The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon

The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
Film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	吉星拱照
Simplified Chinese	吉星拱照
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jí Xīng Gǒng Zhào Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Gat1 Sing1 Gung6 Ziu3
Directed by	Johnnie To
Screenplay by	Hoi Tik
Based on	Coming to America by Eddie Murphy
Produced by	Catherine Hun
Starring	Chow Yun-fat Sylvia Chang Nina Li Chi Lawrence Cheng
Cinematography	Horace Wong
Edited by	Wong Ming-gong
Music by	Lo Tayu Fabio Carli
Production company	Cinema City
Distributed by	Golden Princess Amusement
Release date	18 January 1990 (1990-01-18)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$20,292,057

The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnnie To. It starred Chow Yun-fat, Sylvia Chang, Nina Li Chi and Lawrence Cheng. It is an adaptation of Coming to America.

Synopsis

Lam Po Sang (Chow Yun-fat) was born into a wealthy family. He is the richest man in Hong Kong, rich enough to build a space station. Sang lives in a luxury villa served by many maids. He is envied and worshiped by millions. However, he does not enjoy his lifestyle. He also does not want to follow his grandaunt's (Ouyang Sha-fei) arranged marriage between him and his cousin Cindy (Nina Li Chi) because his property would belong to her. He just wants to live a happy life. While his grandaunt was not home, Sang disguises as a civilian and runs away.

At a charity gala, Sang work as a handyman where he meets Hung Yeung-yuk (Sylvia Chang), the younger sister of Hung Tung-tung Food Company's boss Mr. Hung (Ha Yu). Sang was attracted by Yuk's wisdom and beauty and he falls in love. Sang becomes an employee at their restaurant to get close to Yuk with the help of his loyal butler Fatso (Wong San). This causes Hung's plan to match-make her sister with wealthy man Jimmy Chiu (Lawrence Cheng) to fail.

With his new life, Sang becomes energetic. While working at the restaurant, he gets to know the smart little kid Rocky (Wong Kwan-yuen) and four strong-willed brothers (Beyond) whom are his colleagues. Sang wins Yuk's love. However, Jimmy, Cindy and Tung do not let things go smoothly, and when Sang's grandaunts expose Sang who he is to Yuk, she storms off. After many misunderstandings, Sang and Yuk end up together.

Cast

• Chow Yun-fat as Lam Po Sang / Stink (2 roles)
• Sylvia Chang as Hung Yeung-yuk
• Nina Li Chi as Cindy Chan
• Lawrence Cheng as Jimmy Chiu
• Wong Kwan-yuen as Rocky Ma
• Ha Yu as Hung Tung-tung
• Beyond as Restaurant workers
• Wong San as Fatso
• Wong Man as Sang's mother
• Ouyang Sha-fei as Sang's grandaunt
• Bowie Wu as Barrister Cheung
• Raymond Wong as Priest (cameo)
• James Lai as Jeweller (cameo)
• Fung King-man as Doctor
• Ho Ling-ling as Rocky's girlfriend
• Yue Ming as Sang's office manager
• Lo Hoi-pang as Senior Policeman
• Yeung Yau-cheung as Junior Policeman
• Albert Lo as Customer at restaurant (brief cameo)
• Leung Oi as Customer at restaurant (brief cameo)
• Cheng Siu-ping as Woman at office
• English Tang
• Alan Chui Chung-San as Robber
• Ho Wan as Party guest
• Leung Hak-shun as Party guest
• Ho Chi-moon as Party guest
• Lee Wah-kon

Reception

Critical

Andrew Saroch of Far East Films rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and writes "The Fun, The Luck And The Tycoon is not hilarious or particularly side-splitting, but the humour is such that it hits the mark in a subtle manner. Therefore this is an agreeable Chow Yun-fat comedy that is mostly successful in its modest ambitions."^[1]

Box office

The film grossed HK$20,292,057 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 18 January to 15 February 1990.

See also

• Chow Yun-fat filmography
• Johnnie To filmography

References

External links

• The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon at Hong Kong Cinemagic
• The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon at IMDb
• The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon at Rotten Tomatoes

This page was last edited on 10 February 2023, at 23:30