The Hui Brothers – Michael Hui Koon-man, Ricky Hui Koon-ying and Sam Hui Koon-kit – defined Hong Kong comedy in the 1970s with films like The Private Eyes, The Contract and Security Unlimited. But Michael, helped by Ricky, continued to make hilarious films throughout the 1980s and beyond. Here we look at three of his…
The five Aces Go Places action comedies shot by production company Cinema City in the 1980s represent one of Hong Kong’s most successful film series. The first film, directed by Eric Tsang Chi-wai and starring Karl Maka, Sam Hui Koon-kit and Sylvia Chang Ai-chia, took a massive HK$27 million at the box office in 1982….
On paper, a filmic marriage between Tsui Hark and King Hu seemed like a good idea. With films like A Touch of Zen, Hu had created the template for the innovative approach to wuxia films that Tsui wanted to employ in the early 1990s. Moreover, Tsui had often said that Hu had been a major…