Zhu ba da lian meng

How would you like some 'pork chop' as meal for today, Alas! What I meant here of 'pork chop' (or in Chinese - Zhu Pa) is not what our usual delicious edible pork chop but a term use by Hong Kong people for visually-offensive women. So what we have offering in our main menu today is a 'pork chop' flick courtesy of chef (producer) Jing Wong. Enjoy your meal.

The movie is supposed to be a satire on the world's obsession with beauty but this one is pretty lightweight and fluffy stuff. However the 'fun' is in seeing how the film-makers turn some of Hong Kong beauties (minus Karen Mok) into ugly women. Can you imagine Michelle Reis, Kelly Lin, Suki Kwan and Karen Mok as ugly women? Well put a bald-patch on Michelle's forehead, a huge birthmark on Kelly's face, beaver teeth on Suki and male facial hair on Karen - and you should get the picture.

These four women play workers in a telecommunications service company who are often bullied by their lady boss and also ridiculed by the men, especially a male co-worker (Stephen Fung). Things take a turn when a gay designer (Jordan Chan) comes on board and befriends the hapless foursome as well as helps turn the 'pork chop ladies' into stunning irresistible beauties.

If you are planning on catching some beauty tips here, let's just say the beautifying methods border on the ridiculous. But then this is a Jing Wong comedy so as expected we would have to contemplate with his superficial and juvenile style of humour. However this time he aims very low indeed which resulted the plot being a messy hotch-potch of gags rather devoid of logic or rationale.

Anyway, the four actresses are 'irresistible' in the first place, so what's the big deal to make them ugly and turn them beautiful again. I would rather have some real pork chop from the Chinese take-away down the street instead.