Luk ding gei II: San lung gaau

I must admit that I had more of an expectation to the 1992 Hong Kong comedy "Royal Tramp 2" (aka "Luk ting kei II: San lung gau"), because part one was definitely an enjoyable movie. And with this being a sequel and having Stephen Chow in the lead, what could go wrong?

Well, I suppose having a rather uninteresting script could go wrong. While I managed to sit through the entire movie here, I must admit that my interest in the movie's storyline and plot was much less stoked than it was for the first movie. "Royal Tramp 2" just didn't have the same appeal, and the comedy aspects that writer and director Jing Wong had in this sequel just didn't pan out quite as well as in the predecessor.

Sure, it was nice to see the cast from the first movie return to reprise their roles in part two, just a real shame that they didn't have much of an interesting or impressive script and storyline to work with. So even with an abundance of familiar names and faces, they could only do so much to salvage the movie and make it watchable. The movie has talents such as Stephen Chow, Brigitte Lin, Chingmy Yau, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng and Paul Chun on the cast list, so if you are familiar with Hong Kong cinema, then you will definitely see some familiar faces here.

This was by no means among the best of Stephen Chow movies, and I doubt that I will ever be returning to watch "Royal Tramp 2" a second time.

My rating of "Royal Tramp 2" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars. I wanted to like and enjoy the movie, but the total lack of an interesting script and storyline just botched it for me.

I wasn't a big fan of the first ROYAL TRAMP film but I'm afraid to say that this follow up is even worse than the original. Stephen Chow and most of his cast members return for another spoofy wuxia story but there's less action here and more mugging humour which is sure to turn off viewers old and new. Chow feels out of sorts, sometimes a supporting act in his own film due to the size of the supporting cast, but what's alarming is that a wealth of talent (Paul Chun, Sandra Ng, Natalis Chan, Brigitte Lin) fail to make any headway with the scattershot scripting. This is literally the kind of film that I can't remember a single thing about just a day after watching it...

I give this title one star less than I gave to Royal Tramp. This sequence is a funny comedy, non-sense and a bit sexual. Not as much unexpected as the first movie, but still recommend to watch.

Lone'er strikes back and this time, she's back for revenge on Wilson Bond for ruining her plans during the first movie. Personally, I think that this movie was better, although less funnier, than the first one. With several hot young wives and being the Emperor's right hand man, life seems almost perfect for Wilson until a new enemy emerges from the shadows.

The Royal Tramp Volume Two (1992) is the second half of the Wong Jing epic that starred Stephen Chow as Wilson Bond, the intrepid whorehouse employee turned society member. Thanks to the events in the first half of the film, Wilson and his cohorts are on the run. Now a full fledge member of the Heaven and Earth Society and having two wives you would think that life couldn't get any better for Wilson. But with two imperial armies after him you would think that he'd stay in hiding. Now it's a showdown between him and Paul Chu's forces. Who'll win this final battle?

This second half of the ROYAL TRAMP epic also Stars Brigette Lin, Chingmy Yau, Cheung Man, Fennie Yuen, Michelle Reis, Damien Lau and Nat Chan. Directed and written by Wong Jing. Fight direction by Ching Siu-Tung. More funny stuff in this period piece.

Highly recommended.