Royal Tramp Review Martial Arts Movies Out the Yin Yang
Royal Tramp (Lu Ding Ji / Luk Ting Kei 1992)
NR 1hour 47 minutes Recommended
Rating 4 of six kicks!!!!
This movie kicks!!!!
Synopsis:
Stephen Chow plays Wilson Bond (Wei Siu Bo), a local storyteller inside of his sister's brothel. He quickly falls into the Heaven and Earth Society who plot to reinstate the Ming. He infiltrates the Emperors service, but Wilson Bond really only serves himself as master. With a bit of dumb luck and quick thinking, he then stumbles and lies his way to fortune and success.
The opening scene of Royal Tramp has about 4 decapitations, a scalping, and a guy getting ripped apart by the limbs!!!
Great stuff!
There are a lot of male genitalia jokes throughout the film, which I am a fan of. It was also appropriate given the context, as well as historically accurate.
Most importantly, there's lot's of bloodshed, and great humor.
Here is the brutal opening scene from youtube:
First of all, Stephen Chow is hilarious in everything. This is a good comedy, but not the best Chow movie I've ever seen. I've enjoyed movies like Forbidden City Cops much more. Royal Tramp is about on par with King of Beggars (also a good movie), they are both definitely enjoyable and entertaining.
There were some references and a couple of jokes I didn't understand. This is to be expected. I'm not Chinese, nor did I grow up in China. Cultural separation considered, most of the comedy is universal. I recommend any of Stephen Chow's movies, and this one is no exception.
Players: Stephen Chow Cheung Man Chingmy Yau Suk Ching Sandra Ng Kwun Yu Fennie Yuen Kit Ying Vivian Chan Tak Yung Ng Man Tat Damian Lau Cung Yun Nat Chan Bak Cheung Deric Wan Siu Lun Tsui Kam Kong Lau Kong Lee Ka Sing Yeung Ching Ching Lee Fai Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia
