Cheung Man, Man Tat Ng, Stephen Chow
In this martial arts comedy-adventure, Hong Kong comedian Stephen Chow plays an actual legendary figure, So-Hat-Yi. The spoiled son of a millionaire, he finds his dream girl and soul mate, but must wi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 17, 1998
Stats: 100 reviews
What can I say about 'The King Of Beggars'. Well as a Stephen Chow fan, I was hopeful. My hopes were in vain as this movie was slow, shallow, and quite frankly pretty damned boring. I know he didn't direct and merely starred but I'm sorry, it just wasn't very good. It tried to be...( read more)
Firstly, Chow was a rich man. Unfortunately, he become poor. The king gave an order that his father and him need to become beggar in their live forever....finally he got an unparalleled martial art from a beggar...he help the king to kill the rioter...
quality film with some good action, and a nice balance of seriousness and sillyness. well filmed which is a huge plus.
This one definitely one of Stephen Chow's best. The only bad thing is the subtitle translation is not done well, some humors are lost in the lines, some even carry wrong translation (like the ambush scene where they are not hunting for the beggar clan as it is translated, they i...( read more)
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