Directed by:
Kei-fung ToScreenplay:
Kai-Chi YuenCinematography:
Patrik Pak-Hung JimComposer:
William Wai-Lap WuCast:
Tony Chiu-wai Leung, Kent Cheng, John Sham, Anthony Wong, Sylvia Chang, Paul Che, Yat-Fei Wong, Ling-to Yuen, Kai-Keung Sze, Kingdom Yuen, Kent Chow, Sam Ho (more)Plots(1)
Acclaimed filmmaker Johnny To directs Lucky Encounter, an early-nineties action comedy which mixes slapstick with an unusually dark storyline. Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Kent Cheng are King and Fatty, a couple of nice guy thieves hired by a drooling maniac named Cheap Chan (Anthony Wong in another deranged performance) to steal a stuffed Garfield doll from a mansion. What the two guys discover is Siu Bo (Siu Pak Lam), a child ghost who became so after he was killed and stuffed into a trunk by Cheap Chan! King and Fatty resolve to help Siu Bo gain vengeance, and with the help of Siu Bo's relatives Kingdom Yuen and the pretty Sang Ni, the two start to do just that. But unbeknownst to them, Siu Bo is slowly sucking their life force away. Can they help Siu Bo find peace and reincarnate before they're dead themselves? Wacky hijinks, random romance, and over-the-top performances combine with darker-than-usual thematic material to make Lucky Encounter an entertaining, slightly different Hong Kong comedy. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Tony Chiu-wai Leung
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Red Cliff: Part II (2009)
Red Cliff (2008)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Kent Cheng
Best movies:
Ip Man 2 (2010)
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
Ip Man 3 (2015)
John Sham
China
Best movies:
Dangerous Encounters: 1st Kind (1980)
Painted Faces (1988)
Pedicab Driver (1989)
Anthony Wong
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
When Fortune Smiles (1990)
Sylvia Chang
Taiwan
Best movies:
Legend of the Mountain (1979)
Aces Go Places II (1983)
Aces Go Places (1982)
Paul Che
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Dangerous Encounters: 1st Kind (1980)
One Night in Mongkok (2004)
Miracles: The Canton Godfather (1989)
Yat-Fei Wong
China
Best movies:
Forbidden City Cop (1996)
Hail the Judge (1994)
From Beijing with Love (1994)
Ling-to Yuen
Best movies:
Project A II (1987)
The Bare-Footed Kid (1993)
Mad Detective (2007)
Kai-Keung Sze
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Aces Go Places (1982)
Rosa (1986)
Justice, My Foot! (1992)
Kingdom Yuen
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Forbidden City Cop (1996)
Hail the Judge (1994)
A Kid from Tibet (1992)
Kent Chow
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
Tricky Brains (1991)
The Twin Dragons (1992)
Sam Ho
Best movies:
Operation Scorpio (1992)
Hail the Judge (1994)
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Wah-Kon Lee
Best movies:
Fist of Legend (1994)
The Big Heat (1988)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Pak Fei
Best movies:
Bullet in the Head (1990)
City on Fire (1987)
The Twin Dragons (1992)
Kim-Bun Wong
Best movies:
Martial Club (1981)
When Fortune Smiles (1990)
Project A (1983)
Sun Wong
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Fist of Legend (1994)
Legend of the Drunken Master (1994)
Police Story 2 (1988)