I love WingChun supposedly poke fun at the WingChun popularity since IpMan. It is supposedly a smart parody of the earlier movies, most of it by Donnie Yen. The story, is rather run of the mill, though not smart. A bunch of misfit was given task to find the star of the show, who in turn was brought up by a pair of kungfu exponents. The rest of the story basically tell the misadventures, bulk of it in a street called WingChun street and at last, the "twist" of the story that explain, why the "bad guy" wanted to look for the chap.
The story sounded simple enough, and the multiple cast made it look like a usual Chinese New Year Movie. You know, those movie that made you laugh, although they look ridiculous, but all was forgiven since it is Chinese new Year. Alas, the problem is, this is NOT CNY yet.
The flaws? Ouch, there were so many that I plan to write a thesis on that, HOW NOT TO MAKE A MOVIE. The cast was simply impressive, one may thought this will be a good platform for everyone to shine. Both local and HK stars were given cameo. And most of the them can act. The really made their appearance look good. The main star, Yuen Wah and Yuen Chiu was in their usual bumbling self. BUT the rest of the supporting cast was simply disastrous. I cant tell their names, but the guy who played the office boy seemed ok, but the rest of the misfit gang was simply BAD. The indian chap only got one surprise look. The girl was having a lost face throughout the show. The fat guy looks like someone who has chronic schizophrenia that he lost his ability to show affect. The star, (cant recall his name) from China, try to look innocent, but he seems lost in most of the film.
The story was OK, but the execution was bad. Bulk of the film concentrated the misadventure in WingChun street, which serve absolutely NO purpose to the already boring storyline. My wife wonders why so many famous and respectable actors, actress agreed to appear in this show. My guest is the producer spent so much on hiring the actors/ actress, that he have no money to pay the script writer, that he ask his 12 years old son to write the script. The only technical credit is, the editing is not so bad, its better than 7 swords (which is one of the worst ever edited film ever).
If the jokes are funny, all the flaws may be forgiven. However, the jokes are so LOW, it really make you felt insulted instead. Yes, there are a lot of reference to chinese pop culture such as reference to IpMan, Stephen Chow's film, but most of the jokes which supposedly to be funny, is so toilet humour and sexually inclined. We are suppose to laugh when the instructor offer to teach WingChun to literally hit airplanes (which in street slang, the term means something else what a pubertal boy does in toilet with his new bought Playboy) or how the Chinese Massager (tie da) master prepare his concoction which simulate similar action. The only true funny moment was a scene made to parody IpMan where a boy ride a small bicycle (IpMan I) and the near fight on top of table (IpMan II).
Overall, it was a horrible movie, saved by the fact that there are numerous guest appearance. We spent more of the time guessing who will appear next.
ratings: 1 poink! (tempted to give half, but since it was filmed in Malaysia, the boost the other half)
comments: I have to detox my brain after watching this.
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