A dinosaur’s skull is stolen and retired spy Ling Ling Chat (Stephen Chow), now a pork vendor, is brought in to investigate. He is aided by Li Heung Kam (Anita Yuen) in finding the “Man with the Golden Gun”, the villain behind the theft. But Li has orders of her own, and must ensure that Chat fails in his mission... FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE starts off as a straight parody of the James Bond movies, complete with a Maurice Binder-esque opening sequence and title music that’s so close to the original that it’s quite surprising that EON Productions never sued. Furthermore, Chow’s character is called Ling Ling Chat (which literally translates as “Zero Zero Seven”) and includes a gadget-introduction sequence that at times looks like the real thing. The gags range from fairly awful (Law Kar-Ying, as an insane “Q” character, demonstrates a solar-powered torch) to the hilarious (I loved Chow’s cockroach infested motel room and his “landlady”), but come thick and fast for most of the film. However, there are some extremely jarring changes of tone from the comic to the serious that it is sometimes quite uncomfortable viewing. Nevertheless, consistency aside, there are just about enough funny moments in FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE to make it memorable for the right reasons. There are some great jokes and funny scenes in here, and the humour is typical of Chow’s work from the period. One scene is memorable: Chow is wounded in a gunfight and is dragged back to his flat where Yuen is forced to pull the bullet out of his leg. To kill the pain, Chow puts a videotape of a porno film on while Yuen chips away with a screwdriver and hammer. It’s sick, disturbing and gory, but it’s also pretty funny. The use of the word “darkie” in the scene referring to one of the porn actresses raises an eyebrow, but this is just down to bad subtitling (which have been ported directly from the old VHS version); Chow actually just says “black person”.
E**K
Good movie
Great watch. Very funny.
I**N
Hilarious and Entertaining- A Stephen Chow Classic!
I love this movie so much. It's got that campy Stephen Chow charm that will make you giggle again and again.
A**U
English Dub
Wanted to buy the movie to watch, but Amazon only has English Dub over. Found out after purchase and couldn't return.
A**R
Funny
Freaking Awesome movie and actor
R**.
In English Dub Only
I should have read the review before purchasing this title because I did not realized this movie is only available in English Dub. Cantonese is very nuanced and a lot is lost in translation. I am very disappointed with the purchase. Keep that in mind for future video purchases on Amazon if you want to listen to the original language.
R**1
Loved the movie - Too bad no other language option than English Dubbed.
Big fan of Stephen Chow movies.......
A**R
Disappointed by the English Dub. Would be improved drastically if original Cantonese audio were provided.
Definitely a great Stephen Chow movie. I like the movie, but am utterly disappointed that there is no option for Cantonese audio. I've seen the Cantonese version when VCDs were a thing, and I have to say that a lot is lost in translation. A lot of the comedy is negated by cringe-inducing generic English phrases that really pull you out of the movie.
G**A
Original versions with subtitles are much better in my opinion
Warning - this version is dubbed over in English, which makes it really awkward. Also, they don't translate any of the titles / names / writings shown.. which is just weird. Original versions with subtitles are much better in my opinion.The movie is fun, standard Stephen Chow fare. Not as good as some of his other works, but entertaining.
J**R
This film is good but the subtitles are not great
This film is good but the subtitles are not great. I was going to give up on it but did actually get used to it in the end and it is possible to still follow the story and get most of the jokes.The yes Asia DVD supposedly has the same problem so it's not really a better option and is probably dearer.
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