Director Wong Jing cleverly blends all popular elements together to make an action comedy
Kung Fu Mahjong! The
title and the cast - Yuan Qiu and Yuen Wah - of course remind us of Stephen Chow's blockbuster
Kung Fu Hustle, and
in fact hilarious scenes with Yuan Qiu beating Yuen Wah is no less prevalent in
Kung Fu Mahjong. Hot TV actor Roger
Kwok brings back his role as a half-wit from the popular TVB drama
Square Pegs. Gambling is one of Hong Kong director's
favorite themes, and Wong Jing, who has made the famous
God of Gamblers films, this time focuses on Hong Kong people's
best loved gambling game, Mahjong. Get
Kung Fu Mahjong to enjoy 100 minutes of non-stop merriment!
Yuen Wah is a professional gambler who loses more than he wins in gambling. But he finds restaurant waiter Ah Wong (Roger
Kwok) his savior, for Ah Wong possesses excellent memory to recall the positions of all 144 mahjong tiles. The biggest obstacle
is Ah Wong's boss, Auntie Fei (Yuan Qiu), who seems to hate gambling a lot. But she was indeed once the Queen of Mahjong!
Now she feels compelled to reveal her true identity when Ah Wong is beaten up by the number one gambler (played by Wong Jing
himself) to become a half-wit...
DVD FEATURES:
- Language(s): Cantonese, Mandarin
- Subtitle(s): English,
Traditional / Simplified Chinese
- Special Feature(s): Databank; Trailer
