Great Pretenders (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region All
Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Actor)
| Simon Yam (Actor)
| Raymond Wong (Actor)
| Amy Yip (Actor)
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It's conmen and con games in The Great Pretenders, an early comedy from director Ronny Yu (The Bride with White Hair). Hong Kong Cinema faves Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Simon Yam star as members of an elite swindling team led by Raymond Wong Bak Ming, who plays the nominal "Great Pretender". Their ace in the hole is buxom Amy Yip (Sex and Zen), who uses her gorgeous face and celebrated assets to tackle their big mark: a major loan shark who deserves to be taken by this motley band of crooks. Creative scams - including the HK Cinema-mandated cons featuring mahjongg - and hilarious, self-effacing performances from the big stars make The Great Pretenders a fun, breezy early-nineties romp from the Hong Kong Cinema fun factory.
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| Product Title: | Great Pretenders (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) 千王 (DVD) (香港版) 千王 (DVD) (香港版) Great Pretenders (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) Great Pretenders (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Actor) | Simon Yam (Actor) | Raymond Wong (Actor) | Amy Yip (Actor) 梁 朝偉 (Actor) | 任達華 (Actor) | 黃 百鳴 (Actor) | 葉子楣 (Actor) 梁 朝伟 (Actor) | 任达华 (Actor) | 黄 百鸣 (Actor) | 叶子楣 (Actor) 梁朝偉（トニー・レオン） (Actor) | 任達華 （サイモン・ヤム） (Actor) | 黄百鳴（レイモンド・ウォン） (Actor) | 葉子［木眉］（エイミー・イップ） (Actor) 양조위 (Actor) | Simon Yam (Actor) | Raymond Wong (Actor) | Amy Yip (Actor) |
| Director: | Ronny Yu 于仁泰 于仁泰 于仁泰（ロニー・ユー） Ronny Yu |
| Producer: | Clifton Ko 高志森 高志森 高志森 （クリフトン・コー） Ko Chi Sum |
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| Release Date: | 2009-08-28 |
| Language: | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Hong Kong |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.78 : 1 |
| Widescreen Anamorphic: | Yes |
| Sound Information: | Dolby Digital 2.0 |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD-5, DVD |
| Region Code: | All Region What is it? |
| Rating: | II |
| Duration: | 91 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Joy Sales (HK) |
| Package Weight: | 120 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1021156185 |
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Director : Ronny Yu
Producer : Clifton Ko
Wai, Wah and May are professional con-artists and they work as a team. However they are defeated by a woman. They decide to recruit the help of their master in order to avenge for the shameful defeat. Surprisingly, instead of offering help, their master expounds on the ethics of con-artistry and suggests that they should team up with the woman and help those that are helpless. Their first case on hand is to deal with a notorious loan shark who has recently caused the death of a poor fellow......
Producer : Clifton Ko
Wai, Wah and May are professional con-artists and they work as a team. However they are defeated by a woman. They decide to recruit the help of their master in order to avenge for the shameful defeat. Surprisingly, instead of offering help, their master expounds on the ethics of con-artistry and suggests that they should team up with the woman and help those that are helpless. Their first case on hand is to deal with a notorious loan shark who has recently caused the death of a poor fellow......
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Kevin Kennedy
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October 27, 2009
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October 27, 2009
A downmarket "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
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The "Great Pretenders" are a gang of swindlers who come up with complex schemes to cheat rich people out of their dough. Comprised of Wong Seung Chin (Raymond Wong, who wrote the screenplay for the movie), Snake Wai (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), Yip Mei Mei (Amy Yip), and Yam Sai Sung (Simon Yam), the swindlers first set their sights on a the lovely Susan So (Lok Wai), a young woman from Singapore with an inherited fortune. However, Susan is more wily than she appears and she sees through the complicated swindle. The gang then recruits Susan to help them swindle the ruthless loan shark Lung Choi Tan (Leung Tin); for this task, they also need to call in the greatest swindler of all, Mr. Giant (Teddy Robin). There is lots of over-the-top slapstick humor (mostly provided by Tony Leung, who appears willing to do just about anything for a laugh, and Simon Yam, doing an outrageous homosexual schtick), lots of Amy Yip's cleavage, and lots of mahjong, dominoes, and poker. The English subtitles are remarkably bad, making some of the dialogue impenetrable to those who don't speak Cantonese. "The Great Pretenders" strives only to be a wacky diversion and that's what it provides. If your expectations are modest, you may find it an amusing throw-away comedy. |
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