Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- CN
- Country
- China, Hong Kong SAR China
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
- martial arts
- china
- magic
- gangster
- mafia
- defense
- policeman
- wuxia
- 1940s
- anarchic comedy
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Bruce Leung Siu-Lung — The Beast
- Eva Huang Shengyi — Fong
- Danny Chan Kwok-Kwan — Brother Sum
- Chiu Chi-Ling — Tailor
- Xing Yu — Coolie
- Zhihua Dong — Donut
- Tenky Tin Kai-Man — Axe Gang Advisor
- Lam Suet — Axe Gang Vice General
- Kang Xi Jia — Harpist Assassin #1
- Fung Hak-On — Harpist Assassin #2
- Feng Xiaogang — Crocodile Gang Boss
- Directed
- Stephen Chow
- Written
- Tsang Kan-Cheong, Xin Huo, Chan Man-Keung, Stephen Chow
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 3,311 ratings
- Studio
- Huayi Brothers & Taihe Film Investment, Star Overseas, Beijing Film Studio, CP Film Production Asia, China Film Group Corporation
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
