Foo gwai lit che (1986)

Regista:

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

Sceneggiatore:

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (writer)

Data di uscita:

30 gennaio 1986 (Hong Kong)

Genere:

Action | Comedy | Western

Plot:

Multi-genre flick (western, martial arts, comedy, adventure, etc.) with an all-star cast about a man who returns to his home town...

Plot Keywords:

Gun | Cowboys | Cowboy | Rifle | Martial Arts

Premi:

1 nomination

Recensioni degli utenti:

Funny Eastern

Cast

Yasuaki Kurata	...	Samurai
Biao Yuen	...	Tsao Cheuk Kin
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	...	Fong-Tin Ching
Rosamund Kwan	...	Chi
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Kenny Bee	...	Fook Loi
Lung Chan	...	Firefighter / Security officer
Olivia Cheng	...	Siu-Hon
Kar Lok Chin	...	Firefighter / Security Officer
Emily Chu	...	Bo
Fat Chung	...	Bandit
Deborah Dik
Mei Sheng Fan	...	Bandit (as Mei-Sheng Fan)
Hou Hsiao	...	Firefighter / Security Officer
Jang Lee Hwang	...	Yukio Fushiki
Phillip Ko
Ching-Ying Lam	...	Security officer
Billy Lau	...	Train Captain
Chau Sang Lau	...	Fireman, security officer
Chia Yung Liu	...	Kang
Hoi Mang	...	Security officer / convict (as Randy Mang)
Richard Ng	...	Han
Richard Norton	...	Bandit
Yukari Ôshima	...	Samurai
Cynthia Rothrock	...	Bandit
Kien Shih	...	Master Sek
Lydia Shum	...	Han's Wife
Po Tai
James Tien	...	Yun Shiyu
Eric Tsang	...	Jook Bo
Yu Wang	...	Master Wong
Dick Wei	...	Bandit
Pauline Yuk Wan Wong
Fung Woo	...	Mayor Yi
Ma Wu	...	Security officer / convict
Bolo Yeung	...	Cameo
Tak Yuen
Wah Yuen	...	Security officer / convict

Alias:

Fu gui lie che (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Millionaire's Express (Hong Kong: English title)
Shanghai Express (USA) (DVD title)
Wealthy Train (literal English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for martial arts combat and some shootings.

Durata:

Argentina:94 min | USA:98 min

Nazionalità:

Hong Kong

Lingua:

Cantonese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono

Divieti:

Australia:M | Argentina:13 | UK:12 (video rating) (2005) | UK:15 (original rating) | USA:PG-13 | Norway:16

Luoghi delle riprese:

Canada

Errori:

Revealing mistakes: During the final big fight scene, one of the actors does a back flip off of a bar. Wires can be seen during a top view of the flip.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)

Funny Eastern

From start till end you will be entertained! Everything what is happening concerning the Millionaire's Express is a setup for the grand finale in the last twenty minutes! Somehow Sammo Hung managed to create a western in Chinese setting! Even one character seems to be a parody of Clint Eastwood! A lot is going on in the movie,but the real action picks up at the final! This movie is more a comedy! There a lot of jokes that are easy to understand because they are very visual! One example is a man who seems to be cheating on his wife! While on the train he visits his mistress by climbing on top of the train and without any problems he walks to the wagon where his mistress is! In the meanwhile a hoodlum has a lot of difficulties maintaining his balance while he is on top of the train! When the two encounter the adulterer greets him like he is taking a stroll while the hoodlum almost falls off the train! This is just so hilarious! And this just one of the very funny scenes this movie contains! Also I recognized a parody on Wong Fei Hung (A famous Chinese hero)! All the different characters have their objectives and will be put in very funny scenes which will come to a climax in the last twenty minutes! The action is more than wonderful! Yuen Baio and Jang Lee Hwang (korean martial artist famous for being the villain in "Drunken Master") steal the show! Not to say that all the others weren't great,but Yuen Baio and Jang Lee Hwang (one of the samurai) simply stand out! As they show some excellent moves and skill! There are some small sequences with Cynthia Rothrock and Richard Norton but they were too short for my taste! "Millionaire's express" delivers on humor and action! One of the best movies made by Sammo Hung!