From Beijing with Love (Gwok chaan Ling Ling Chat) (1994)

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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 6
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1994 Wide

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Hong Kong comedy icon Stephen Chiau stars in this wild and wooly parody of 007 spy thrillers. Ling Ling-chat (Chiau) leads a double life, living both as a modest street vendor in Beijing and a suave international spy. When a priceless dinosaur skull is swiped from China, a rogue criminal known only as "The Man With the Golden Gun" is the prime suspect. Ling is called away from dispensing pork products and sent to Hong Kong to investigate. There, a paid assassin named Siu-kam (Anita Yuen) has

Unrated, 1 hr. 29 min.

Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Stephen Chow , Lik-Chi Lee

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1994 Wide

On DVD: May 22, 2001

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Promising Hong Kong spoof, but it fizzles out halfway through. Some funny redundant gadgets, and John Woo spoofage, but never goes anywhere.

July 14, 2003 Comment

Fred Topel

About.com

James Bond spoof that is much more bloody than amusing.

July 26, 2002 Comment

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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Ah yes, the good ol Hong Kong "throw everyting into the mix" approach of filmaking that we don't see that often these days. One second there is a joke about spy gadgets, then there's a little kid seeing his dad dying infront of him. This is clearly a cultural shock for many in the west, for the HK aficionado this was

December 21, 2011

Tsubaki Sanjuro

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This is one of the funniest of Stephen Chow movies. Everytime I watch it, I would find something new to laugh about (5x already). But it can make you weep at some point, too.

December 3, 2007