TRI-STAR (1996) back to main
Directed by Tsui Hark; starring Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing, Lau Ching-Wan, Anita Yuen Wing-Yee, Sunny Chan Kam-Hung, Catherine Hung Yan, Alvina Kong Yan-Yin, Hung Yan-Yan, Shing Fui-On, Fung Wai-Hung, Moses Chan Ho, Radium(!) Cheung.
Madcap screwball comedy about priests, prostitutes, cops and psychologists, with an all-star cast playing it to the hilt and a noted director going slumming. Still, 'mucho' amusement can be drawn from the proceedings, as Leslie Cheung's piety and love of God come under pressure from pretty ladies of the night, petty thieves and dumb cops. Hark's last major HK production (until his two Van-Damned  flicks) is an object of scorn for many fans, but undeservedly so.
Leslie Cheung as a priest?
No surprise the brides always
fall for him and forget their groom!
Two cops in the tradition of
Laurel and Hardy: Lau Ching-Wan
(he didn't think the beard was funny, as he later confessed) and Sunny Chan.
Anita Yuen as a naive, unhappy woman, who always falls fro the wrong guy.
Anita's colleagues and roommates.
Take a wild guess what their
profession is.
Creatures of the night don't think
highly of the morning sun. A scene
clearly modeled on NIGHT OF THE
LIVING DEAD.
But "Hongkies" aren't anything if not
adaptable. Especially career girls.
Even the dumbest cop gets a lucky
streak once. But who's the boss?
And so they lived happily ever after.
That's right: The guy in the centre
with the bleached-blond hair is
none other than Shing Fui-On.