The Romancing Star II
The Romancing Star II
| 21 January 1988 (USA)
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Chow Yun Fat leaves his buddies Eric Tsang, Stanley Fung, and Nat Chan Bak Cheung to their own devices, so the first thing the trio do is get taken hostage in a bank robbery! The trio makes it onto TV, which equals instant celebrity, but the big station in town won't give them a job. Enter Andy Lau, who gives the guys their own talk show on a rival station, where they beat up their guests for being annoying. Meanwhile, a trio of comely females (including Elizabeth Lee and Carina Lau) move in next door, and the chase is on!

Reviews
Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
OllieSuave-007 Actors Shui-Fan Fung, Eric Tsang and Pak-cheung Chan play three romancers in this intriguing comedy who enter show business and join the ratings-struggling Chow TV station, run by Lao Chow (Hoi-Pang Lo), to boost their careers and attempt to each court an aspiring actress and a beauty pageant candidate. While Chow TV's ratings improve, their competing competing Channel 8 TV concocts a scheme to try to sabotage Chow TV's productions.This film is full of laugh out loud humor, from Stanley Fung's laughing spell to Pak-cheung Chan's vampire disguise. This film also spoofs several scenes from other movies including An Autumn's Tale and Prison on Fire. I also especially like the fiery character Miss Mui, played by Wan-Si Wong. Her chemistry with Stanley Fung is classic and humorous.All sorts of other highly acclaimed Hong Kong actors appear including Andy Lau, Elizabeth Lee, Carina Lau and Jing Wong - each delivering some dramatic performances. It's a HK comedy like no other. Go check it out!Grade B+