The best Emily Kwan Bo-Wai’s comedy movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Emily Kwan Bo-Wai’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Emily Kwan Bo-Wai.
The Untold Story
6.8/10
In 1978 in Hong Kong, a grisly murder takes place. Eight years later, on a Macao beach, kids discover the severed hands of a fresh victim. A squadron of coarse, happy-go-lucky cops investigate, and suspicion falls on Wong Chi Hang, the new owner of Eight Immortals Restaurant, which serves delicious pork bao. The hands belong to the missing mother of the restaurant's former owner; he and his family have disappeared; staff at the restaurant continue to go missing; and, Wong can't produce a signed bill of sale: but there's no evidence. The police arrest Wong and try to torture him into a confession. Can they make him talk? And what was in those pork bao?
Beauty and the 7 Beasts
3.5/10
Teddy (Eric Tsang) is a ladies man. He is constantly with a woman, but never accepts the responsibility that comes with a relationship. Short of cash, his friend Wendy (Jo Koo) comes up with a plan for him to impart his knowledge in hitching up women to desperate men who will pay for some tips.
Men Suddenly in Black 2
5.4/10
Golden Brother
5.8/10
Sit Ho Ching used to be an everyday white-collar worker who had no ambition and no plans for his future. Everything went smoothly until one day, when his boss set him up and his girlfriend cheated on him, he suddenly became a jobless single man, which made him rethink his past life of duties and routines. From then on, he decides to pursue wealth and fame by all means.
An Inspector Calls
4.9/10
An unexpected inspector drops by a lavish party of a notable family in order to investigate the suicide of a pregnant girl. This breaks the joy and peace of the party which is meant to celebrate a couple's engagement. Every one claims that he does not know the girl. However, the inspector does find something suspicious there with the help of a diary book and a photo. Astonishing truth is gradually revealed - six of the noble family members are closely related to the girl’s death.
Troublesome Night 5
5.1/10
The fifth chapter of the "Troublesome Night" series, this movie is an anthology of three connected stories. Taxi Driver Cheung runs into bad luck when he encounters strange and mysterious customers during his night shift. That same night, his friend and colleague Fat moves to a new home with his wife and son to hide from loan sharks, and his luck turns when he discovers his new home is haunted by a demon, who promises him sudden wealth. Years later, Fat's son is employed as a security officer at a business firm. There, he encounters paranormal activities during his night shift.
Crazy Women
5.6/10
A 1993 Hong Kong Comedy featuring Teresa Mo and Sandra Ng.
From Zero to Hero
5.5/10
The young cartoonist Gao Dewei, played by Wu Zhenyu, has a cowardly character and a strict tutor. He uses the drawing of Superman to express his feelings.
Bet to Basic
4.4/10
Inferior gangster Flying Dragon has a bad habit of gambling, he thus offends the three great gamble deceivers. Luckily his younger cousin, Roy, who comes back from America is extraordinarily lucky, he can win every round of the game and saves Flying Dragon. Flying Dragon hence brings Roy to Mahjong casino to earn money for him. Roy observes the rivalry between two Mahjong geniuses Hua San Yuan and Ge He Qing by chance, he witnesses the fate of them - one turns to be insane and one becomes bankrupt, and decides not to snatch the reputation of "The King of Mahjong". Though Roy has no desire to seize the fame, his good luck elicits the worry of aggressive Mie Luo who then plans to harm Roy.
The Hidden Enforcers
4.4/10
The theme of the film is ethics. Sammo Hung is a retired cop who trains assassins to do the jobs of cops, whom Sammo sees as unable to do the right things. He sends his four students to assassinate drug dealers. They more than complete the job when they kill one of Sammo's old time buddies, played by TVB veteran Sek Sau. These young fellows have only been taught one thing: to kill. They have not been taught WHO to kill. Obviously, that creates some problems as they kill good and bad people.
Troublesome Night 4
4.8/10
The fourth installment in the "Troublesome Night" series. As in the previous films, the film winds together an anthology of comedic horror tales all loosely linked together. In this one, all the stories involve tourists from Hong Kong visiting the Philippines on holiday.
Love in the River
3.4/10
Ching is a voluptuous widow whose thre short marriages have each ended with her husbands dying due to unknown causes. To seek the truth, journalist Ho befriends Ching. Gradually Ho becomes addicted to the mysterious Ching, who can foretell his future. Ho now finds himself stepping into the same fatal trap as Ching's dead husbands, and is helpless to do anything to stop it.
ATM
ATM is a Hong Kong Comedy-Drama starring Stanley Fung.
Love Correction
5.1/10
Love Correction is a romantic comedy starring Nick Cheung.
Troublesome Night 14
3.7/10
Christin has been working at a hotel owned by Budcasso, her friend's fiancé. When she is discovered stealing money from the hotel, she turns to her friend Zidanes for help. When Zidanes refuses, Christin decides to fake a suicide attempt, hoping Budcasso will take pity on her. Unfortunately, her plan goes wrong, and she actually kills herself. Soon after, Christin returns as a fierce ghost, and begins to kill all in her path at the hotel as a means for revenge. In the mean time, Budcasso invites his spirit-fighting ex-wife Mrs. Bud Lung (Troublesome Night regular Lan Law) to the wedding.
The Hong Kong Happy Man
KYs advertising agency's daily routine includes avoiding loansharks, downloading pornography and devising lame slogans. An old client gives them one last chance - locate the nude model he spots on their laptop for their new ad. KY hires a retired Thai boxer to help them find the model in the photograph.
Funny Business
6.3/10
Fuk Ching (Michael Hui) runs a farm in Mainland China. Persuaded by a Western businessman, the two put together a joint venture scheme to build a hotel.
The Peeper's Story: The Tattoo Master
The story of the tattoo artist Ching and the photographer Sei are good friends. They often go to voyeur together, even more famous for tattoos, and persuade girls to take sexy photos of them. In one encounter, he met the wife of the rich man Fok Cha. Because Fok Cha thought that his wife had committed adultery with Ching and Sei, he sent someone to kill her, and even blamed Ching, which made Ching very distressed...
