Stephen Chow Movies
Title: Dragon Fight (1989): The Forgotten Crossroads of Two Legends and Hong Kong’s Identity Crisis While Dragon Fight (龙在天涯) is often dismissed as a formulaic action flick, this 1989 gem offers something far more profound: a symbolic passing of the torch between martial arts cinema’s past and future, framed against Hong Kong’s pre-handover existential angst. […]
Title: When Fortune Smiles (1990): Stephen Chow’s Absurdist Masterclass on Capitalism, Karma, and the Myth of Meritocracy In Stephen Chow’s When Fortune Smiles (無敵幸運星), slapstick chaos becomes a Trojan horse for a scathing critique of Hong Kong’s late-capitalist frenzy. Released in 1990—a year before Chow’s superstardom—this overlooked gem blends Marx Brothers-esque lunacy with Brechtian satire, […]
Title: The Last Brother (1990): Stephen Chow’s Subversive Swan Song to Hong Kong’s Gangster Golden Age In the pantheon of Stephen Chow’s filmography, The Last Brother (江湖最後一個大佬) stands as a provocative anomaly—a gritty, melancholic gangster drama that dismantles the mythos of triad heroism while foreshadowing Chow’s comedic genius. Released in 1990 during the twilight of […]