Backalley Princess (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region All
Samuel Hui (Actor)
| Shang Kuan Ling Feng (Actor)
| Lo Wai (Director)
| Raymond Chow (Producer)
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Like "The House of 72 Tenants" with kung fu
Like "The House of 72 Tenants" with kung fu
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In "Backalley Princess", Chili Boy (Polly Kuan) and Embroidered Pillow (Sam Hui) live by their wits on the streets of Hong Kong, earning their daily bread through grifting and low-level thievery. Chili Boy thinks "he" can take on anyone with "his" martial arts skills, until "he" is defeated by a martial arts master (Tien Feng) who makes his living by selling magic elixirs on the street, using his martial arts troupe (which includes such notables as Angela Mao and Carter Wong) to get the attention of passers-by. After Chili Boy shows the master how to gain even more business, they become fast friends and Chili Boy and Embroidered Pillow join the master in his overcrowded tenement building, where they train in the martial arts under his tutelage. The movie then becomes quite similar to the classic comedic melodrama "The House of 72 Tenants", which "Backalley Princess" actually preceded by seven months! The mid-section of the film focusses on the trials and tribulations of the tenement residents. Among them is a beautiful bar girl (Jiang Fan), whose live-in boyfriend sponges off her and blows all of her money on gambling. When he gets too deeply in debt, he seeks to sell the bar girl into sexual slavery, but Chili Boy comes to her rescue. The lowlife boyfriend then brings a gang of toughs to the tenement; they grab a high school girl (Tong Jing) to sell into slavery and kill Carter Wong, who seeks to defend her. Chili Boy and Angela Mao pretend to sell themselves into slavery to save the high school girl. The film's last half hour becomes a sleazy chop-socky fightfest, with girls being whipped, girls behind bars, and tedious fights. Nonetheless, the film's first ninety minutes provide more than enough entertainment to make "Backalley Princess" well worth watching. Polly Kuan shines as Chili Boy (although how anyone could have overlooked her womanly bust and hips to think she was a guy is hard to imagine). The ensemble cast of tenement residents are terrific. Angela Mao looks beautiful and fights up a storm. And I am mystified why the gorgeous Jiang Fan did not become a star; I couldn't take my eyes off her! Highly recommended. |
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Backalley epic!!
| My goodness... What a movie! Lo Wei has a pretty bad wrap due to the nonsense he got up to in wasting Jackie Chan back in the day, but I have now seen enough Lo Wei movies to through a little more respect his way! And with Backalley Princess, its confirmed! A fantastic kung fu drama, with some great comedy, and superb performances from all. In fact, I'd go as far to say this has an almost 'epic' feel to it... Well worth checking out. A classic! |
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