Eric Tsang and Jacky Cheung (hooray!) face off as competing tenants on Hong Kong's Sai Yeung Choi Street in Mongkok. They've been at each other since a love triangle ruptured their friendship some 40 years ago. (Justin Lo and Raymond Lam, two of my favorites, portray the 1970s versions of Tsang and Cheung. If that isn't inspired casting, really, what is?) But with a new landlord wanting to squeeze the lot of them out, will these enemies unite and save Sai Yeung Choi Street? Will their animosity be ameliorated by their respective children's affections for each other? Will the acid attacker strike again? There's only one way to find out...and it happens on February 11.
1.28.2010
'72家租客' (72 Tenants of Prosperity) trailer.
I confess, 72家租客 (72 Tenants of Prosperity) actually looks funny. Stupid, yes, but this is a Hong Kong comedy so that goes without saying. The movie is a quasi-remake of something out of the Shaw Brothers vault and features every TVB actor. They even add a few 'real' stars like Kelly Chen, Carina Lau, and Tony Leung Ka-Fai to give it a little extra New Year oomph. No small potato is left...um, uncooked.
Eric Tsang and Jacky Cheung (hooray!) face off as competing tenants on Hong Kong's Sai Yeung Choi Street in Mongkok. They've been at each other since a love triangle ruptured their friendship some 40 years ago. (Justin Lo and Raymond Lam, two of my favorites, portray the 1970s versions of Tsang and Cheung. If that isn't inspired casting, really, what is?) But with a new landlord wanting to squeeze the lot of them out, will these enemies unite and save Sai Yeung Choi Street? Will their animosity be ameliorated by their respective children's affections for each other? Will the acid attacker strike again? There's only one way to find out...and it happens on February 11.
Eric Tsang and Jacky Cheung (hooray!) face off as competing tenants on Hong Kong's Sai Yeung Choi Street in Mongkok. They've been at each other since a love triangle ruptured their friendship some 40 years ago. (Justin Lo and Raymond Lam, two of my favorites, portray the 1970s versions of Tsang and Cheung. If that isn't inspired casting, really, what is?) But with a new landlord wanting to squeeze the lot of them out, will these enemies unite and save Sai Yeung Choi Street? Will their animosity be ameliorated by their respective children's affections for each other? Will the acid attacker strike again? There's only one way to find out...and it happens on February 11.
