ Hard (as Jan Lam)
Richard Norton	...	Col. MacDonald
San Yip
Kei-Yan Lam
Donna Chu

Storyline

While searching for the daughter of a Japanese publishing magnate, private investigator Ryu Saeba and his assistant Kaori are caught up in the middle of a cruise liner highjacking. It's up to Ryu to save the day...but can he do it on an empty stomach?

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Plot Keywords:

action hero | ship | hostage | tough guy | one man army | 

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Taglines:

He's out of town, out of time and out of his depth!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and some sexual content

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie was released in 2005 on DVD by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, the release contains the original version of the movie, with the original Cantonese audio and the English dubbed audio with David A. Thomas, Wendee Lee, and Rik Thomas dubbing the movie, and including English subtitles, which is another type of subtitles, is called "dubtitles", which means matching the English dubbed language, but not getting an English subtitle matching the original Cantonese audio.

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Goofs

Ryo runs on the same place twice before jumping out through the corridor.

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Quotes

Shizuko Imamura: I'll do anything you say.
Ryô Saeba: [exhausted] Really?
Shizuko Imamura: [nods her head] Yes.
Ryô Saeba: GET ME A BOWL OF NOODLES!
[faints]

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Crazy Credits

Outtakes from the film are shown during the closing credits.

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Alternate Versions

The subtitled Hong Kong Legends UK release has one subtitle deliberately mistranslated to remove a joke about AIDS, which is not acceptable at the 12 category (though the actual line in Cantonese remains unaltered).

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Connections

Featured in Jackie Chan: My Story (1998)

User Reviews

Bad movie with some great sequences

An attempt to create a live Anime comes up short due to careless handling but the movie delivers on a couple of action sequences which will be one of the best of all time in the comedy/martial arts genre particularly Chan's fight scenes and the hilarious live re-creation of the Street Fighter video game!Chan is very game in his perfomance but the director just tries too hard to get comical/cartoonish behaviour.The director could have done much better with much less overkill and better soundtrack.The musical number also was torture and that one I recommend you fast forward.This movie is only for die hard Chan fans and big martial arts/comedy fans who know both Anime and Hong Kong style humor......

Details

Country:

Hong Kong Japan

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

16 January 1993 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Sing si lip yan

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company, Golden Way Films Ltd., Paragon Films Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min 94 min (DVD) 98 min (DVD release) (USA)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1