The Tricky Master

Year:1999

Stephen Chow and Kelly Lin
Director:Wong Jing
Cast:Stephen Chow Sing-Chi, Nick Cheung Ka-Fai, Sandra Ng Kwun-Yu, Suki Kwan Sau-Mei, Kelly Lin, Wong Jing, Law Kar-Ying, Madam Nancy, Lee Siu-Kei, Ng Chi-Hung, Tats Lau Yi-Tat, Bat Leung-Gum, Yuen King-Tan, Lee Kin-Yan, Ken Lo Wai-Kwong, Samuel Leung Cheuk-Moon, Tin Kai-Man
Description:
Wong Jing抯 Tricky Master is possibly the worst Stephen
Chow film in years, which is fitting because this is really
a Nick Cheung film. The popular TVB star is at his most annoying
as a cop who enlists the help of Tricky Master Chow to outwit
bad guy Ferrari . Along the way, there are parodies
of Man Called Hero, The Matrix, Bruce Lee, and
just about every other HK gambling movie ever made.
Chow cruises through this movie and
hits all his marks, but it抯 not enough to save this overdone,
totally obnoxious piece of commercial fluff. Nick Cheung needs
to tone it down, and Wong Jing should stay away from both
sides of the camera. Even the ace cast can抰 save this turkey.
There are maybe twenty or so good
jokes in this movie, but out of two hundred that ain抰 so
good. When you bat .100 it抯 back to the minors for you. Obviously
shot in a week, this movie is a creative nadir for HK pop
cinema. It was also a big box-office hit, which only proves
that people love Stephen Chow. Hell, I love Stephen Chow.
But I didn抰 like this movie.