The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnnie To and starring Chow Yun-fat, Sylvia Chang, Nina Li Chi and Lawrence Cheng.
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| Traditional | 吉星拱照 |
| Simplified | 吉星拱照 |
| Mandarin | Jí Xīng Gǒng Zhào |
| Cantonese | Gat1 Sing1 Gung6 Ziu3 |
| Directed by | Johnnie To |
| Produced by | Catherine Hun |
| Screenplay by | Hoi Tik |
| Based on | Coming to America by Eddie Murphy |
| Starring | Chow Yun-fat Sylvia Chang Nina Li Chi Lawrence Cheng |
| Music by | Lo Tayu Fabio Carli |
| Cinematography | Horace Wong |
| Edited by | Wong Ming-gong |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Golden Princess Amusement |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$20,292,057 |
Plot
Lam Bo-sang (Chow Yun-fat), who was born into a wealthy family, is the richest man in Hong Kong who is rich enough to build a space station. Sang, who lives in a luxury villa like a palace being served by many maids, is envied and worshiped by millions of people. However, he does not enjoy this type of lifestyle. He does not like to reap with sowing, nor buying extravagant jewelry that would worth forty years of salaries for others and most of all, he does not want to follow his grandaunt's (Ouyang Sha-fei) arranged marriage between him and his cousin Cindy (Nina Li Chi) because all his property would belong to her. He just wants to live a happy life like an ordinary civilian. While his grandaunt was not home, Sang disguises as a civilian and runs away from her.
At a charity gala, Sang work as a handyman and there, he met Hung Leung-yuk (Sylvia Chang), the younger sister of Hung Tung-tung Food Company's boss Mr. Hung (Ha Yu). Sang was attracted by Yuk's wisdom and beauty and he falls in love with her at first sight. Then, Sang becomes an employee at their fast food restaurant and he was able to get close to Yuk with the help of his loyal butler Fatso (Wong San). This causes Tung's plan to match-make her sister with wealthy man Jimmy Chiu (Lawrence Cheng) to fail.
With his new life, Sang has become very energetic. While working at the restaurant, he gets to know the smart and lovely little kid Rocky (Wong Kwan-yuen) and four strong-willed brothers (Beyond) whom are his colleagues. Sang has won Yuk's appreciation and love for him. However, Jimmy, Cindy and Tung would not let things go smoothly. After many understandings, Sang was finally able to be together with Yuk and live a happy and simple life just like any other ordinary civilian.
Cast
- Chow Yun-fat as Lam Bo-sang / Stink (2 roles)
- Sylvia Chang as Hung Leung-yuk
- Nina Li Chi as Cindy Chan
- Lawrence Cheng as Jimmy Chiu
- Wong Kwan-yuen as Rocky Ma
- Ha Yu as Hung Tung-tung
- Beyond as Restaurant workers
- Wong San as Fatso
- Wong Man as Sang's mother
- Ouyang Sha-fei as Sang's grandaunt
- Bowie Wu as Barrister Cheung
- Raymond Wong as Priest (cameo)
- James Lai as Jeweller (cameo)
- Fung King-man as Doctor
- Ho Ling-ling as Rocky's girlfriend
- Yue Ming as Sang's office manager
- Lo Hoi-pang as Senior Policeman
- Yeung Yau-cheung as Junior Policeman
- Albert Lo as Customer at restaurant (brief cameo)
- Leung Oi as Customer at restaurant (brief cameo)
- Cheng Siu-ping as Woman at office
- English Tang
- Alan Chui as Robber
- Ho Wan as Party guest
- Leung Hak-shun as Party guest
- Ho Chi-moon as Party guest
- Lee Wah-kon
Reception
Critical
Andrew Saroch of Far East Films rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and writes "The Fun, The Luck And The Tycoon is not hilarious or particularly side-splitting, but the humour is such that it hits the mark in a subtle manner. Therefore this is an agreeable Chow Yun-fat comedy that is mostly successful in its modest ambitions."[1]
Box office
The film grossed HK$20,292,057 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 18 January to 15 February 1990 in Hong Kong.