King Of Beggars DVD Region All
Ng Man Tat (Actor)
| Stephen Chow (Actor)
| Chan Wai Yee
| Norman Tsui
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Tanzhang
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June 21, 2008
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June 21, 2008
One of Chow's better Comedies
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We have had Wong Fei Hung in Drunken Master, Lam Sai Wing in Magnificent Butcher and Leung Foon in most of Kwan Tak Hing's Early Wong Fei Hung Movies. Now it's Beggar So Hai's Turn in one of the better early Stephen Chow Movies, King of Beggars. Stephen plays the Legendary beggar So in his younger days, as an illiterate rich playboy who's illiterate and lazy father (played by Chow Regular Ng Man Tat) is the General of Guangzhou. For Stephen's birthday, he decides to host a big party for all his friends at a local Teahouse/Opera House/Brothel, which is also where a Government official entertaining Chiu, a Magician from the north (the principal villain of the piece, played by Tsui Siu Keung) is also celebrating. Chiu is an evil magician who has earned the wrath of the Beggars society, so much so that the society have sent two sisters disguised as prostitutes to kill Chiu. The Lead sister, Yu-Shang (Sharla Cheung) becomes the object of desire of both men, and a small fight breaks out, with So as the winner. With a little help from his father and tutor, Chiu is forced to leave, much to the dismay of the two sisters/Assassins. Desperate to win Yu-Shang's heart, So will do anything. Yu Shang however will only agree to marry him if he becomes the winner of the Kung-Fu scholar Competition. So is good at Kung Fu but he is no scholar, so Yu-Shang hopes that this will get him out of hair forever, but thanks to a little help from his father, he is able to pass the scholar part of the tournament with a little bribery. Chiu is also at the tournament, and seeks to rig the competition so that So loses... So however triumphs, and becomes the Kung Fu scholar, but Chiu, unwilling to admit defeat, claims that So is illiterate. When the emperor finds out this is true, he sentences So and his father to become Beggars for life. The two soon after join the Beggars association, and with a little help from a veteran beggar, So achieves the rank of King of beggars and seeks revenge against Chiu. |
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Phoenix Lin
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May 27, 2007
This customer review refers to King Of Beggars (Taiwan version)
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May 27, 2007
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Following the recipe
| This particular Stephen Chow movie follows the typical Kung-fu comedy recipe on a familiar character & is nothing spectacular. Doesn't exhibit high levels of martial arts but there was an interesting display of a sleeping Buddha style. A few Stephen Chow antics were thrown in there but seemed almost inappropirate. Subtitles on very few occasions were obstructed by white background or clothing. Don't recall any other issues; no special features noted. |
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Anonymous
October 22, 2004
October 22, 2004
My favor movie
| King of Beggars is AWSOME!!! that's all I gotta say..it's comedy and yet a hottie actor..hehe |
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Anonymous
March 9, 2003
March 9, 2003
OK film
| I expected more kung fu, but the movie focused more on comedy than kung fu, which I think worked against the film. Overall, this was a mildly entertaining movie. |
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Anonymous
October 31, 2002
October 31, 2002
funny
| stephen chow is one of the funniest guys in china! he'll surely make you laugh. this movie is also romantic as well. it is about HOPE. |
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IMANOL
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August 7, 2002
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August 7, 2002
Funny, but let down by subtitles.
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The film is good, but the DVD is a bit lacking options. When they say "Mandarin & cantonese" version, it means, you can hear it in either cantonese or mandarin, which is OK. (I don't understand chinese, but I love to hear it, it's the best sounding language in the world!). But when they say "Chinese & english" subtitles, it is precisely that, you get BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, which is a bit annoying, and they are shown in white letters on the film, so some parts shown for example on white clothing you can't read. The film is about a guy that although he is good at Martial arts is illiterate, so he cheats in the exam to win some martial arts competition. He is sentenced to live as a beggar, and so is his father. After some trouble he gets to learn a style of kung fu that allows him to fight while being asleep, and becomes the King of beggars. (I won't tell the ending but it is funny and well built). If it wasn't for the annoying subtitles, and the lack of "extras", (cast,filmography,how was it made, or something like that) it would have been a better DVD. For example I don't know the name of the actors, (their names appear only in chinese), so the name of the main actress, whom I would like to look for in other films, is a mistery to me. A pity!. |
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